Ray (Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story) (2004)

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Directed by

Taylor Hackford

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Jamie Foxx
Ray Charles

Kerry Washington
Della Bea Robinson

Regina King
Margie Hendricks

Clifton Powell
Jeff Brown

Harry Lennix
Joe Adams

Bokeem Woodbine
Fathead Newman

Aunjanue Ellis
Mary Ann Fisher

Sharon Warren
Aretha Robinson

Written by

Taylor Hackford
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Brilliant biopic...

16 years ago at Apr 28 5:25

PvtCaboose91

2 votes

"I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance."

Ray is a film that instigated a craze of music-orientated biopics in Hollywood, and there's little wonder considering the quality we're presented with here.

Before this film, Jamie Foxx had a limited number of memorable performances on his résumé. Suffice to say, Foxx proved an able acto... read more

A very good movie

11 years, 10 months ago at Jul 11 6:57

johanlefourbe

2 votes

What happened to Jamie Foxx ?!? I mean, since he won an oscar for this movie, he honestly hasn't done anything amazing, maybe a few decent flicks ('Jarhead ', 'Dreamgirls', 'The Kingdom') but nothing really impressive. Hopefully, he will get a great comeback in 2012 with 'Django Unchained'. Anyway, back then, in 2004, he did indeed win the Academy award and it was completely deserved. Indeed, what... read more

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Description: Jamie Foxx stars in this biopic of legendary soul and R&B singer Ray Charles. Skillfully edited and with a keen ... Full Descriptioneye for period detail, the narrative weaves in and out of the past in an interlocking tapestry of the man's rise to fame in the 1950s and '60s. Growing up poor, black, and blind in the rural south, Charles learns--under the tutelage of his tough-love mother (Sharon Warren)--to turn these handicaps into assets. With this training, Ray eventually plays his way into a major deal with Paramount records and earns icon status as an American legend. Along the way, the high cost of fame leads him to ... (more)

Release date: 29 October 2004
UPC: 025192724626

Tags: Biography (29), Music (22), Drama (18), 2004 (12), Drugs (11), Blindness (8), Biopic (7), Segregation (7), Racism (6), Piano (6), Singer (6), 2000s (6), English (5), Ray Charles (5), Drug Addict (4), Drug Addiction (4), Character Name In Title (4), (4), Cricket (3), 1950s (3)

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