Dreamgirls
- Director: Bill Condon
- Writer: Bill Condon; Tom Eyen
- Producer: Jonathan King; Laurence Mark
CGiii Comment
It took a very long time for this to be committed to film...
With some standout performances and that song...Listen!
It deserves to be seen and heard.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due?
Cast & Characters
Jamie Foxx as Curtis Taylor Jr.;
Beyonce Knowles as Deena Jones;
Eddie Murphy as James 'Thunder' Early;
Danny Glover as Marty Madison;
Jennifer Hudson as Effie White;
Anika Noni Rose as Lorrell Robinson;
Keith Robinson as C.C. White;
Sharon Leal as Michelle Morris;
Hinton Battle as Wayne;
Mariah I. Wilson as Magic;
Yvette Cason as May;
Ken Page as Max Washington;
Ralph Louis Harris as M.C.;
Michael-Leon Wooley as Tiny Joe Dixon;
Loretta Devine as Jazz Singer