Movie
Cadillac Records
Documentary film with a runtime of 110 minutes, released in 2008. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Music biopic set in 1940s Chicago, documenting the story of Polish immigrant Leonard Chess who set up the record label Cadillac Records. The label brought a string of talented black artists into the mainstream, the money began to roll in. As their success grew however, trouble was brewing behind the scenes, It's music from the soundtrack of many a person's life in this exceptional, fact-based look at the rise of Chess Records, led by founder Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody). The film also charts the stable of influential artists who recorded on the label, among them Etta James (played with saucy, sassy insouciance by Beyoncé Knowles), Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Howlin' Wolf (Eamonn Walker) and Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer). Written and directed by Darnell Martin.
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Cast
- Adrien Brody
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Gabrielle Union
- Yasiin Bey
- Jeffrey Wright
- Columbus Short
- Cedric the Entertainer
- Eamonn Walker
- Eric Bogosian
- Tammy Blanchard
- Shiloh Fernandez
- Valence Thomas
- Jay O. Sanders
- Jake Robards
- Norman Reedus
- Ginnie Randall
- Natasha Ononogbo
- Kevin Mambo
- Malikha Mallette
- Chyna Layne
- Rayan Lawrence
- Albert Jones
- Suzette Gunn
- Jill Flint
- Marc Bonan
- Tony Bentley
- Linda Burton
- Darnell Martin
- Anastas N. Michos
- Johnetta Boone
- Marc Levin
- Nicolas Locke
- Petra Hoebel
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Peter C. Frank
- Kimberly Hardin
- Kimberly R. Hardin
