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Dreamgirls (2006)

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Director:

Bill Condon

Starring:

Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover

Genres:

Music, US Premier, Drama

Origin:

USA

Certificate:

M

Languages:

English

Running Time:

130 min

Dreamgirls

synopsis


Double Oscar-winning musical drama following the meteoric rise of a 60s all-girl vocal group. Based on the 1981 Broadway hit musical, the film follows full-figured belter Effie White (Jennifer Hudson) and her school friends Deena Jones (Beyonce Knowles) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose), aka The Dreamettes. They're a Chicago amateur vocal group who enter the famous amateur night at the legendary Harlem Apollo in New York singing a song by Effie's Brother, CC (Keith Robinson) and come out on top. Very soon the four meet sweet-talking Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx) a promoter and manager who in no time gets the star-struck gang the gig as back up vocalists for the famous Jimmy 'Thunder' Early (Eddie Murphy). The match is perfect and their combined career takes off. Soon, things get complicated when Lorrell begins dating Jimmy (married) and Effie is getting busy with Curtis. When the two acts part ways, The Dreamettes become the Dreams and consequently famous in their own right while Jimmy's career tanks in a mire of smooth-pop balladry. Infighting between Effie and Deena over lead privileges as well as offstage rivalry in love make for a lot of tears and heartache for all concerned.

 
 

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