Ray

Titolo originale: Ray
Regia: Taylor Hackford |
Anno: 2004
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Musica
Tag: blindness and impaired vision | country music | jazz | loss of loved one | overdose | bus ride | georgia | melancholy | record producer | biography | rags to riches | childhood trauma | gospel | indianapolis | record label | recording studio | pianist | usa history | cautionary |
Cast: Jamie Foxx | Kerry Washington | Regina King | Harry Lennix | Clifton Powell | Bokeem Woodbine | Sharon Warren | C.J. Sanders | Curtis Armstrong | Richard Schiff | Larenz Tate | Terrence Howard | David Krumholtz | Wendell Pierce | Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Chris Thomas King | Thomas Jefferson Byrd | Rick Gomez | Denise Dowse | Warwick Davis | Patrick Bauchau | Robert Wisdom | Kurt Fuller | Jedda Jones | Gary Grubbs | Carol Sutton | Paula Jai Parker | Eric O'Neal Jr. | Tequan Richmond | Ayanna Tatum | Afemo Omilami |

Una vita e una lunga carriera ricca di successi. La storia di Ray Charles, the 'Genius' della musica: la gloria raggiunta dopo anni di battaglie e sofferenza contro la cecità, contro il Sud Razzista e le sue barriere sociali e artistiche, contro la droga. Il suo regalo al mondo: un nuovo modo di fare e sentire la musica.

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The only film that year to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, but not at the Produ [...] D
Della Bea was Ray Charles' second wife. He married Eileen Williams in 1951. They had one child, and [...] D
Before The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005), Oprah Winfrey brought Jamie Foxx to the home of Quincy [...] D
Upon winning the Academy Award in 2005, Jamie Foxx became the first actor to win Best Actor for a pe [...] D
Larenz Tate and Quincy Jones are natives of Chicago, Illinois. Tate portrayed Jones in this movie. D
Jamie Foxx played the piano in all scenes himself. D
When Ray plays "I Got A Woman" to Della Bea for the first time, she objects to it because it's a gos [...] D
No studio was interested in backing the movie. After it was shot independently, Universal Pictures s [...] D
Epilogue: "Over the next 40 years, Ray continued to make hit records, win Grammys and sell out conce [...] D
Jamie Foxx had to wear eye prosthetics, made partly of silicone, that really did make him blind for [...] D
All singing was the voice of Ray Charles, despite Jamie Foxx' uncanny impersonation. D
Ray Charles was diagnosed with hepatitis C during filming. He confided to friends that if he had kno [...] D
The scenes in which Ray Charles refuses to play in Georgia because of Jim Crow laws were filmed outs [...] D
First African-American biopic nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. D
Jamie Foxx relied on old cassettes that Quincy Jones gave him to prepare for the portrayal of a youn [...] D
Hackford also stated in the audio commentary for the film on DVD that Anschutz said the film would b [...] D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to be nominated in any of the writing categories. D
At his request, the screenplay was translated into Braille for Ray Charles to read. D
Larenz Tate, Clifton Powell, Terrence Howard, and Bokeem Woodbine appeared in Dollari sporchi (1995) [...] D
Although Ray Charles successfully overcame his heroin addiction, he drank heavily and smoked marijua [...] D
Denzel Washington was first approached to play the title role, but passed on the project. D
Darnell Rhea's debut. D
Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington appeared in Django Unchained (2012). D
Jamie Foxx attended classes at the Braille Institute in order to help him play the role of Ray Charl [...] D
Jamie Foxx studied Ray Charles to better mimic him. After a few weeks, he stopped visiting Charles, [...] D
Writer, producer, and director Taylor Hackford secured the rights to Ray Charles' life story in 1987 [...] D
Writer, producer, and director Taylor Hackford said on his commentary that he made the decision to e [...] D
Jamie Foxx remarked that the demanding role barely left him any time to sleep. His day would begin e [...] D
The cast includes two Oscar winners: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, and two nominees: Aunjanue Ellis, and [...] D
This was the first African-American biopic nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Actor an [...] D
Following his performance as Ray Charles in this movie, Jamie Foxx performed on Ludacris' "Georgia", [...] D
Director of photography Pawel Edelman, a fan of Ray Charles, was the very first crew member to join [...] D
Originally slated to be released on the first week of October 2004, but the delay at the start of ed [...] D
Ray Charles died of liver failure on June 10, 2004, after filming had ended. He was able to sit thro [...] D
Clifton Powell and Regina King appeared in the Friday film franchise. D

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