Dreamgirls (2006)



Dreamgirls (2006)
Fame Comes And Goes, Stars Rise And Fall, But Dreams Live Forever

Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of 18-year-olds, 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?

Genre(s): Drama, Musical
Runtime: 130 minutes
Rating: 6.6/10 (25,456 votes)
Release Date: 9 December 2006
Country: USA
Languages: English
Company: DreamWorks SKG
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language, some sexuality and drug content.

Director(s): Bill Condon



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Producer(s):
Jonathan King - co-producer
Laurence Mark - producer
Leeann Stonebreaker - associate producer
Patricia Whitcher - executive producer

Writer(s):
Bill Condon - screenplay
Tom Eyen - book

Cast:
Jamie Foxx - Curtis Taylor Jr.
Beyoncé Knowles - Deena Jones
Eddie Murphy - James 'Thunder' Early
Danny Glover - Marty Madison
Jennifer Hudson - Effie White
Anika Noni Rose - Lorrell Robinson
Keith Robinson - C.C. White
Sharon Leal - Michelle Morris
Hinton Battle - Wayne
Mariah I. Wilson - Magic (as Mariah Wilson)

4 Responses to “Dreamgirls (2006)”

  1. PersianPlaya408 Says:
    July 29th, 2008

    Condon's movie based on a book about a car salesman (Foxx) who breaksinto the music business by signing a trio of 18 year olds who callthemselves the Dreamettes. With the help of a washed up singer (Murphy)he jumpstarts their career, but then shafts the lead singer Effie Whitefor better looking softer-voiced Deena (Beyonce) in a move that hethinks is the logical thing to do. The film can be at times a bitidealistic, yet it has a good message, great music and very suitablescreenplay and cinematography. Its a good film, that one can watch withthe family or with a more mature crowd. I enjoyed this one even thoughinitially didn't buy the hype about the movie, but when i got around towatching it, i can see why it made the noise it did. IMDb Rating: 6.6.My Rating: 9/10

  2. Charlotte D Says:
    August 17th, 2008

    I love musicals in general and Dreamgirls is a great one. It also isvery modern in the way the musical numbers are blended into thenarratives. It's not the traditionalbreaking-into-song-when-emotions-reach-their-peak kind of thing. It'sseamlessly fitted into the story, being both the songs the charactersperform in their professional lives as well as their emotions of themoment. Look out for Eddie Murphy's brilliant performance as JimmyEarly. I did not know he could act until I saw him in this. JenniferHudson is an amazing singer as well as actress and even Beyoncedelivers both vocally and as an actress (two areas for which I hadlittle faith in her).

    And in my series "people who don't like movies because they had wrongexpectations": I just read a hilarious comment from someone who hatedthe movie because "the songs kept coming". Errr, it's a musical, didyou expect songs to be confined to the credits?

  3. Dee Gabrysch Says:
    March 20th, 2010

    lol, Eddie is so funny! I love him.

  4. Lady Gaga Headed to the Big Screen Says:
    August 9th, 2010

    [...] and producer Bryan Singer. The singer wants it to be a perfect blend of “Moonwalker” and “Dreamgirls”. Lady Gaga is indeed dead serious of making her debut in the big screen as successful as her [...]

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