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 Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award- winning musical sensation Dreamgirls comes to the big screen starring Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx (Ray), Beyoncé Knowles (Austin Powers in Goldmember), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon), newcomer Jennifer Hudson, Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Broadwayıs "Caroline or Change") and Eddie Murphy (The Nutty Professor, Dr. Dolittle).
Set in the turbulent late 1960s and early '70s, Dreamgirls follows the rise of a trio of women -- Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyoncé Knowles) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose) -- who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes. At a talent competition, they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the back-up singers for headliner James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control of the girls' look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight, however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become a crossover phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.
Rounding out the main cast are Keith Robinson (Fat Albert), Sharon Leal (TV's "Boston Public"), and three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle ("Miss Saigon," "The Tap Dance Kid," "The Wiz"). Dreamgirls is being directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay he adapted from the stage musical's original book by Tom Eyen. An Academy Award® winner for his screenplay for Gods and Monsters, which he also directed, Condon received another Oscar® nomination for his screenplay adaptation of Chicago. He more recently wrote and directed Kinsey. Academy Award®-nominated producer Laurence Mark (Jerry Maguire, As Good As It Gets, I, Robot) is producing Dreamgirls, with Patricia Whitcher (Memoirs of a Geisha, The Terminal) executive producing. The lyrics are by Tom Eyen, with music by Henry Krieger. A co-production of DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, Dreamgirls will be distributed domestically by DreamWorks, with Paramount handling the international release.
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Directed by
Bill Condon
Starring
Jamie Foxx (Curtis Taylor Jr.)
Beyoncé Knowles (Deena Jones)
Eddie Murphy (James 'Thunder' Early)
Jennifer Hudson (Effie White)
Keith Robinson (C.C. White)
Hinton Battle (Wayne)
Sharon Leal (Michelle Morris)
Anika Noni Rose (Lorrell Robinson)
Danny Glover (Marty Madison)
Jordan Belfi (Adam Brooks)
Gilbert Glenn Brown (Man with Gun)
Yvette Nicole Brown (Curtis' Secretary)
Laura Bell Bundy (Sweetheart)
E.J. Callahan (Older White Man)
Luna Rocio Cantale (Las vegas patron)
Yvette Cason (May)
John Cenatiempo (Thug #1)
Robert Cicchini (Nicky Sylvano)
Michael Cline (Reporter #2)
Colvon Collins (Jimmy Early Band)
Thomas Crawford (T.V. Director)
Robert Curtis-Brown (Technical director (as Robert Curtis Brown))
Loretta Devine (Jazz Singer)
Matthew Dickens (Jimmy Early Band Member)
Johnny Erasme (Campbell Connection Dancer)
Alexander Folk (Ronald)
Alejandro Furth (Case Worker)
Bashir Gavriel (Guitar Player)
Jason Graham (Roadie)
Vince Grant (American Bandstand Producer)
Ralph Louis Harris (M.C.)
Daren A. Herbert (Jimmy Early's Band)
Christopher Jackson
JoNell Kennedy (Joann)
John Krasinski (Sam Walsh)
Dawnn Lewis (Melba Early)
John Lithgow (Jerry Harris)
Jesus Maldonado (Dancer)
David Mehl (Trumpet Player)
Eddie Mekka (Las Vegas Club Manager)
Jonas Neal (Trumpet Player)
Rory O'Malley (Dave)
Ken Page (Max Washington)
Damion Poitier (Man in D.C. Bar)
Marty Ryan (Stagehand)
Tony Sagastizado I (Cuban Man)
Rick Scarry (Atlanta Disc Jockey)
Esther Scott (Aunt Ethel)
Jocko Sims (Elvis Kelly)
Bobby Slayton (Sandy Price)
Smalls (Security guard)
Angela Sorensen (Reporter)
Toni Trucks (Woman in D.C. Bar)
Michael Villani (Detroit Reporter)
Anne Elizabeth Warren (Sweetheart)
Jamar Welch (Saxaphone Player)
Robert Wheeler (Musician)
Jaleel White (Booking agent at Apollo)
Mariah I. Wilson (Magic)
Jordan Wright (Teddy Campbell)
Philip Wright (Taxi Driver)
Debra Zane (Upset White Woman)
Written by
Bill Condon
Tom Eyen (book of musical)
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Dreamgirls (DVD)
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Original Soundtrack - Deluxe Edition
Dreamgirls [CD]
Original Soundtrack
Dreamgirls: The Movie Musical
by Bill Condon, David James
Dreamgirls
by Denene Millner
Dreamgirls [CD]
1982 Original Broadway Cast Recording
Dreamgirls (Sheet Music)
by Henry Krieger
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