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Dreamgirls

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Release date: December 9, 2006 More »


Director: Bill Condon

Cast:

  • Jamie Foxx as Curtis Taylor Jr.
  • Beyoncé Knowles as Deena Jones
  • Eddie Murphy as James 'Thunder' Early
  • Danny Glover as Marty Madison
  • Jennifer Hudson as Effie White
  • Anika Noni as Lorrell Robinson
  • Keith Robinson as C.C. White
  • Sharon Leal as Michelle Morris
  • Hinton Battle as Wayne
  • Mariah I. Wilson as Magic (as Mariah Wilson)
  • Yvette Cason as May
  • Ken Page as Max Washington
  • Ralph Louis Harris as M.C. (as Ralph Harris)
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About:

Dreamgirls follows the rise of a trio of women -- Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyonce 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 cross-over phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.

Producer: Jonathan King, Laurence Mark, Leeann Stonebreaker, Patricia Whitcher

Writers: Bill Condon, Tom Eyen