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Universal Pictures and Bristol Bay Productions present an Anvil Films production in association with Baldwin Entertainment ; produced by Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin ; story by Taylor Hackford and James L. White ; screenplay by James L. White ; produced and directed by Taylor Hackford.
- Widescreen ed.
- Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]
- 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 023300
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Special features: 14 deleted scenes; Ray remembered: friends and fellow musicians remember Ray Charles; feature commentary with director Taylor Hackford; cast and filmmakers.
Main titles/Seattle bound -- Talent night -- Golden goose -- To the piano born -- The chitlin' circuit -- Unnatural death -- No tears -- Messing around -- Hummingbird -- The new Ray Charles -- Devil music -- On the road -- Double life -- Cat fight -- Junkie -- Improvising -- Disharmony -- Moving on -- M.O.R. -- Breaking the rules -- Battling Jim Crow -- Busted -- Going country -- State of the art -- Broken hearts -- Border crossing -- Rehab -- Salvation/End titles.
Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Paul Hirsch ; score composer, Craig Armstrong. Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Paul Hirsch ; score composer, Craig Armstrong.
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Aunjanue Ellis, Harry Lennix, Terrence Dashon Howard, Larenz Tate, Richard Schiff, Regina King.
Ray Charles was born in a poor predominantly black town in central Florida. He went blind at the age of 7. With the staunch support of his determined single mother, he developed a fierce resolve. He had wit and incredible talent which would eventually enable him to overcome not only Jim Crow racism and the cruel prejudices against the blind, but also discover his own sound which revolutionized American popular music. Nonetheless, as Ray's unprecedented fame grew, so did his weakness for drugs and women, until they threatened to strip away the very things he held most dear.
MPAA rating: PG-13; depiction of drug addiction, sexuality and some thematic elements.
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, NTSC.
This DVD disc is copy protected.
In English or French, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing [SDH].
1417013141 9781417013142 1417022078 9781417022076
025193061225
30612 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 --Drama.
Blind entertainers--United States--Drama.
African American men--Conduct of life--Drama.
African American men--Social conditions--Drama.
Racism--United States--Drama.
Blind entertainers--Drama.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Special features: 14 deleted scenes; Ray remembered: friends and fellow musicians remember Ray Charles; feature commentary with director Taylor Hackford; cast and filmmakers.
Main titles/Seattle bound -- Talent night -- Golden goose -- To the piano born -- The chitlin' circuit -- Unnatural death -- No tears -- Messing around -- Hummingbird -- The new Ray Charles -- Devil music -- On the road -- Double life -- Cat fight -- Junkie -- Improvising -- Disharmony -- Moving on -- M.O.R. -- Breaking the rules -- Battling Jim Crow -- Busted -- Going country -- State of the art -- Broken hearts -- Border crossing -- Rehab -- Salvation/End titles.
Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Paul Hirsch ; score composer, Craig Armstrong. Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Paul Hirsch ; score composer, Craig Armstrong.
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Aunjanue Ellis, Harry Lennix, Terrence Dashon Howard, Larenz Tate, Richard Schiff, Regina King.
Ray Charles was born in a poor predominantly black town in central Florida. He went blind at the age of 7. With the staunch support of his determined single mother, he developed a fierce resolve. He had wit and incredible talent which would eventually enable him to overcome not only Jim Crow racism and the cruel prejudices against the blind, but also discover his own sound which revolutionized American popular music. Nonetheless, as Ray's unprecedented fame grew, so did his weakness for drugs and women, until they threatened to strip away the very things he held most dear.
MPAA rating: PG-13; depiction of drug addiction, sexuality and some thematic elements.
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, NTSC.
This DVD disc is copy protected.
In English or French, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing [SDH].
1417013141 9781417013142 1417022078 9781417022076
025193061225
30612 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 --Drama.
Blind entertainers--United States--Drama.
African American men--Conduct of life--Drama.
African American men--Social conditions--Drama.
Racism--United States--Drama.
Blind entertainers--Drama.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.