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Format:	DVD	Edition:	Widescreen
Leading Role:	Adrien Brody, Beyonce Knowles	Rating:	R
Director:	Darnell Martin	Release Date:	Mar 10, 2009
Genre:	Concert & Music	UPC:	043396294660
Sub-Genre:	--	Region:	DVD: 1 (US, CA)
Condition:	Brand New

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CADILLAC RECORDS is a writer/director Darnell Martin's riveting ensemble film depicting the rise, in the early-‘50s to late-‘60s, of key musical figures at the crossroads between blues, rhythm & blues, and rock & roll. Based on the true story of the original Chicago-based purveyors of electric blues, Chess Records, it centers on two men: Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), a Polish-Jewish nightclub owner; and Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), a transplanted Mississippi sharecropper with sights set on musical stardom. After hearing Waters's electrified Delta blues during a tussle at his nightclub, Chess decides to pool his resources into releasing what were then called "race records." Soon a coterie of label talent, from Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf, to Chuck Berry and Etta James, help to propel the fledgling label to the top of the charts--with each hit-maker rewarded by Chess with a shiny new Cadillac automobile. While sometimes playing loose with some minor historical points, the film truly hits the mark with its attention to visual detail, from costumes and cars, down to vintage recording equipment, all of it is a feast for period buffs. But what truly makes CADILLAC RECORDS captivating are the exceptional musical performances of Beyonce Knowles (Etta James) and Mos Def (Chuck Berry), two of the finest musicians-turned-actors of their time. Ultimately, CADILLAC RECORDS' most potent message may be the boundless ability that much of this music had in transcending the unsettling realities facing blacks of the time. From Payola (the practice of bribing disc jockeys to play "race records") and segregation, to white performers pilfering songs written by blacks, all of it is handled with admirable aplomb in this enjoyable, often edifying, film.
Credits
Producer:	Sofia Sondervan
Cast:	Adrien Brody, Beyonce Knowles, Cedric the Entertainer, Columbus Short, Eamonn Walker, Gabrielle Union

Editorial reviews
"Knowles captures James' emotional vulnerability and is substantially better than she was in DREAMGIRLS....She shines most when singing." USA Today - Claudia Puig (12/05/2008) "Mos Def makes a terrific Berry, all flash and confidence, and Wright offers a memorably soulful take on Waters..." Los Angeles Times - Tasha Robinson (12/05/2008) "[A] rollicking and insightful celebration of Chicago blues in its hectic golden age....Enriched by the skill and verve of a prodigious ensemble..." New York Times - A. O. Scott (12/05/2008) "The casting throughout is successful. Columbus Short suggests the building inner torments of Little Walter, and Cedric the Entertainer plays the singer-songwriter Willie Dixon as a creator and synthesizer." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (12/05/2008) "Wright plays Waters as an elegant tomcat in boxy suits....Then there's Chuck Berry -- played by Mos Def, who nails the legend's apple-cheeked charisma as well as his saucy grooves." -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (12/12/2008) 3 stars out of 5 -- "Beyonce is luminous as the driven diva. Also excellent is Mos Def as an up-for-anything Chuck Berry." Total Film - Ken McIntyre (03/01/2009) 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he music kicks up a storm, and the real revelation is Knowles, who burns a hole in the screen as sexy, drug-addled siren Etta..." Empire - William Thomas (03/01/2009) "[Beyonce Knowles] performs dynamic versions of Etta James classics and delivers the dramatic goods as the troubled and badly addicted young woman who lives the blues she sings." Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt (11/25/2008)

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Cadillac Records

Widescreen

Actor/Actress: Adrien Brody , Jeffrey Wright , Beyonce Knowles

Director: Darnell Martin

Year: 2008

Runtime: 108

Rating: R (MPAA)

Color: Y

Closed Captioned: Y

UPC: 043396294660

CADILLAC RECORDS is a writer/director Darnell Martin's riveting ensemble film depicting the rise, in the early-‘50s to late-‘60s, of key musical figures at the crossroads between blues, rhythm & blues, and rock & roll. Based on the true story of the original Chicago-based purveyors of electric blues, Chess Records, it centers on two men: Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), a Polish-Jewish nightclub owner; and Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), a transplanted Mississippi sharecropper with sights set on musical stardom. After hearing Waters's electrified Delta blues during a tussle at his nightclub, Chess decides to pool his resources into releasing what were then called "race records." Soon a coterie of label talent, from Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf, to Chuck Berry and Etta James, help to propel the fledgling label to the top of the charts--with each hit-maker rewarded by Chess with a shiny new Cadillac automobile. While sometimes playing loose with some minor historical points, the film truly hits the mark with its attention to visual detail, from costumes and cars, down to vintage recording equipment, all of it is a feast for period buffs. But what truly makes CADILLAC RECORDS captivating are the exceptional musical performances of Beyonce Knowles (Etta James) and Mos Def (Chuck Berry), two of the finest musicians-turned-actors of their time. Ultimately, CADILLAC RECORDS' most potent message may be the boundless ability that much of this music had in transcending the unsettling realities facing blacks of the time. From Payola (the practice of bribing disc jockeys to play "race records") and segregation, to white performers pilfering songs written by blacks, all of it is handled with admirable aplomb in this enjoyable, often edifying, film.
Dubbed, Subtitles - French
Subtitles - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary:
1. Darnell Martin, Director/Writer
Behind the Scenes:
1. Once Upon a Blues: Cadillac Records by Design
Making Of:
1. Playing Chess: The Making of Cadillac Records

Distributor Notes: Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Leonard Chess’ (Adrien Brody) Chess Records and its recording artists including Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Willie Dixon (Cedric The Entertainer) and the great Etta James (Beyonce Knowles). In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's greatest musical legends

Stars

Adrien Brody: American Actor, THE PIANIST (2002)
Jeffrey Wright: Actor/"Basquiat"
Beyonce Knowles: Actress, AUSTIN POWERS 3 (2002)
Mos Def: Hip-Hop Artist/Actor
Gabrielle Union: American actress, BRING IT ON
Columbus Short: Actor, STEPPIN' (2007)
Cedric the Entertainer:
Emmanuelle Chriqui: Actress
Eamonn Walker: actor, ONCE IN THE LIFE

Director

Darnell Martin: Director

Producer

Andrew Lack: Producer
Sofia Sondervan: Executive Producer, PARTY MONSTER (2003)

Screenwriter

Darnell Martin: Director

Composer

Terence Blanchard: Composer, WAIST DEEP (2006)

Review 1:

"Mos Def makes a terrific Berry, all flash and confidence, and Wright offers a memorably soulful take on Waters..."

Source: Los Angeles Times 12/05/2008

Review 2:

"Knowles captures James' emotional vulnerability and is substantially better than she was in DREAMGIRLS....She shines most when singing."

Source: USA Today 12/05/2008

Review 3:

"The casting throughout is successful. Columbus Short suggests the building inner torments of Little Walter, and Cedric the Entertainer plays the singer-songwriter Willie Dixon as a creator and synthesizer."

Source: Chicago Sun-Times 12/05/2008

Review 4:

"Wright plays Waters as an elegant tomcat in boxy suits....Then there's Chuck Berry -- played by Mos Def, who nails the legend's apple-cheeked charisma as well as his saucy grooves." -- Grade: B+

Source: Entertainment Weekly p.50 12/12/2008

Review 5:

"[A] rollicking and insightful celebration of Chicago blues in its hectic golden age....Enriched by the skill and verve of a prodigious ensemble..."

Source: New York Times 12/05/2008

Review 6:

3 stars out of 5 -- "Beyonce is luminous as the driven diva. Also excellent is Mos Def as an up-for-anything Chuck Berry."

Source: Total Film 03/01/2009

Review 7:

3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he music kicks up a storm, and the real revelation is Knowles, who burns a hole in the screen as sexy, drug-addled siren Etta..."

Source: Empire 03/01/2009

Review 8:

"[Beyonce Knowles] performs dynamic versions of Etta James classics and delivers the dramatic goods as the troubled and badly addicted young woman who lives the blues she sings."

Source: Hollywood Reporter 11/25/2008

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