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Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin.The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.. The film stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy ...
Cadillac Records: Directed by Darnell Martin. With Josh Alscher, Tim Bellow, Tony Bentley, Tammy Blanchard. Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.
Cadillac Records. In 1947 Chicago, Polish emigrant and bar owner Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) hires a blues combo that includes guitarist Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright) and harmonica player Little ...
Nov 21, 2008 · Adrian Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Cedric the Entertainer, Mos Def, and Beyoncé Knowles star in 'Cadillac Records,' a film following the turbulent lives of some t...
Dec 3, 2008 · “Cadillac Records” is an account of the Chess story that depends more on music than history, which is perhaps as it should be. The film is a fascinating record of the evolution of a black musical style, and the tangled motives of the white men who had an instinct for it. The Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, walked into neighborhoods that ...
Drama. "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 ...
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 ...
Dec 5, 2008 · Cadillac Records Reviews - Metacritic. 2008. R. TriStar Pictures. 1 h 49 m. Summary In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950's Chicago, Cadillac Records follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James and Chuck ...
DRAMA. "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 (Beyoncé Knowles). In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and ...
Dec 8, 2008 · The True Story of Cadillac Records (Part One): The Birth of Chess Records and the Chicago Blues. Above: The Wolf howls. Leonard Chess’ motivation for buying the property on South Cottage Grove in Chicago that would become the Macomba Lounge was clear: he thought it would make money. When his brother Phil got out of the Army in 1946, he went ...
