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Nebs
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 Cadillac Records Cadillac Records Quote: Cadillac Records is a 2008 musical biopic 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 the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.
The film stars Adrien Brody as Chess, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf, and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James. The film was released in North America on December 5, 2008 by TriStar Pictures.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Cadillac Records B
Among the many biopics and true stories this was a rather overlooked nice little film that came and went back in 2008 - unfairly so. It might not offer much new to see and frankly, the factual accuracy of a lot of the events is disputable, but it is a well made example of the genre that captures the period and its atmosphere very well. Its strongest asset is by far its cast. Adrien Brody is the film's lead, but while good, he seems rather underdeveloped. Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Eammon Walker and Beyonce are the ones who really score with this film. In particular Beyonce's layered and moving performance as Etta James certainly deserved more accolades than it got.
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