Cadillac Records (2008)

Directed by

Darnell Martin

Genre

musical film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 482 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows record executive Leonard Chess and the musicians of Chess Records from the 1940s through the 1960s. It shows how Leonard Chess worked with artists like Muddy Waters and Etta James to bring blues and early rock music to a wider audience.

biographicalnostalgicmusicaldramaticenergetichistoricalemotional

What happens

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 Waters, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James. The film was released in North America on December 5, 2008, by TriStar Pictures. The soundtrack was released on Music World/Columbia and Sony Music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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