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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
EAN: 0043396294660
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchSubtitledFrenchDubbed
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 29466
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: March 10, 2009
Running Time: 109 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
CHRONICLES THE RISE OF CHESS RECORDS AND ITS RECORDING ARTISTS. IN 1950S CHICAGO, CADILLAC RECORDS FOLLOWS THE EXCITING BUT TURBULENT LIVES OF SOME OF AMERICA'S MUSICAL LEGENDS, INCLUDING MUDDY WATERS, LEONARD CHESS, LITTLE WALTER, HOWLIN' WOLF, ETTA JAMES AND CHUCK BERRY.
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An energized and passionate, if selective, telling of the story of Chess Records, Cadillac Records is a worthy entry in the niche genre of movies about rock and roll roots. Adrien Brody plays Leonard Chess, who started Chess Records in Chicago in 1947 and turned the label into an important force for blues, rhythm and blues, gospel and, in time, early rock and roll. Cadillac Records focuses on Chess' relationship with his first significant artist, Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), and the label's rise and expansion with the addition of such talents as Little Walter (Columbus Short), Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer), Howlin' Wolf (Eamonn Walker), Chuck Berry (Mos Def) and Etta James (Beyonce Knowles). Written and directed by Darnell Martin, Cadillac Records captures the scrappy beginnings of an enterprise, and a sound, inventing itself as it goes along. Particularly fun are scenes set in clubs or at Chess' recording facility, where electrified blues never stop pushing the envelope of creative possibility. All the while, danger lurks in shadows or in rivalries between artists; also in the self-destructive streaks of Walter and James, and the sexual fetishes of Berry. But the drama largely centers on the potent connections between all these people, who don't always know where their contribution to a cultural phenomenon is going. One of the film's delights is the way Chess and Waters don't really see rock coming until Berry steps through the door, fusing country music with blues. The film skips over a lot of facts: there's no sign of Leonard Chess' brother, Phil, who co-owned the company, nor is there much hint of Chess' expansion into a lot of other areas of music. None of that is any big deal. But what Cadillac Records is missing is more of a unifying point of view. The story is told as a recollection by Willie Dixon, but in a scattershot way that doesn't tell us who Leonard Chess or Waters really are. Aside from that, the film is well worth seeing. --Tom Keogh
Stills from Cadillac Records (click for larger image)
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I never got the dvd. The company said they would refund my money - haven't had a chance to see if that's been done.
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I've read the many of the reviews written before this one and I understand that there are many knowledgeable people when it comes to the inaccuracies of this movie. However, the criticisms are made on the acknowledgements of the facts and not on the bases of how well the actors portrayed their characters or how well the director directed this movie. Every documentary/biography is not going to always be completely factual because let's face it, these movies are made in Hollywood. I am a big fan of ... Read More
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The people behind "Cadillac Records" had a great idea - a film about the founding and growth of Chess records is fertile ground indeed. The home of some of the greatest music ever made, most of which was made at a fascinating time in American history by a series of African-American musicians who had escaped the South while working for the son of Polish Jews....
There's a lot of material here. Unfortunately, the film tries to jam all of it in. The first half of the movie is carried along ... Read More
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"Cadillac Records"
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Let me start by saying that I am a huge, lifelong fan of Chess Records, particularly of Howlin' Wolf and Little Walter, as well as Sugar Pie DeSanto and others. Having a movie that celebrates this fabled, groundbreaking, immensely important, immensely influential blues powerhouse is a good thing. But, like almost all "historical" films and biopics, this is riddled with unnecessary factual errors and other shortcomings. ... Read More
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I received my shipment of this Blu-ray disc in excellent condition and in record delivery time. Thanks!
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