Movie Info
Genre
Drama, MusicalRelease Date
TBA 2008Studio
Sony BMG Feature Films
Cast and Crew
Director
Darnell MartinProducer
Sofia Sondervan, Andrew LackScreenwriter
Darnell MartinStarring
- Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess
- Jeffrey Wright
- Beyonce Knowles as Etta James
- Columbus Short
- Mos Def as Chuck Berry
- Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon
- Gabrielle Union as Geneva Wade
- Tammy Blanchard
Movie Story
The period piece follows the rise and fall of Chess Records, which launched the careers of such R&B greats as Muddy Waters, Etta James and Chuck Berry. Chess, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, scoured the South, checking out the various blues scenes and selling records from the back of his Cadillac.
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