Cadillac Records
Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cas...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French |
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Culver City, Calif. :
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
2009.
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. |
| Summary: | Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James. Chess makes all of his artists part of his family and takes care of them. This is not easy since they spend a small fortune on booze, drugs, and the high life. When Chuck Berry goes to jail, Leonard is able to find another talented performer, Etta James, to take his place. In the late sixties, as their music goes out of favor, Leonard Chess gets out of the record business. Directed by TV veteran Darnell Martin, the musical drama Cadillac Records documents the compelling true-life story of the Chicago record label that helped the world discover such legendary artists as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and Chuck Berry. Founded in 1950 by Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), Chess Records quickly gained a reputation as home to some of the most talented and influential blues artists ever to step into a recording studio. But giving these musicians an opportunity to bring their music to the world was no easy task, because along the way there was enough sex, drugs, and rock & roll to ensure that things around Chess Records never got boring. Featuring Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Gabrielle Union as Geneva Wade, Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, and Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (English), Dolby Digital surround (French). |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Anastas Michos ; editor, Peter C. Frank ; music producer, Steve Jordan ; original score, Terence Blanchard. |
| ISBN: | 1435953983 9781435953987 |
| Participant or Performer: | Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker, Mos Def, Beyoncé Knowles. |
| Language: | English or dubbed French dialogue ; optional English or French subtitles ; closed-captioned. |
| FOLIO link: | View instance in FOLIO |