Ray

2004
12
2 Std. 32 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,7/10

159.691

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.508

1.437

Oscar winner Jamie Foxx returns to the screen in the action comedy 'They Cloned Tyrone.' From his early days in comedy starring in "In Living Color" to his dramatic award-winning roles in 'Ray' and much more, "No Small Parts" takes a look at his rise to fame.

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Die Lebensgeschichte des legendären Bluesmusikers Ray Charles, von seinen bescheidenen Anfängen im Süden, wo er mit sieben Jahren erblindete, bis zu seinem kometenhaften Aufstieg in den 1950... Alles lesenDie Lebensgeschichte des legendären Bluesmusikers Ray Charles, von seinen bescheidenen Anfängen im Süden, wo er mit sieben Jahren erblindete, bis zu seinem kometenhaften Aufstieg in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren.Die Lebensgeschichte des legendären Bluesmusikers Ray Charles, von seinen bescheidenen Anfängen im Süden, wo er mit sieben Jahren erblindete, bis zu seinem kometenhaften Aufstieg in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,7/10

159.691

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.508

1.437

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

2 Oscars gewonnen
- 53 Gewinne & 55 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Ray Charles died of liver failure on June 10, 2004, after filming had ended. He was able to sit through the first edit of this movie before his death.

Patzer
The scene where Charles is met by a group of protesters outside the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia is a fabrication. Charles canceled his appearance after receiving a telegram from students at a local black college. The promoter successfully sued Charles for breach of contract, but he was never banned from the state of Georgia. When the Georgia state legislature honored Ray Charles in 1979, they didn't apologized for banning him because he was never banned. In the commentary, it is stated that this event actually happened, but those who looked into Georgia's legislature found no record that he was banned, just sued, and later they adopted as their state song "Georgia" - by Ray Charles.

Zitate
[first lines]
Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple.

Crazy Credits
Ray Charles is survived by 12 children, 21 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren.

Alternative Versionen
Universal Pictures Oscar Edition contains Extended Cut of the film.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Ray/Primer/Being Julia/The Final Cut/Vera Drake/Team America: World Police (2004)

Soundtracks
What'd I Say
Written by Ray Charles
Performed by Ray Charles
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

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8/10

Mostly accurate and brutal--but also a bit of a white-wash

"Ray" is an excellent movie. Jamie Foxx did a great job in the film and earned the Oscar for Best Actor--and he was excellent in the title role. The film also showed many of the warts in Ray Charles' life--such as affairs and drug abuse. However, as a history teacher, I should also point out that the film ignores just how dark and nasty a person Ray Charles was. In the film you hear about one failed marriage and one illegitimate child, but the truth was much darker--with 12 children by 9 different mothers and an additional marriage. I really think talking about this would have improved the film--showing the extreme contrast between a man who could sing songs that delight millions and yet, personally, he was a mess. It also would have been more truthful--a serious problem with most bio-pics. But I should at least admire that the film is not a total white-wash but addresses some of his dark past. Plus, the production values were great and the film was never dull. Excellent and well worth seeing.

By the way, you'll probably notice that my review is pretty short considering how big a hit the film was and what an epic film it was. Well, there are already TONS of reviews for the movie and so I chose just to focus on the historical aspects of the film.