Bessie

Téléfilm
2015
TV-MA
1h 55m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,7/10

4,9 k

MA NOTE

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Liretrailer1 min 31 s

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Biography Drama Music

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,7/10

4,9 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

A remporté 4 prix Primetime Emmy
- 23 victoires et 47 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Mo'Nique was offered the role of Viola, but she refused because she had played that type of character before. Reading the script, she liked Ma Rainey and asked HBO if it was possible to play that character.

Citations
Bessie Smith: I ain't playing second to nobody!

Connexions
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Queen Latifah/Sam Rockwell/Something Rotten! (2015)

Bandes originales
Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
Written by Wesley Wilson (uncredited)
Remixed and Produced by Adam Blackstone and Queen Latifah
Additional Orchestration and Scoring by Stephen Tirpak (as Steve Tirpak)

Commentaires des utilisateurs26

Commentaire en vedette

5/10

Singer

Bessie is a nicely produced flick about 'Bessie Smith the singer' with a little suggestion of 'Bessie Smith the person' sprinkled throughout the story. At movies end you don't feel you know something about her outside of her remarkable singing.

There are scenes of her rise from rags to riches and the family she tries to make but that's all you get through brief scenes and then it's back to her as a singer.

This isn't a bad movie, it's entertaining and Queen Latifah pulls out all the stops as Bessie the singer. But the ending leaves you pretty much where you were when you started the movie as far as Bessie the person is portrayed.