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Also known as Ray (film)
2004 American biographical musical drama film
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Ray is a 2004 American biographical musical drama film directed and produced by Taylor Hackford. The screenplay was written by Jimmy White and Taylor Hackford, with cinematography by Paweł Edelman and editing by Paul Hirsch. The cast includes Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, and Harry Lennix. The film was produced by Bristol Bay Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is presented in English and has a runtime of 152 minutes.
The narrative is set in Florida and spans the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Filming took place in New Orleans and Santa Monica. The music was composed by Craig Armstrong and Ray Charles. The film received a PG-13 rating and was released on October 29, 2004.
Ray was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. It won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Sound, as well as the National Board of Review Top Ten Films award. The film has a budget of 40,000,000 and earned 124,700,000 in revenue.
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Film · TMDB
7.5Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Cast
- Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles
- Kerry Washington as Della Bea Robinson
- Regina King as Margie Hendricks
- Harry Lennix as Joe Adams
- Clifton Powell as Jeff Brown
- Bokeem Woodbine as Fathead Newman
Themes
- blindness and impaired vision
- country music
- jazz
- loss of loved one
- overdose
- bus ride
- georgia
- melancholy
- record producer
- biography
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
160,266 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
73/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 152 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 53 wins & 55 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Taylor Hackford
- Screenplay by
- James L. White
- Story by
- Taylor Hackford James L. White
- Produced by
- Taylor Hackford Stuart Benjamin Howard Baldwin Karen Baldwin
- Starring
- Jamie Foxx Kerry Washington Clifton Powell Harry Lennix Terrence Howard Larenz Tate Richard Schiff Regina King
- Cinematography
- Paweł Edelman
- Edited by
- Paul Hirsch
- Music by
- Craig Armstrong
- Production companies
- Bristol Bay Productions Anvil Films Baldwin Entertainment Group
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- October 29, 2004 ( 2004-10-29 )
- Running time
- 152 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $124 million
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