| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | RAY (2004) |
| Director | Taylor Hackford |
| Writer | James L. White (screenplay), Taylor Hackford (story) |
| Lead Actor | Jamie Foxx |
| Cast | Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Terrence Howard, Larenz Tate, Sharon Warren |
| Genre | Biography, Drama, Music |
| Release Date | October 29, 2004 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 32m (152 min) |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 7.7/10 |
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This major Oscar contender focuses on Ray Charles, who assisted with this film project prior to his death in June 2004. His childhood in Florida shows his young mother (Sharon Warren) doing laundry during the Depression to support herself and her two young sons, Ray (C. J. Sanders) and George (Terrone Bell). A piano player at a local bar teaches Ray to play the piano.
When Ray is seven, he watches, stunned, as his brother drowns while playing in his mother’s washtub. A few months later, Ray becomes blind, and his wise mother sends him to a school for the blind.
As a young man, Ray (Jamie Foxx) heads for Seattle. His career takes off when he is signed by Atlantic Records. By the late 1950s, he finds his own distinctive voice and his recordings become hits. Amid the brilliance of his music R&B with gospel, country and pop drug addiction threatens to destroy him as well as his growing family. The drug scenes are explicit and Ray’s withdrawal harrowing.
Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman) is nominated for an Oscar for his skillful direction of this absorbing musical biopic. (At press time, the Oscars have not been awarded.) Jamie Foxx, who lip-syncs songs recorded by Ray Charles, gives an amazing performance that has won him a Golden Globe Award (best actor, musical or comedy) and an Oscar nomination. In addition, the film is competing for an Oscar in the best-picture category against The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby and Sideways.
Ray reveals a unique musical genius, an American treasure who was challenged by race, physical limitations and weakness. Some profanity, drug use and discreet sexual situations.
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