RAY -THE RAY CHARLES STORY (2006) Resolution: 640x272
Format:divx
DurationL 2hrs 25 min
Actors: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Michael Arata, Curtis Armstrong Director: Taylor Hackford
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The extraordinary story of Ray Charles. A man who fought harder and went further than anyone thought possible.
Ray Charles has the distinction of being both a national treasure and an international phenomenon. By the early 1960s Ray Charles had accomplished his dream. He'd come of age musically. He'd made it to Carnegie Hall. The hit records Georgia, Born to lose successively kept climbing to the top of the charts. He'd made his first triumphant European concert tour in 1960 (a feat which, except for 1965, he's repeated at least once a year ever since). He had taken virtually every form of popular music and broken through its boundaries with such awe inspiring achievements as the LPs Genius plus soul equals jazz and Modern sounds in Country and Western. Rhythm and Blues (or "race music" as it had been called) became universally respectable through his efforts. Jazz found a mainstream audience it had never previously enjoyed. And Country and Western music began to chart an unexpected course to general acceptance, then worldwide popularity. And along the way Ray Charles was instrumental in the invention of Rock and Roll.
Jamie Foxx is Ray Charles in this high-energy portrait of an exceptional man who has become an American icon. Born in a poor African American town in northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. With the staunch support of his determined single mother, he developed the fierce resolve, wit and incredible talent that would eventually enable him to overcome not only Jim Crow racism and the cruel prejudices against the blind but also discover his own sound which revolutionised American popular music. Nonetheless, as Ray's unprecedented fame grew, so did his weakness for drugs and women, until they threatened to strip away the very things he held most dear. This little known story of Ray Charles' meteoric rise from humble beginnings, his successful struggle to excel in a sighted world and his eventual defeat of his own personal demons make for an inspiring and unforgettable true story of human triumph.
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