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Submit Your ReviewMPAA Rating: R | Year: 2008 | Running Time: 108 minutes
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Blu-Ray Disc
$33.99CADILLAC RECORDS / (WS DUB SUB AC3 DOL)
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DVD
$21.99CADILLAC RECORDS / (WS DUB SUB AC3 DOL)
Directed by TV veteran Darnell Martin, the musical drama Cadillac Records documents the compelling true-life story of the Chicago record label that helped the world discover such legendary artists as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and Chuck Berry. Founded in 1950 by Leonard Chess (Adrien ...more
Can white men understand black music? Or is music a universal language we all speak, regardless of color or creed? Those are two of the many questions posed by Cadillac Records, a sexy, layered look at the birth of Chicago blues and Chess Records, the label that released the music. The car of the title is a reference to the gift that artists received when signing to the label. It's a sign of indulgence and the way life changed for bluesmen (and women) once they received the financial ...more
- Adrien Brody - Leonard Chess
- Jeffrey Wright - Muddy Waters
- Gabrielle Union - Geneva Wade
- Beyoncé Knowles - Etta James
- Columbus Short - Little Walter
- Mos Def - Chuck Berry
- Cedric the Entertainer - Willie Dixon
- Emmanuelle Chriqui - Revetta Chess
- Eamonn Walker - Howlin' Wolf
- Tammy Blanchard
- Darnell Martin - Director
- Beyoncé Knowles - Executive Producer
- Marc Levin - Executive Producer
- Sofia Sondervan - Producer
- Andrew Lack - Producer
- Darnell Martin - Screenwriter
- Nicolas Locke - Art Director
- Kimberly Hardin - Casting
- Petra Hoebel - Co-producer
- Johnetta Boone - Costume Designer
- Peter C. Frank - Editor
- Terence Blanchard - Composer (Music Score)
- Beth Amy Rosenblatt - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Linda Burton - Production Designer
Box Office Info
- Date
- Rank
- Weekend
Gross - %Change
- Theater
Count - Total
Gross - Week#
- Dec 14
- 9
- $3,500,000
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- 686
- $3,500,000
- 1
- Dec 21
- 12
- $1,600,000
- -54%
- 688
- $5,924,000
- 2
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