a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title cze

a Classification number DVD 004025

a Personal name Hackford, Taylor.

a Title Ray

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2004

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Anvil Films

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 152 min

a General note The life and career of the legendary popular music pianist, Ray Charles.

a Creation/production credits note Taylor Hackford

a Summary, etc Ray Charles has the distinction of being both a national treasure and an international phenomenon. By the early 1960's 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 LP's ""Genius Plus Soul Equals Jazz"" and ""Modern Sounds in Country & Western."" Rhythm & 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 & 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 & roll. Jamie Foxx (Any Given Sunday, Ali) 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 central Florida, Ray Charles went blind at the age of 7. 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 revolutionized 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.

a Language note Languages : English, Czech

a Language note Subtitles : English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Czech, Danish, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Music

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biography

a Personal name Powell, Clifton.

a Personal name Jamie Foxx

a Personal name Kerry Washington

a Personal name Regina King

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