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Little Richard (2000) (TV)
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20 February 2000 (USA)
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The story of Little Richard, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a black singer in the 50's, to his born-again phase & brief "retirement" from rock and roll. | add synopsis
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
Another 1 nomination
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Hey, this movie was alright...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leon | ... | Little Richard |
 | Jenifer Lewis | ... | Muh Penniman |
 | Carl Lumbly | ... | Bud Penniman |
 | Tamala Jones | ... | Lucille |
 | Mel Jackson | ... | Bump Blackwell |
 | Garrett Morris | ... | Carl Rainey |
| Anthony Lee | ||
| Lahmard J. Tate | (as Lahmard Tate) | |
 | Alimi Ballard | ||
 | Anthony Griffith | ||
 | JoNell Kennedy | (as Jonell Kennedy) | |
 | Michael Mantell | ... | Art Rupe |
| Reynaldo Rey | ||
| William James Jones | ... | Billy Wright |
| Warren G. | ... | Studio Musician |
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The Little Richard Story (USA) (working title)
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120 min | Germany:86 min
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Little Richard:
[improvising on the piano] A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-good-hot-damn! Tutti frutti! Good booty! Tutti frutti! Good booty! Tutti frutti! Good booty! Tutti frutti! Good booty! If it don't fit, don't force it! If you grease it, make it easy!
Bump Blackwell: We have *got* to record that!
Little Richard: What?
Bump Blackwell: Yeah that! *That* is a hit!
Little Richard: You're kidding me.
Bump Blackwell: No, no, no, no, I mean, we gotta clean up the lyrics though. That's a... that's a definite. Dorothy, get in here!
Little Richard: But wait a second. Bump...
Bump Blackwell: This is gonna be...! Dorothy!
[Dorothy runs in]
Bump Blackwell: C'mere! Quick! Get in here!
[...]
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Bump Blackwell: We have *got* to record that!
Little Richard: What?
Bump Blackwell: Yeah that! *That* is a hit!
Little Richard: You're kidding me.
Bump Blackwell: No, no, no, no, I mean, we gotta clean up the lyrics though. That's a... that's a definite. Dorothy, get in here!
Little Richard: But wait a second. Bump...
Bump Blackwell: This is gonna be...! Dorothy!
[Dorothy runs in]
Bump Blackwell: C'mere! Quick! Get in here!
[...]
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This had to be one of Robert Townsends better, if not best, movie he'd ever directed. I never knew much about Little Richard's past and this movie does a very good job in explaining it. I say about as good as the Tina Turner story, What's Love Got to Do With it.
It's starts out with Richard's child hood, his infatuation with dressing up in his mother's clothes, his father giving him beatings and the influence of the church. The film later goes into Richard's first hit recording "Tutti Fruitti". Pat Boone later goes on to record this song and many other Little Richard songs and the white radio stations play Boone's instead of Richards. Of course, this isn't the whole plot of the movie, though, just part of it.
This movie is about as good as you can get when it comes to biography movies on Rock stars. It doesn't disappoint, not in my opinion. LEON does a very good job portraying Little Richard.
-BGR