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Release Date:
12 February 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
Play it. Sing it. Shout it. Feel it.
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In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Golden Globe.
Another 25 wins
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25 nominations
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A Wonderful Ensemble and an Unforgettable Main Character
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | S. Epatha Merkerson | ... | Rachel "Nanny" Crosby |
 | Marcus Carl Franklin | ... | Ruben Santiago Jr. (as Marcus Franklin) |
 | Mos Def | ... | The Bandleader |
| Carmen Ejogo | ... | Alean |
 | Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Ol'lem Taylor |
 | Macy Gray | ... | Pauline |
 | Terrence Howard | ... | Bill Crosby (as Terrance Dashon Howard) |
 | Ernie Hudson | ... | Dick Barrymore |
 | Delroy Lindo | ... | Mr. Lucious |
 | Rosie Perez | ... | Bertha |
| Ruben Santiago-Hudson | ... | Freddie Cobbs |
 | Liev Schreiber | ... | Ulysses Ford |
 | Jimmy Smits | ... | Ruben Santiago Sr. |
| Patricia Wettig | ... | Laura's Mother |
 | Charlayne Woodard | ... | Bill's Woman |
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95 min
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Canada:14A (Ontario) |
UK:12 (DVD rating) |
UK:15 (TV rating) |
Australia:M |
Singapore:M18 |
USA:PG-13
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson insisted his daughter Lily be cast in a cameo as Laura's daughter. But his son Trey, a twin with Lily, wanted to appear in the movie as well, which Ruben accepted. In real life, the character of the abused Laura only had a daughter, not a twin daughter and son. The scene where Laura comes to Nanny's house in the middle of the night with her son and daughter after leaving her abusive husband is accurately re-created word-for-word as Ruben remembered from that night.
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Anachronisms: During the club scenes during the 1950s, there are a number of 45 rpm singles hanging on the walls. One is a Columbia Records single with the 1970s design and logo.
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Rachel "Nanny" Crosby:
Luck is you gettin' outta Georgia alive.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006) (TV)
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Caldonia
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The centerpiece of Lackawanna Blues is the character Rachel "Nanny" Crosby, who runs a boardinghouse and provides unflagging support to a young boy, Ruben, the narrator of the film. Based upon the experiences of writer-actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the film lovingly recreates the upstate New York boardinghouse and evokes the cultural climate of a world in transition in the 1960s.
The first half of the film is virtually non-stop music. The second half addresses more completely the various characters in the boardinghouse. Nanny's ability "to take fragments and make them whole" affects everyone within her sphere. An especially vivid scene is when she confronts an abusive husband, telling him firmly, "If you ever touch that child again, we're going to dance!" As delivered by actress S. Epatha Merkerson, that line is so steely and filled with such resolve that the husband with the hair-trigger temper is frozen in his tracks.
From start to finish, Merkerson delivers a commanding presence Her character binds together the disparate lives of the borders in her home. This was a touching, heartfelt film with a wonderful cast. As played by Merkerson, the character of Nanny simply radiates love. This is a film experience that I will remember for a long time to come.