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Dreamgirls (2006)
6.5
Ratings: 6.5/10 from 34,371 users
Metascore:
76/100
Reviews: 489 user | 237 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com Based on the Broadway musical, a trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s. Director:Bill Condon |
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Won 2 Oscars.
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Cast
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Ken Page | ... |
Max Washington
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M.C.
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Tiny Joe Dixon
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Storyline
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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All you have to do is dream. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for language, some sexuality and drug content See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Soñadoras See more »Filming Locations:
Alexandria Hotel - 501 S. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$378,950 (USA) (17 December 2006) (3 Screens)Gross:
$103,063,211 (USA) (1 April 2007)Company Credits
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Deena Jones: It's the DREAMettes! The Dreamettes!
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Written by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
Performed by Jamie Foxx
Produced by The Underdogs (Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas)
Published by Dreamgirls Music (ASCAP) admin. by Universal-Geffen Music and Dreamettes Music (BMI) admin. by Universal-Geffen Music See more »
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Both Will Smith and Terrence Howard were considered for the role of Curtis Taylor, Jr. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: During a 1965 press conference, a photographer uses a Nikon camera that was introduced in the late 1980s. See more »Quotes
M.C.: And now the courageous, the curvaceous... Creamettes!Deena Jones: It's the DREAMettes! The Dreamettes!
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Crazy Credits
The film begins immediately after the distribution studio logos, with no opening titles/credits of any kind. See more »Soundtracks
"When I First Saw You"Written by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
Performed by Jamie Foxx
Produced by The Underdogs (Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas)
Published by Dreamgirls Music (ASCAP) admin. by Universal-Geffen Music and Dreamettes Music (BMI) admin. by Universal-Geffen Music See more »
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