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Cadillac Records ()


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Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

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Mick Jagger (as Joshua Alscher)
Tim Bellow ...
Man in the Caddy (as Timothy Bellow)
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Lomax
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Isabelle Allen
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Alan Freed
Marc Bonan ...
Keith Richards
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Leonard Chess
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Willie Dixon (as Cedric the Entertainer)
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Revetta Chess
Douglas Crosby ...
Policeman (Little Walter beating)
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Geneva's Teenage Son
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Blonde Girl
Sean Shyboy Davis ...
Toothless Hillbilly Little Walter (as Sean Davis)
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Charles Waters
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Phil Chess
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Shelly Feder
Eric Frandsen ...
Engineer - Present Day (as Erik Frandsen)
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Slick Pimp
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Minnie Ripperton (as Suzette Azariah Gunn)
Jordan Haynes ...
Pot Strong (as Jordan C. Haynes)
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Policeman (with the Stones)
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Bartender
Tyler Humphrey ...
Muddy - Age 6
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Maid
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Mysterious Black Man
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Hubert Sumlin
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Etta James (as Beyoncé Knowles)
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Harmonica Player
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Pot's Girlfriend Juanita
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Jimmy Rogers
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Chuck Berry (as Mos Def)
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Manager
Wade Mylius ...
Bouncer
Rebecca Pappa ...
Another Blonde
Jonathan Earl Peck ...
Man Who Rolled 7 (as Jonathan Peck)
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Hip Hop Artist
Ginnie Randall ...
Muddy's Grandmother
Ashlee Ray ...
Muddy's Floozy #1
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Chess Engineer
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Producer - Present Day
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Mr. Feder
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Little Walter
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Guitarist
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James Cotton
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Geneva Wade
Carmen Ziina Vasquez ...
Muddy's Floozy #2
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Howlin' Wolf
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Mississippi DJ
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Muddy Waters
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Guitar Player (uncredited)
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(Lil' Walter's) 50's sexy girl (uncredited)
Angelina Aucello ...
Teenybopper (uncredited)
Lawrence P. Beron ...
Overseer (uncredited)
Wayne Cobham ...
Piano - Etta's Recording Recording Group (uncredited)
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Picnic Boyfriend (uncredited)
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Mississippi DJ (uncredited)
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Chuck Berry Concert Goer (uncredited)
John Farrer ...
Violinist - Etta's Recording Group (uncredited)
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Trumpet - Etta's Recording Group (uncredited)
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Young Lover (uncredited)
Tiffany M. Johnson ...
Girlfriend (uncredited)
Vianca Johnson ...
Field Worker (uncredited)
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Chicago Cop (uncredited)
Tony Lawson ...
Vendor (uncredited)
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Bystander (uncredited)
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Little Walter's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Cerrone may ...
Muddy's Band Member (uncredited)
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Muddy Waters' Girlfriend (uncredited)
Catherine Pierce ...
Shocked Bystander (uncredited)
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Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Paul Saffioti ...
Bill Wyman (uncredited)
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Officer Brown (uncredited)
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Dice Player (uncredited)

Directed by

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Darnell Martin

Written by

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Darnell Martin ... (written by)

Produced by

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Beyoncé ... executive producer (as Beyoncé Knowles)
Scott Cameron ... co-producer
Petra Hoebel ... co-producer
Andrew Lack ... producer
Marc Levin ... executive producer
Sofia Sondervan ... producer

Music by

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Terence Blanchard

Cinematography by

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Anastas N. Michos ... director of photography (as Anastas Michos)

Editing by

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Peter C. Frank

Editorial Department

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Mitchell Ferm ... digital intermediate producer
Joe Gawler ... senior digital intermediate colorist
Chris Gennarelli ... colorist: dailies
Saar Klein ... additional editor
Jack Lewars ... digital intermediate assistant colorist
Chris MacKenzie ... digital intermediate opticals
Tom Mayclim ... digital intermediate scanner and recorder
Patrick McGuinn ... project manager
Jacob Robinson ... digital intermediate editor
Jackeline Tejada ... assistant editor
Joe Violante ... dailies advisor

Casting By

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Michelle Adams
Kimberly Hardin ... (as Kimberly R. Hardin)

Production Design by

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Linda Burton

Art Direction by

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Nicolas Locke ... (as Nicholas Locke)

Set Decoration by

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Deborah Greene
David Schlesinger
Carrie Stewart

Costume Design by

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Johnetta Boone

Makeup Department

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Barry Berger ... additional makeup artist
Nikki I Brown ... assistant makeup: Louisiana (as Nikki Brown)
Marjorie Durand ... department head makeup
Jeong-Hwa Fonkalsrud ... makeup artist
Kimberly Kimble ... hair stylist: Beyoncé Knowles
Erwin H. Kupitz ... wig maker (as Erwin Kupitz)
Tarsha Marshall ... hair stylist
Eve Morrow ... makeup artist
Jeffrey Rebelo ... department head hair
Barbara Roman ... hair stylist
Vincent Schicchi ... special effects makeup
Tomasina Smith ... additional makeup artist
Francesca Tolot ... makeup artist: Beyoncé Knowles (as Francesca Tolot Marchio)
Nicole Tucker ... key hair stylist
Tony Ward ... assistant hair: Louisiana
Tobe West ... key makeup assistant
Colleen Wheeler ... background hair supervisor
Louie Zakarian ... special effects makeup designer
Christine Domaniecki ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Petra Hoebel ... unit production manager
Christopher Kenneally ... post-production supervisor (as Chris Kenneally)
Oak Porcelli ... production supervisor: Louisiana
Melissa Roberts ... production supervisor: Louisiana
Andrew Saxe ... assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Scott August ... second assistant director: Louisiana
Seth Hansen ... second second assistant director: Louisiana
Tony Phillippe ... second assistant director
Gary S. Rake ... second assistant director
Maurice Sessoms ... second second assistant director
Jonathan Starch ... first assistant director
Rebecca Strickland Weathersby ... first assistant director: Louisiana (as Rebecca Strickland)

Art Department

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Jose Amor ... carpenter
Maureen Angelos ... scenic shopman (as Maureen 'Moe' Angelos)
Paul Blanchard ... assistant props: Louisiana
Gary Boesch ... carpenter
Andrew W. Bofinger ... on-set dresser: Louisiana (as Andrew Bofinger)
Krzysztof J. Bratun ... scenic foreman
Eric Breaux ... set dresser: Louisiana
Leni Calas ... property master
Paul Camarro ... set dresser
Gabu Camilo ... third prop (as Gabriel 'Gabu' Camilo Silva Dalglish)
Monique Champagne ... set decorator: Louisiana
John J. Ciccimarro ... key carpenter (as John Ciccimarro)
Kaem Coughlin ... camera scenic
Jim 'Bear' Davies ... set dresser
Frank DeCurtis Jr. ... set dresser
Eddie DeCurtis ... set dresser
Frank DeCurtis ... set dresser (as Frank DeCurtis Sr.)
Peter DeCurtis ... leadman
Thomas A. Delillo ... leadman (as Tom Delillo)
Mandie DeMeskey ... assistant property master
Emily Gaunt ... charge scenic
Jon Graubarth ... property master: Louisiana
William Groom ... scenic artist (as William A. Groom)
John Jarhead Gorman ... set dresser (as John Gorman)
David Jennings ... scenic shopman
Steve Jones ... construction coordinator: Louisiana
Michael Kall ... foreman carpenter (as Mike Kall)
Jonathan Kim ... props (as Jon Kim)
Beth Kuhn ... scenic artist
Eric Kutner ... shop electric
Matthew Milstein ... additional props
Scotty Morris ... leadman: Louisiana
Kate Noll ... art department production assistant
Kevin C. Reidy ... key construction grip (as Kevin Reidy)
Pierre Rovira ... construction coordinator
Luigi Scarcella-Perino ... storyboard artist
Lee Shevett ... best boy construction grip
Rodney Sterbenz ... on-set dresser
Patrick Taistra ... construction grip (as Pat Taistra)
Will Watkins ... art department coordinator (as William H. Watkins)
Emily Whitaker ... set dresser: Louisiana
Denis Zack ... set dresser
Will Zinser ... art department assistant: Louisiana

Sound Department

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David Briggs ... adr editor / dialogue editor
Jim Caruana ... sound engineer
Rachel Chancey ... foley supervisor
Stuart Deutsch ... sound mixer
Rusty Dunn ... sound effects editor
Mark Filip ... sound effects editor
Lewis Goldstein ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Larry Hopkins ... sound mixer
Richard Kamerman ... sound intern
Allen Lau ... assistant sound editor
B.J. Lehn ... sound mixer: Louisiana (as BJ Lehn)
Nathan Lindsey ... adr recordist
Teferra McKenzie ... boom operator
Cate Montana ... adr editor / dialogue editor
Chris Navarro ... adr mixer
James P. Nichols ... sound consultant: Dolby (as James Nichols)
Billy Orrico ... assistant sound editor
David Pastecchi ... music playback
Jeff Pinkus ... boom operator: Louisiana
Jeff Pullman ... sound mixer (as Jeffrey Pullman)
Tom Ryan ... apprentice sound editor

Special Effects by

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Drew Jiritano ... special effects coordinator
Ken Speed ... special effects coordinator: Louisiana

Visual Effects by

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Jennifer Basnyat ... additional effects
Katie Biese ... visual effects artist
Chris Bremble ... representative: Base FX
Molle DeBartolo ... digital intermediate coordinator
Garman Herigstad ... cg supervisor
Robert Lopuski ... visual effects supervisor
Tom Mayclim ... scanner/recorder
Nick Paulozza ... scanner/recorder
Felix Xu ... visual effects artist
Mark A. Kolars ... on-set supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Bobby Beckles ... stunt performer
Bob Colletti ... stunt performer
Blaise Corrigan ... stunt performer
Hugues Faustin ... stunt performer
Jalil Jay Lynch ... stunt double: Columbus Short
Samantha MacIvor ... stunt performer
Naomi Peters ... stunt performer
Stephen A. Pope ... stunt coordinator (as Stephen Pope)
Jeremy Sample ... stunt performer
Keith Siglinger ... stunt performer
Derrick Simmons ... stunt performer
Blaise Corrigan ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Gonzalo Amat ... additional photography
Omeed Badkoobeh ... camera production assistant: Louisiana
Daniel Beaman ... dolly grip: "a" camera (as Dan Beaman)
Ruark Behan ... grip
Zachary Bookout ... grip: Louisiana (as Zach Bookout)
Danny Brazen ... key grip: Louisiana
Craig Carter ... dolly grip: Louisiana
Daniel Casey ... second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Dan Casey)
Radium Cheung ... gaffer
Kathleen Corgan ... first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Kath Corgan)
Bryan DeLorenzo ... first assistant camera: "b" camera, Louisiana
Patrick Ebanks ... grip: Louisiana
Robert Foster ... camera operator: Louisiana (as Bob Foster)
Chris Frumkes ... lamp operator
Craig Paul Harris ... lamp operator
Michael J. Kammerer ... dolly grip: "b" camera (as Mike Kammerer)
Reid Kelly ... grip
Graham Klatt ... grip
Sal Lanza ... key grip
Eric Liebowitz ... still photographer
SiddeeQah Na'Imah Malik ... camera production assistant (as Siddeeqah 'Naimah' Malik)
Derek J. Manganelli ... film loader (as Derek Manganelli)
Gerard Martin ... film loader: Louisiana
Jim Mayo ... second crane operator: Louisiana
Mike Montgomery ... grip
Charlie Nauman ... second assistant camera: "b" camera, Louisiana
Ed Nessen ... first assistant camera: "a" camera, Louisiana
John Oliveira ... grip
Michael P. Prisco Jr. ... best boy electric (as Michael Prisco Jr.)
Gay E. Riedel ... lamp operator
Thomas Ryan ... grip
Chris Scarfi ... genny operator
Mark Schmidt ... a camera operator / steadicam operator
Wayne Sharp ... best boy grip: Louisiana
Pierson Silver ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Shawn Stone ... grip: Louisiana
Barry Strickland ... electric: Louisiana
Jason Sutton ... hydrascope operator
Jeff Taylor ... second assistant camera: "a" camera, Louisiana
Greg Travis ... gaffer: Louisiana (as Travis Travis)
Shawna Travis ... electric: Louisiana
Art Villasenor ... lead crane operator: Louisiana
Earl Woods ... best boy electric: Louisiana (as Earl Woods Jr.)
Thomas Yostpille ... best boy grip (as Tom Yostpille)

Casting Department

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Michelle Adams ... casting assistant
Gina Kent ... casting assistant
Monique Link ... background casting associate (as Monique 'Mo' Link)
Cicero Salmon III ... casting intern
Winsome Sinclair ... background casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Arlynn Abseck ... key set costumer
Alex Bovaird ... costume coordinator
John Corbo ... key set costumer
Mary Gierczak ... seamstress
Eileen Goh ... set costumer
Kirsten Mogg ... costumer
Olivia Mori ... assistant costume designer
Lauren Press ... assistant costume designer
Brenda Rousseau ... seamstress
Elisa Santiago ... set costumer
Liz Staub ... costume supervisor: Louisiana
Wendy Talley ... set costumer: Louisiana
Elaine Varnes ... key costumer: Louisiana
Deirdre N. Williams ... costume supervisor (as Deirdre Williams)
Leslie Yarmo ... assistant costume designer

Location Management

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Orit Greenberg ... location scout
Ronnie Kupferwasser ... location manager
Ben LeDoux ... assistant location manager: Louisiana (as Ben Ledoux)
LeRoy McCarthy ... assistant location manager
Brendan O'Rourke ... assistant location manager
Stephan Roux ... locations scout
Joe Sevey ... location scout
Kim Wigger ... location assistant
R. Bryan Wright ... location manager: Louisiana (as Bryan Wright)

Music Department

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Vincent Bennett ... session assistant
Terence Blanchard ... conductor / musician: trumpet, piano and synths / orchestrator
Chris Bubacz ... studio manager
Robin Burgess ... session coordinator
John Carbonara ... music editor
Marshall Chess ... executive music producer
Howard Drossin ... orchestrator
Billy Flynn ... guitar
Derrick Hodge ... musician: upright bass
Jef Lee Johnson ... musician: electric and acoustic guitar
Steve Jordan ... composer: additional score / composer: additional songs / music producer
Ryan Kelly ... assistant music engineer
Grégoire Maret ... musician: harmonica (as Gregoire Maret)
Anders Osborne ... guitar instructor: Louisiana
Seda Ozen ... musician
Beth Rosenblatt ... music supervisor (as Beth Amy Rosenblatt)
Kendrick Scott ... musician: drums
Bill Sims Jr. ... guitar instructor
Angie Teo ... assistant music engineer
Kim Wilson ... composer: additional score / composer: additional songs
Brice Winston ... musician: saxophone
Frank Wolf ... score mixer

Script and Continuity Department

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Melissa Kalbfus ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Larry Arceneaux ... transportation department: Louisiana
Henry S. Avelin ... transportation captain (as Henry Avelin)
Ronald Baum ... transportation
Tom Breheany ... driver
Richard Burch ... transportation department: Louisiana
Matthew Callagy ... driver (as Matt Callagy)
Walker 'Butch' Chaney ... transportation department: Louisiana
John Coffey ... driver
Ricky Damazio ... transportation coordinator: Louisiana
Billy Featherstone ... driver (as Bill Featherstone)
Ray Fennell ... driver
Donald Fernicola ... driver (as Don Fernicola)
Paul Forste ... driver
Monica W. Fuller ... driver: Louisiana (as Monica Williamson)
Kevin Grzan ... driver
Gerald Hardy ... transportation department: Louisiana (as Gerald 'Slick' Hardy)
Michael Iriarte ... driver (as Mike Iriarte)
Steve Johnson ... transportation department: Louisiana
D.J. Junot ... driver (as DJ Junot)
Dennis Kelly ... transportation co-captain
John Kelly ... driver (as John T. Kelly)
David Laurentin ... assistant parking coordinator
Al Lopez ... transportation department: Louisiana
Sonny Messina ... transportation department: Louisiana (as Salvador A. Messina 'Sonny')
George Mills ... transportation department: Louisiana
Willie D. Partin ... driver
Glenn D. Phillips ... transportation department: Louisiana
Bryan Place ... driver
Jim Robin ... transportation department: Louisiana
Joe Sargo ... picture car coordinator
Joseph Sargo ... picture car coordinator
Joseph Scarpone ... driver (as Joe Scarpone)
Kenny Swanson ... driver (as Ken Swanson)
José Tejada ... parking coordinator (as Jose Tejada)
Gary Valovich ... driver (as Gary Vlaovich)
Brian Walker ... driver

Additional Crew

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Clay Achee ... production assistant: Louisiana
Md. Moinuddin Ali ... additional production assistant (as Md Ali)
Mac Alsfeld ... assistant: Adrien Brody & Jeffrey Wright
Brian Anderson ... caterer: Louisiana
Adam Babin ... production assistant: Louisiana
Waleed Bedour ... intern
Caroline Berberich ... intern
Jason Block ... post-production accountant
Carla Borras ... assistant: Adrien Brody (as Carolina Magdalena Borras)
Casey Bundick ... craft service: Louisiana
Gregory 'Slice' Chestnut ... production staff (as Gregory Chestnut)
Chris Collins ... production coordinator
Benton Collinsworth ... production assistant: Louisiana (as Ben Collinsworth)
Mona Coulter ... travel agent
Greg Cuozzo ... caterer
Mark Doyle ... account representative
Cord Dueppe ... office production assistant
Joe Facey ... key craft service
Lisa Falzarano ... set production assistant (as Lisa R. Falzarano)
Nicole Feder ... assistant: Darnell Martin
Kerin Ferallo ... production coordinator
Peter Fikaris ... jet advisor
Alex Finch ... set production assistant
Rosa Garces ... payroll clerk
Jennifer Gaston-Gates ... first assistant accountant (as Jennifer M. Gates)
Kenneth Gifford ... production assistant
Maya Goodwin ... looping group
Matt Grimm ... assistant: Sofia Sondervan
Duck Grossberg ... data manager
Chris Hadlock ... production coordinator: Louisiana
Micah Haley ... cast assistant: Louisiana
Kristina Hall ... intern
Otis Harris ... craft service assistant
Tal Harris ... intern
Richard Keeshan ... assistant production coordinator (as Richard P. Keeshan)
Mary Knauf ... set production assistant
Becky Korman ... intern
Michelle Nicolette Kowalski ... production assistant: Louisiana
Gabrielle Lasting ... production secretary
Robert Lopuski ... title designer: main titles
Neia Mack ... intern
Paula P. Manzanedo ... completion guarantor: Film Finances, Inc. (as Paula Manzanedo-Schmit)
Margie Mazzei ... medic
James McGuinness ... unit production assistant
Susan Muir ... completion bond
Andrew Mukuria ... set production assistant
Sandy Parker ... script supervisor: Louisiana
Ali Pensyl ... set production assistant (as Ali Norod)
Johnnie Ruth Richey ... production secretary: Louisiana
Janice Roland ... unit publicity
Patrick Russell ... production executive
Paula Schmidt ... completion bond
Stephen Seidel ... stand-in: Adrien Brody
Eric Sizemore ... production assistant: Louisiana
Patti Small ... production controller
Lora Sorrentino ... set production assistant
Emily Spivack ... intern
Desiree Stevenson ... production assistant: Louisiana
Nicole Stoll ... fitting coordinator
Edmund Tomaselli ... medic (as Edmund Tomaselli Jr.)
Lourdes Torres ... intern
Shannon Treusch ... unit publicity
Denise Violante ... casting assistant
Angela Webster ... assistant: Andrew Lack
Robert Whitfield ... payroll accountant
Brian Wiggins ... additional production assistant
Aaron L. Williams ... stand-in
Tracy Wong ... craft service
Chris Zrada ... additional production assistant
April Freeman ... consultant: product placement (uncredited)
Malik Parker ... production assistant (uncredited)
Matthew R. Sinclair ... production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks

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Molly Albright ... special thanks
Michael Allenby ... special thanks
Steve Barnett ... special thanks
Michael Berenbaum ... special thanks
Steve Berkowitz ... special thanks
Bob Berney ... special thanks
Roger Blanc ... special thanks
Marion Jacobs Diaz ... special thanks
Marie Dixon ... special thanks
Vicky Eguia ... special thanks
Lisa Ellis ... special thanks
Troy Germano ... special thanks
Randy Gerston ... special thanks
Steven Gorelick ... special thanks (as Steve Gorelick)
Erin Meri Hildebrand ... special thanks (as Erin Hildebrand)
Etta James ... special thanks
Jennifer Justice ... special thanks
Mathew Knowles ... special thanks
Jeff Koenig ... special thanks
Toni Ann Mamary ... special thanks
Joey Osisek ... special thanks
Tino Passante ... special thanks
Roman Polanski ... special thanks
Andrew Ross ... special thanks
Jay B. Ross ... special thanks
Alex Ruiz ... special thanks
David W. Schoner Jr. ... special thanks (as David Schoner)
Emmanuelle Seigner ... special thanks
Bob Sirott ... special thanks
Artie Smith ... special thanks
G.E. Smith ... special thanks
Brad Southerton ... special thanks
Matt Stringer ... special thanks
Rob Stringer ... special thanks
Andy Taub ... special thanks
Susan Taub ... special thanks
Michael Tedesco ... special thanks
Andreanna Vinson ... special thanks
Armilee Williams ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry. Written by Sony Pictures

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Taglines If you take the ride, you must pay the price. See more »
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Also Known As
  • 'Česo įrašai' ir kadilakai (Lithuania)
  • Кадилак Рекордс (Ukraine)
  • Кадиллак Рекордс (Russia)
  • 藍調傳奇 (Taiwan)
  • Cadillac Records - Csillogó fekete lemezek (Hungary)
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Runtime
  • 109 min
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Box Office

Budget $12,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $3,445,559, 07 Dec 2008

Did You Know?

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Trivia Leonard Chess' brother, Philip, was his partner in both the nightclub and Chess Records. However, Philip is never mentioned throughout this movie, and only appears in Chess Records scenes. See more »
Goofs Everyone at Chess Records drives a '57 Cadillac, in 1955. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Golden Globe Awards (2009). See more »
Soundtracks I'm a Man See more »
Crazy Credits The fanfare's timing in the TriStar Pictures logo is off and is out of sync, but the logo is seen in an extra tint of blue. See more »
Quotes Muddy Waters: You and me not gonna wake up every morning and get everything we want. Mostly we got to take what come. And half the time, that's gonna be a bunch of bullshit.
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