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Year:
Duration:
139 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | Music
IMDB rate:
7
Director:
Tate Taylor
Awards:
3 wins & 14 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2014-08-01
Filming Locations: Natchez, Mississippi, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $13,585,915 (USA) (3 August 2014)
Gross: $22,927,000 (USA) (10 August 2014)
Cast
Actor
Character
Nick Eversman
Nick Eversman
Get on Up
Chadwick Boseman
James Brown
Nelsan Ellis
Bobby Byrd
Dan Aykroyd
Ben Bart
Viola Davis
Susie Brown
Lennie James
Joe Brown
Fred Melamed
Syd Nathan
Craig Robinson
Maceo Parker
Jill Scott
DeeDee Brown
Octavia Spencer
Aunt Honey
Josh Hopkins
Ralph Bass
Brandon Mychal Smith
Little Richard
Tika Sumpter
Yvonne Fair
Aunjanue Ellis
Vicki Anderson
Tariq Trotter
Pee Wee Ellis
Aloe Blacc
Nafloyd Scott
Keith Robinson
Baby Roy
J.D. Evermore
Seminar Presenter
Carol Lee
Mavis
Cleta Elaine Ellington
Shirley Buell (as Cleta Ellington)
Jim Gleason
Insurance Salesman
Ahna O'Reilly
Reporter
Antonius Charles
Black Infantryman
Donald Watkins
Black Infantryman
Corey Sorenson
Pilot
Hunter Burke
Soldier
James DuMont
Corporal Dooley
Jamarion Scott
Little James Brown
Jordan Scott
Little James Brown
Stacey Scowley
Penelope White
Rena DeAngelo
Reno Reporter
Liz Mikel
Gertrude Sanders
Aakomon Jones
Bobby Bennett
George Quinones
Lynched Man
Aaron Jay Rome
Frankie Avalon
Atkins Estimond
Big Junior
Clyde Jones
Daddy Grace (as Clyde R. Jones)
Michael Papajohn
1949 Cop
Matt Thompson
1949 Cop
Denzel Reed
Big Kid
Phyllis Montana LeBlanc
Mrs. Byrd
Julius Tennon
Grandpa Byrd
Taura Cherne
Sarah Byrd
Kirk Bovill
Announcer
Cariella Smith
Diner Waitress
Jacinte Blankenship
Velma Brown
Sandra DeNise
Female in Audience (as Sandra DeNise Frazier)
Mario J. Radford
JB Chauffeur
Joe T. Blankenship
Alan Leeds
Randy Smith
Minder
Alvin Edney II
Teddy Brown
Adrien Scott Robinson
Little Christmas Boy
Elliott June Rogers
Little Christmas Girl
John Benjamin Hickey
Richard
Allison Janney
Kathy
Jamell Richardson
Jimmy Nolen
Jason Davis
Mayor White
Justin Hall
Bootsy
David Carzell
Catfish
Dominic Thigpen
Chicken
Billy Slaughter
Pool Cleaner
Nadège August
Additional Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Jaclyn Bethany
Mashed Potato Girl (uncredited)
Kevin Boff
Concertgoer in Paris (uncredited)
Jesse Brand
Paris Concert-Goer
Kary Brown
Jimmy Rice (uncredited)
Mack Charles Brown
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Tommy Brown
Paris Concertgoer (uncredited)
Winthorpe Burke
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Rebecca Chulew
Concertgoer in Paris (uncredited)
Artrial Clark
Stage Jumper #7 (uncredited)
Kylen Davis
Boxer #5 (uncredited)
Rob Demery
Clyde Stubblefield (uncredited)
Gregory Fears
Paris Concert Goer (uncredited)
Felicity Flesher
Concertgoer in Paris (uncredited)
Bryan Gildner
1969 Recording Engineer (uncredited)
Gloria Gonnillini
Lady at Concert in Paris (uncredited)
Stuart Greenwell
Infirmary Doctor (uncredited)
David Horace Greer
Deidra's Apollo Date (uncredited)
Christopher Heskey
VIP Fan (uncredited)
Lamar Lott
Golfer (uncredited)
Shumon Lucas
Military Police (uncredited)
Chad D Montgomery
Reporter (uncredited)
Ritchie Montgomery
Warden (uncredited)
Gina Mooney
Concertgoer in Paris (uncredited)
Chris Moore
Dennis Wilson (uncredited)
David Andrew Nash
JB Body Guard (uncredited)
Angela Ramsey
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
Anthony Ramsey
Highway Patrol (uncredited)
Charles R. Rooney
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Barbra Roylance
Dancing French Girl - 1971 Paris Concert (uncredited)
Christopher Rucinski
Tim Drummond (uncredited)
Cristie Schoen
Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Edward Rashad Smith
Charles Conner (uncredited)
Brett Sobel
Ski Party Honkey Dancer (uncredited)
Joseph Stephens Jr.
Minders Guys (uncredited)
Lawrence D. Wallace I
Club Goer (uncredited)
Ted Warren
Socialite (uncredited)
Calvin Williams
Boston Concertgoer (uncredited)
Cotton Yancey
Country Club (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
James Brown learns that the Rolling Stones will close the TV show, not him. Ben Bart says the band will soon be forgotten. Fifty years later, The Stones are still performing together, and frontman Mick Jagger is this film's executive music producer and one of its main producers.
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Ben Bart handcuffs a suitcase full of cash to Big Junior's wrist. As Elwood Blues, Dan Aykroyd walked on stage with a suitcase handcuffed to his wrist.
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In the movie, James Brown is shown to be married only twice. In reality, he had four different wives.
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Goofs
In the movie, James Brown is married twice. In real life, he had four different wives.
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During his a cappella "Try Me", after the focus comes back to Chadwick Boseman from Bobby and Vicki seated in the audience the 1st time, Boseman begins the song lyric "and your love.". Boseman deliberately places the tip of his tongue in front of his teeth, to lip sync the word "LOVE". No intentional syllable or sound in the English language starts like that. "L" is correctly made with the tip of the tongue behind the teeth.
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In the movie, James Brown is a preteen when his mother abandons him. In real life, she abandoned him when he was 4.
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Photos from cast
Nick Eversman Sheldon Frett
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