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Year:
Duration:
109 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | History | Music | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.9
Director:
Darnell Martin
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 19 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2008-12-05
Filming Locations: Louisiana, USA
Earnings
Budget: $12,000,000
Opening Weekend: $3,445,559 (USA) (7 December 2008)
Gross: $8,134,217 (USA) (4 January 2009)
Cast
Actor
Character
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Cadillac Records
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Knowles
Cadillac Records
Joshua Alscher
Mick Jagger
Tim Bellow
Man in the Caddy (as Timothy Bellow)
Tony Bentley
Lomax
Tammy Blanchard
Isabelle Allen
Eric Bogosian
Alan Freed
Marc Bonan
Keith Richards
Adrien Brody
Leonard Chess
Cedric the Entertainer
Willie Dixon
Douglas Crosby
Policeman (Little Walter beating)
Dexter Darden
Geneva's Teenage Son
Veronika Dash
Blonde Girl
Sean Shyboy Davis
Toothless Hillbilly Little Walter (as Sean Davis)
Eshaya Draper
Charles Waters
Shiloh Fernandez
Phil Chess
Jill Flint
Shelly Feder
Erik Frandsen
Engineer - Present Day
Gano Grills
Slick Pimp
Suzette Gunn
Minnie Ripperton
Jordan Haynes
Pot Strong
William Hill
Policeman (with the Stones)
Mike Hodge
Bartender
Tyler Humphrey
Muddy - Age 6
Osas Ighodaro
Maid
Kevin Jackson
Mysterious Black Man
Albert Jones
Hubert Sumlin
Rayan Lawrence
Harmonica Player
Chyna Layne
Pot's Girlfriend Juanita
Kevin Mambo
Jimmy Rogers
Mos Def
Chuck Berry
Aaron Munoz
Manager
Wade Mylius
Bouncer
Rebecca Pappa
Another Blonde
Jonathan Earl Peck
Man Who Rolled 7 (as Jonathan Peck)
Q-Tip
Hip Hop Artist
Ginnie Randall
Muddy's Grandmother
Ashlee Ray
Muddy's Floozy #1
Norman Reedus
Chess Engineer
Jay O. Sanders
Mr. Feder
Columbus Short
Little Walter
Samuel Smith
Guitarist
Valence Thomas
James Cotton
Gabrielle Union
Geneva Wade
Carmen Ziina Vasquez
Muddy's Floozy #2
Eamonn Walker
Howlin' Wolf
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Mississippi DJ
Jeffrey Wright
Muddy Waters
Angelina Aucello
Teenybopper (uncredited)
Lawrence P. Beron
Overseer (uncredited)
Ryan Curtis
Picnic Boyfriend (uncredited)
Vincent D'Onofrio
Mississippi DJ (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Seth Donavan
Chuck Berry Concert Goer (uncredited)
John Farrer
Violinist - Etta's Recording Group (uncredited)
Doug W. Goldman
Trumpet - Etta's Recording Group (uncredited)
Evan Hart
Young Lover (uncredited)
Vianca Johnson
Field Worker (uncredited)
Andrew Kaempfer
Chicago Cop (uncredited)
Malikha Mallette
Little Walter's Girlfriend
Cerrone may
Muddy's Band Member (uncredited)
Adaku Ononogbo
Muddy Waters' Girlfriend
Catherine Pierce
Shocked Bystander (uncredited)
Elvis Presley
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stephen Seidel
Officer Brown
Derrick Simmons
Dice Player (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Matt Dillon was originally meant to play Leonard Chess but ultimately couldn't do the movie. Adrien Brody replaced him.
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Leonard Chess' brother, Philip, was his partner in both the night club and Chess Records. However, Philip is never mentioned throughout the film, and only appears in Chess Record scenes.
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Arranger Riley Hampton, who orchestrated all of Etta's Chess hits, including "At Last," is not mentioned anywhere in the film.
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Goofs
Every time a 45 rpm record is shown being played in the movie, it is actually rotating at 78 rpm.
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Recording studio scene. In different shots, both 3 track and 4 track machines were shown. 3 track machines introduced about 1958, 4 track later.
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A 45 rpm record insert known as a 'spider' is shown as a part of the Chess Records sign hanging in front of the studio. The 'spider' was introduced in the 1960's, years after Chess Records opened in 1950.
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Quotes
Muddy Waters: You alright? Damn it.
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Mick Jagger: [From trailer] Mr. Waters. We're big fans. We named our band after one of your songs.
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Willie Dixon: [as a narrator] When you lose that cat that gave you the sound that nobody else could, it hurts. Hurts more than losing your woman.
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Faq
Q
Why was Muddy Waters playing guitar with a thing on his finger?
A
That's called "bottleneck" or "slide" guitar. A bottleneck is typically fashioned from detaching the neck from a bottle of wine. A "slide" can also be made from any metal tube, e.g. the tube that holds a roll of bathroom tissue.
Q
How does the movie end?
A
Once Leonard realizes that, thanks to his backing, black musicians can now write their own tickets, he arranges to sell Chess Records. When Etta learns about the sale, she sings her final song to him, tears in her eyes. In the middle of the song, Leonard walks out. He goes to his office, packs up the photos on his wall. trashes the room, and leaves, tears in his eyes. As he is driving down the street, he suffers a fatal heart attack. When Muddy tells Etta that Leonard didn't leave a will, she reveals that Leonard gave her the deed to her house just that morning. "He loved me," she concludes. In the final scenes, Dixon and Muddy fly to London where their airplane is met by scores of reporters, and a red carpet is laid at their feet. In his final narration, Dixon explains how the royalties from his songs allowed him to buy a recording studio where they continued to support musicians, be they rhythm and blues, rock and roll, or hip-hop. The movie concludes with a list of the performers and the years in which they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Chuck Berry (1986), Leonard Chess (1987), Muddy Waters (1987), Howlin' Wolf (1991), Etta James (1993), Willie Dixon (1994), and Little Walter (2008).
Q
Who is singing...?
A
Following are the songs that each of the five featured artists perform:Muddy Waters: (1) I'm a Man (written by Elias McDaniel); (2) Country Blues (written by Robert Johnson and McKinley Morganfield); (3) I Can't Be Satisfied (written by McKinley Morganfield); (4) Forty Days and Forty Nights (written by Bernard Roth); and (5) I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (written by Willie Dixon).Little Walter: (1) Juke (written by Walter Jacobs); (2) My Babe (written by Willie Dixon); and (3) Last Night (written by Walter Jacobs).Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightnin' (written by Chester Burnett).Chuck Berry: (1) Nadine (Is It You?); (2) Maybellene; (3) No Particular Place to Go; and (4) Promised Land (all songs written by Chuck Berry).Etta James: (1) All I Could Do Was Cry (written by Billy Davis, Berry Gordy, and Gwen Gordy); (2) At Last (written by Harry Warren and Mark Gordon); (3) Trust in Me (written by Milton Ager, Ned Weaver, and Jean Schwartz); (4) I'd Rather Go Blind (written by Billy Foster and Ellington Jordan); and (5) Once in a Lifetime (written by Beyonce Knowles and others).
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Photos from cast
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