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| Category | Urban Drama DVDs, HD-DVD Movies, Dramas Videos, Pop Music Videos, Music (General), Musical, Soul/R&B, 1960s, Singers, Pop Stars, Pop Groups, Divas | | Starring | Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Danny Glover, John Lithgow, Sharon Leal, Tom Voth, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Hinton Battle, Keith Robinson | | Director | Bill Condon | | Choreographer | Fatima Robinson | | Composer | Henry Krieger | | Costume Designer | Sharen Davis | | Editor | Virginia Katz | | Executive Producer | Patricia Witcher | | Music | Anne Preven | | Producer | Laurence Mark | | Production Designer | John Myhre | | Screenwriter | Bill Condon |
Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, and Jennifer Hudson star. Extras include exclusive never-before-seen Hudson performance, 11 extended musical numbers/alternate scenes, and Beyonce music video. The 1982 Tony-Award-winning musical DREAMGIRLS shimmies its way to the big screen with a stellar cast and undeniable sheen. Set in 1960s Detroit, DREAMGIRLS follows the commercial and cultural struggles of the R&B recording industry, through the rise of the Dreamettes (later shortened to just the Dreams) from backup singers to headlining international superstars. The trio--Deena (Beyoncé Knowles), Effie (Jennifer Hudson), and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose)--soon discover the harsh reality behind the glamour of fame and fortune, as the group's controlling and shady manager, Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx), uses them to help build his musical empire and capture his dream of crossing over from R&B to the pop charts. He sacrifices Effie's immense talent as lead singer for Deena's stunning, more mainstream look to sell the sound, pushing marketable appeal over musical artisanship--and compromising the ambitions of his protégés.
Since its Broadway debut, DREAMGIRLS has been widely rumored to be inspired by the hugely successful girl-group the Supremes, as well as some of Motown's biggest players. Knowles's Deena portrays a Diana Ross-like character, radiant in miraculous recreations of the hairstyles and fashions that made Ross timeless, while Foxx's Taylor exemplifies the style of influential Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. Former AMERICAN IDOL contestant Jennifer Hudson makes her feature-film debut delivering a knockout performance as the larger-than-life Effie, and Eddie Murphy is believable as the misunderstood James Brown-like character of Jimmy "Thunder" Early. Vibrant with colorful costumes and sleek backdrops, the film flows effortlessly from dialogue to musical numbers, each song capturing the richness of the talented cast and the essence of the era, endlessly soaring with fast-paced excitement and nonstop emotion. Theatrical Release: December 15, 2006 Dreamgirls Reviews: 4 stars out of 5 -- "Packed with big production numbers and dazzling cinematography, this movie is sequin-sharp and note perfect..."-- David Richardson, Ultimate DVD 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "This baby dazzles like nothing else anywhere....DREAMGIRLS is a movie that has everything: a blazing new star in Jennifer Hudson, a riveting, revitalized Eddie Murphy, a hot-lick score...[and] a timely story..."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "[W]hen was the last time you saw a first-time film actress upstage an Oscar winner, a pop diva and a movie star of long standing? Ms. Hudson is not going anywhere. She has arrived."-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "DREAMGIRLS is the rare movie musical with real rapture in it....[The editing] works in beautiful smooth tandem with the whooshing, darting camera." -- Grade: B+-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2006" -- "DREAMGIRLS is a movie you take to heart."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "Murphy delivers easily his best work to date in a role that perfectly utilises his wise-cracking persona, earthy singing voice and steadily advancing years."-- Neil Smith, Total Film "[T]he greatest pleasure comes from its honesty as a musical....[With] great spangly extravaganzas of glam and glory, fireworks and frocks."-- Linda Ruth Williams, Sight and Sound Dreamgirls | List Price | $39.99 (You save $7.87) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  77463  | | CD Universe Part number | 7403722 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | May 01, 2007 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for language, some sexuality and drug content. | | Running Time | 130 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color; 2-Disc Showstopper Edition; Widescreen |
Dreamgirls Movie Review  OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE "DREAMGIRLS"...
I bought the DVD recently and must admit I've viewed it more than 30 x's. Great performance by all involved.
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one of the best
I like a lot of movies but DREAMGIRLS happens to be one of my all-time favorites.
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This review is for a different format.  Pretty good
Dreamgirls is a slight different from what I expected but really good. Jennifer Hudson shined in this movie. A good musical.
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 Not at all what I was hoping for.
Really didn't get all that excited about this one. I thought it had a good story line, and two songs during the movie actually gave me chills, because they were such an impact on what was going on. I could have done without the singing during some of the conversations and arguments they were having. Loved the costumes! Jennifer Hudson was great with the attitude and all. Made me really dislike Beyonce, moreso than I did before. Okay watch, but not what everyone made it out to be.
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delightfully beautiful
this movie is beautiful i have watched it over 10 times since it came out beyonce was stunning her acting has improved.2 thumbs way up.classic
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Dreamgirls DVD HD
2-Disc Set
Region 1
Note: This is a HD-DVD/DVD hybrid, playable on HD-DVD and standard DVD players.
Checkpoint
Full Frame -
1.33
Widescreen -
1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Music Video: Beyonce Knowles - "Listen"
Trailers: DREAMGIRLS Soundtrack Promo
Alternate Scenes: Extended/Alternate Scenes
Behind the Scenes:
1. "Building The Dream"
2. "Dream Logic: Film Editing"
3. "Dressing The Dreams: Costume Design"
4. "Center Stage: Theatrical Lighting"
5. "Auditions and Screen Tests"
6. "Beyonce Knowles Screen Test"
7. "Anika Noni Rose Audition"
8. "Steppin' To The Bad Side - Fatima Robinson Choreography Audition"
9. "Previsualization Sequences"
Text/Photo Galleries:
Galleries:
1. Image Gallery
2. Storyboards
3. Art Department Archive
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| | Rumor Has It (2005)
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With the romantic comedy RUMOR HAS IT, director Rob Reiner (WHEN HARRY MET SALLY) attempts the tricky task of creating a film based on an already celebrated classic, 1967's THE GRADUATE. Starring Dustin Hoffman and based on a novel by Charlie Webb, the original film revolved around the love triangle between a recent college-graduate, his girlfriend, and her famously seductive mother. Here, Reiner casts a chain-smoking Shirley MacLaine as the supposed real-life inspiration for Mrs. Robinson, and Jennifer Aniston as her granddaughter. Set for the most part within the gossipy community of Pasadena, California, the film follows Sarah Huttinger (Aniston) and her fiancé (Mark Ruffalo) as they travel home for her perky sister's (Mena Suvari) wedding. Having nothing in common with her family, Sarah is intrigued upon learning that she may actually be the secret love child of her deceased mother and Beau Borroughs (Kevin Costner), the man whose affairs with both Sarah's mother and grandmother supposedly inspired Charlie Webb, a classmate and friend of Beau, to write THE GRADUATE. From here, Sarah seeks out Beau, interested in him as a father-like figure and possibly more.
Aniston brings a Rachel-like (FRIENDS) comic vibe to her character, frequently expressing her neuroses by talking to herself out loud in a sitcom-ish style. Costner is plenty capable in his role, but even with Beau's riches and charm, viewers may find it hard to understand why a young woman would embark on a romance with the same man who bedded her mother and grandmother. Reiner's script veers away from the classic romantic comedy formula by keeping Ruffalo's character at the sidelines. Rather, RUMOR HAS IT focuses on one woman's journey towards adulthood, self-realization, and acceptance of her origins via a path that while strange and potentially incestuous, seems to be family tradition.
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| | Bone Collector (1999)
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Washington is Lincoln Rhyme, a successful police officer and author of crime novels. After a freak accident on the job, Rhyme is left paralyzed from the neck down (except for his index finger). Jolie is Amelia Donaghy, a troubled cop who finds herself caught up in the investigation of a brutal serial killer. With the help of the bed-ridden Rhyme, she enters a dangerous world that threatens to add her to the killer's list.
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| | Eastern Promises (2007)
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David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen follow up 2005's A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE with another joint effort in EASTERN PROMISES. The film takes place in rainswept London, with Mortensen effortlessly inhabiting the role of a chauffeur (named Nikolai) for the Russian Mafia. The stoic Nikolai works for restaurant owner and powerful Mafia kingpin Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and his out-of-control son Kirill (Vincent Cassel). Cronenberg adds a few generous splashes of blood-red to his otherwise deeply grey cinematic palette as the movie begins, then allows his central storyline to unfold. Midwife Anna (Naomi Watts) comes crashing into Nikolai's life after discovering the diary of a young Russian woman who dies while giving birth, and her dealings with Semyon, and a subsequent translation of the diary, provide some horrific discoveries. Anna soon finds herself floundering in an alien world full of brutal and bloody violence, and it's not long before her own life hangs perilously in the balance.
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Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, and Vincent Cassel star in this thriller. David Cronenberg directs.
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