Release Dates "[77] Reports emerged of significant behind-the-scenes in-fighting between the DreamWorks and Paramount camps, in particular between DreamWorks' David Geffen and Paramount CEO Brad Grey, over decision making and credit-claiming during the Dreamgirls awards campaign. [101], However, Smokey Robinson was less than pleased about the film's allusions to Motown history. [39] During post-production, composer Stephen Trask was contracted to provide additional score material for the film. Furthermore, Dreamgirls was nominated for eleven 2007 International Press Academy Satellite Awards, and won four of the awards: Best Picture Comedy or Musical, Best Director (Bill Condon), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Hudson), and Best Sound (Mixing & Editing). Based on his/her attributes, we recommend you consider these audition pieces! | Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. "[30][31][32], Hudson was required to gain twenty pounds for the role,[33] which marked her debut film performance. "I was just overcome every week by this, these incredible visions, they were just such beautiful girls in these beautiful gowns, singing the music that I was listening to all week on the radio. As a result, more than fifty high schools, colleges, community theaters, and other non-commercial theater entities staged productions of Dreamgirls in 2006, and DreamWorks spent up to $250,000 subsidizing the licensing. [23], The most crucial casting decision involved the role of Effie White, the emotional center of the story. [16] That same year, Geffen, who ran his Warner Bros.-associated Geffen Pictures film production company at the time, began talks with Broadway lyricist and producer Howard Ashman to adapt it as a star vehicle for Whitney Houston, who was to portray Deena. Gordy also packaged Gaye, at one point, as a supper club entertainer -- a common strategy for R&B performers hoping to cross over to white audiences in those days -- a scene repeated in the movie with Early. Cast members of Munopco Music Theatre's "Dreamgirls," left to right: Taylor Hood, Krystle Tate, Arianna Rodriguez and Rebekah Gray. Although rehearsals ended just before Christmas 2005, Condon called Hudson back for a week of one-on-one rehearsals, to help her more fully become the "diva" character of Effie. "The most surprised was Motown. [16] The roles of many of the characters were related more closely to their real-life inspirations, following a suggestion by Geffen. 5, 537553. Deena and Effie reconcile, with Effie telling her that Curtis is Magic's father. [4], Mark and Condon began pre-production with the intentions of casting Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy, both actors with record industry experience, as Curtis Taylor, Jr. and James "Thunder" Early, respectively. What is the Dreamgirls story based on? [16] Upon learning that Knowles and Murphy had signed on, Foxx rethought his original decision and accepted the Curtis role at DreamWorks' lower salary. Wake Me Up from this 'Dreamgirls' nightmare! Privacy Statement He looks like Ike Turner, borrows his stage moves from Wilson and has some Marvin Gaye hovering over his character. They were able to transition into becoming adults with greater ease.". harder for the industries that marginalise them". In an era of cultural upheaval, girl groups helped articulate the personal experiences of teenagersof all raceswho were living through tremendous political upheaval. "Introduction". Answer. [74] Some journalists registered shock,[75] while others cited a "backlash". Filming & Production Devine was a regular cast in stage plays, before landing a big role in the 1981 musical, Dreamgirls. He appoints the slimmer, more conventionally attractive Deena as the new lead singer, renaming them "The Dreams". With girl groups, that becomes more possible.". The movie, based on the 1981 Broadway play, tells the story of a small black record label and its star singers whose success crosses over to the pop charts. "Creative License or 'Sour Grapes'? "[57] Television host Oprah Winfrey saw the film during a November 15 press screening, and telephoned Hudson on the Oprah episode airing the next day, praising her performance as "a religious experience" and "a transcendent performance. Presenting himself as their new manager, he recruits them as backup singers for Chitlin' Circuit R&B star Jimmy "Thunder" Early. [16], While Condon had intended to cast relatively unknown actresses as all three Dreams,[13] R&B singer Beyonc Knowles lobbied for the part of Deena Jones,[22] and was cast after a successful screen test. They sang to mixed audiences about courtship, boys, parties, parents and parents not letting them go to parties to court boys. One thing is certain: by the time the women's movement arrived in the late 1960s, there was a generation of women used to standing on the stage and telling the world how they felt. Written by composer Henry Krieger and playwright Tom Eyen, Dreamgirls is said to be a fictional story based on girl groups of the 1960s such as The Supremes, The Shirelles and The Marvelettes - but speculation that it was based on The Supremes and their relationship with Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records has been By 1975, The Dreams give a farewell performance at the Detroit Theater, inviting Effie for the final song. In Motown, founder Berry Gordy aimed to make music with widespread pop charts appeal. [7] Willie Reale wrote the lyrics for "Patience," a song performed in the film by Jimmy, Lorrell, C.C., and a gospel choir, as the characters attempt to record a message song for Jimmy. 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When their first single "Cadillac Car" fails after white pop group "Dave and the Sweethearts" releases a cover version, Curtis, C.C., and their producer Wayne turn to payola to make "Jimmy Early & The Dreamettes" mainstream pop stars. The site's critics consensus states: "Dreamgirls' simple characters and plot hardly detract from the movie's real feats: the electrifying performances and the dazzling musical numbers. In Motown, Gordy hired finishing school teacher Maxine Powell to teach the girls how to walk and talk. Dreamgirls - Musical. Also, Beyonce's Deena Jones is not Diana Ross and Jamie Foxx is not playing Berry. But Krieger has said the songs "are nowhere close to the Motown sound." But there are things -- much more important than specific details of time or place -- that the film gets very right, such as record label boss Taylor's cold indifference to the act he now realizes is washed up or Early's heroin overdose death. In 1962 Detroit, Michigan, young car salesman Curtis Taylor Jr. meets a Black girl group known as "The Dreamettes", consisting of lead singer Effie White and backup singers Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson, at an R&B amateur talent show at the Detroit Theatre. Who was the main character in Dreamgirls based on? [5][47][48] The film's national release, at regular prices, began on December 25. ", In the entertainment world, The Supremesarguably the most successful girl group of all timebegan playing venues that had been hard for black musicians to book. In Dreamgirls, Murphy plays the role of Jimmy "Thunder" Early, an R&B star whose character falls on hard times when his former backup singers, the Dreamettes, find success. He stuck with a select group of songwriters who were told to write songs in first person and present tense. [67], DreamWorks and Paramount began a significant awards campaign for Dreamgirls while the film was still in production. Everywhere they went on tour that summer, there were riots. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into . Curtis soon starts his own record label, Rainbow Records, out of his Detroit car dealership, appointing Effie's brother C.C. [8] With a production budget of $80 million, Dreamgirls is one of the most expensive films to feature a predominant African-American starring cast in American film history. Your Privacy Rights Laurie, Timothy. In what was considered an upset, Murphy lost the Best Supporting Actor award to Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine. [7] "Perfect World," also featuring lyrics by Garrett, is performed during the Rainbow 10th anniversary special sequence by Jackson 5 doppelgngers The Campbell Connection. [28] Though Barrino emerged as an early frontrunner for the part,[29] Hudson was eventually selected to play Effie, leading Barrino to telephone Hudson and jokingly complain that Hudson "stole [Barrino's] part. InWomen of Motown, she says, "What I related the song to was my experience in Rio at Carnival time, and in New Orleans at Mardi Gras. Because of events like this, says Warwick, the figure of the non-white teenage girl was being politicized in America. To restart her music career, she hires Marty as her manager and after a pep talk by him begins performing at a local club. Dreamgirls eventually grossed $103 million in North America, and almost $155 million worldwide. The following year, Jimmy has descended into drug addiction due to Curtis' focus on Deena, along with the rejection of the charity single he recorded. Beyonc, Madonna, and Prince are just a few of the superstars who have revolutionized the Super Bowl halftime show. Rated PG-13 for language, some sexuality and drug content. Dreamgirls debuted in four special road show engagements starting on December 15, 2006, before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006. Similarities to Aretha Franklin, however, are also hardly coincidental. The DVD version was issued in two editions: a one-disc standard version and a two-disc "Showstopper Edition". 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Guillory), additional craft service (as Noel Harris), executive assistant: Mr. Murphy (as Charisse Hewitt Webster), Stand in for Beyonc Knowles (as Erica Bynum), systems administrator: Graty Matter Visual Effects, production office coordinator: Gray Matter Visual Effects, creative supervisor: end title sequence, Picture Mill, coordinator: end title sequence, Picture Mill, producer: end title sequence, Picture Mill, production assistant (as Daisy Alexandra Sylbert), personal assistant: Mr. Murphy (as Randy L. Webster), assistant production coordinator: additional photography. Hundreds of girl groups recorded songs during the sixties, but hardly any of them were seasoned musicians. [19] When offered the part of Curtis, Foxx initially declined because DreamWorks could not meet his salary demands. Another Dreams LP seen in the film, Meet the Dreams, is represented by an album cover derived from the designs for the Supremes LPs Meet The Supremes, More Hits by The Supremes and The Supremes A' Go-Go. [8] Tickets for the reserved seats were $25 each; the premium price included a forty-eight page full-color program and a limited-print lithograph. Deena Jones. But in Motown, Berry Gordy knew he could achieve both the musical and social aspect of crossover with well-groomed, sweet young girls. In 1962 Detroit, Michigan, young car salesman Curtis Taylor Jr. meets a Black girl group known as "The Dreamettes", consisting of lead singer Effie White and backup singers Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson, at an R&B amateur talent show at the Detroit Theatre. For instance, "Please Mr. Postman" is in some ways a classic girl group song, with a girl waiting for a letter from a boy. Original Broadway Cast of 'Dreamgirls' Feels Left Out of Movie History. Staged with a mostly African-American cast and originally starring Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney, Cleavant Derricks, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Obba Babatund, the musical opened on December 20, 1981, at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway. The fantastic wigs look right, too. Dreamgirls - Musical 2 Lorrell Robinson Dreamgirls - Musical 1 Curtis Taylor, Jr. Dreamgirls - Musical 0 View All Characters in Dreamgirls Auditons for AMDA (Virtual) New York, NY Ages 12-17: NY Pops Birthday Gala Concert New York, NY Miss Saigon New York, NY Half-Price Tickets Dec 12 - Apr 2 Drunk Shakespeare New York, NY $55 - $89 Our Price In New York, Phil Spector produced girl group songs using his famous "wall of sound," a production technique that employed a huge amount of instruments and layered track after track on top of each other. Cast & Crew; Dreamgirls - Full Cast & Crew. DreamWorks hoped to encourage amateur productions of Dreamgirls, and familiarize a wider audience with the play. Based loosely on the Supremes, Devine portrayed Lorrell Robinson (a character based on Mary . "Dreamgirls" draws its story from the relationship between the Supremes and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., although the end result is pure fiction, cinema and musical theater. Jamie Foxx portrayed Curtis Taylor Jr., the ruthless record executive at Rainbow Records and love interest of two women in his star group, the Dreams. As much as Deena Jones, Beyonc Knowles ' character in "Dreamgirls," was modeled on Diana Ross, the film's main character, Effie White, was based on Etta James, according to composer Henry. "There are girl group songs that are based on blues progressions But there's also some that sound more like Tin Pan Alley songsalmost like Broadway numbers.". Diana Ross, long a critic of the Broadway version of Dreamgirls for what she saw as an appropriation of her life story,[99] denied having seen the film version. [57][58] David Rooney of Variety reported that the film featured "tremendously exciting musical sequences" and that "after The Phantom of the Opera, Rent and The Producers botched the transfer from stage to screen, Dreamgirls gets it right. [82] Dreamgirls also received a record eleven Black Reel Award nominations, and won six of the awards, among them Best Film. So they're sitting at home or gathering at a friend's house or they're sitting on the bench during basketball practice at school, and doing the same kind of thingharmonizing and making up songs. [citation needed]. [13], While much of the stage musical's story remains intact, a number of significant changes were made. The character of Deena Jones leaves the Dreams in 1972 to pursue a career as an actress. Nat King Cole reached the charts in 1946 with "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66," which made the top ten. In a January 25, 2007 interview with NPR, Robinson expressed offense at the film's portrayal of its Berry Gordy analogue, Curtis Taylor Jr., as a "villainous character" who deals in payola and other illegal activities. ", The girl group era was also the civil rights era. A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials. That same year, four teenage girls were killed in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. [23], R&B star Usher was to have been cast as C.C. She is an Academy Award-winning actress, Grammy Award-winning recording artist and best-selling author. Wilson's own film double, character Lorrell Robinson played by Anika Noni Rose, is nothing like her, she says. Both the Blu-ray and HD DVD versions were issued in two-disc formats. They watched performers on stage who were their age. [23], Loretta Devine, who played Lorrell in the original Broadway production, has a cameo as a jazz singer who performs the song "I Miss You Old Friend. "For them to be on Ed Sullivanalmost every week it seemed likethat was a tremendous, incredible influence," Whitall remembers. Yet before girl groups, it was easier for a song to cross over than for artists themselves to do, says Warwick. 'Dreamgirls' Gets Standing Ovations, Cheers, Loretta Devine & Sheryl Lee Ralph Attend L.A. InWomen of Motown, The Marvelettes' Schaffner says, "I loved going on the road. [83] At the 50th Grammy Awards ceremony, "Love You I Do" won the award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. As much as Deena Jones, Beyonc Knowles' character in "Dreamgirls," was modeled on Diana Ross, the film's main character, Effie White, was based on Etta James, according to composer Henry Krieger. Cookie Settings, Dried Lake Reveals New Statue on Easter Island. 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