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Oct 28, 2004 · Ray Charles became blind at age 9, two years after witnessing the drowning death of his little brother. In a memory that haunted his life, he stood nailed to the spot while the little boy drowned absurdly in a bath basin. Why didn't Ray act to save him?
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Legendary soul musician Ray Charles is portrayed by Jamie Foxx in this Oscar-winning biopic. Young Ray watches his 7-year-old brother drown at age seven.
- (205)
- Taylor Hackford
- PG-13
- Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx’s brilliant performance as Ray Charles rips right through this otherwise unremarkable biopic.
Oct 29, 2004 · With Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell. The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
- (158K)
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Taylor Hackford
- 2004-10-29
Oct 29, 2019 · Ray takes on a monumental task — capturing the entire career arc of one of America’s greatest artists, music legend Ray Charles. It succeeds more often than it doesn’t, and thanks to a ...
Ray Charles Robinson (Jamie Foxx) has a lot going against him when he first arrives in Seattle to play at a seedy dive in the late 1940s. A blind, black piano player from Florida, he encounters adversity wherever he goes.
While it plays the standard beats of the musician biopic, Ray is a fairly entertaining biopic centered on Ray Charles, the man that pioneered soul music, mixing in rhythm and blues, jazz, and gospel into a brand new sound.
