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Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin. The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago -based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records .
- $8.9 million
- Darnell Martin
- $12 million
Dec 5, 2008 · A movie about the rise and fall of Chess Records, a legendary label that produced blues and rock and roll music in the 1950s. Starring Adrien Brody, Beyoncé, Jeffrey Wright and others, the film explores the lives and struggles of Muddy Waters, Etta James, Chuck Berry and others.
- (23K)
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Darnell Martin
- 2008-12-05
Dec 5, 2008 · Cadillac Records intenta tocar cientos de temas en poco tiempo, dónde, aunque muchos terminen desarrollándose de manera superficial, el estilo de esta película es lo suficientemente magnético ...
- (1.5K)
- Darnell Martin
- R
- Adrien Brody
Learn about the true story of Chess Records, a music studio that recorded blues and rock and roll legends in 1950s Chicago. See the cast, crew, trivia, and user reviews of this movie on IMDb.
Dec 3, 2008 · Advertisement. "Cadillac Records" is an account of the Chess story that depends more on music than history, which is perhaps as it should be. The film is a fascinating record of the evolution of a black musical style, and the tangled motives of the white men who had an instinct for it. The Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, walked into ...
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"Cadillac Records" chronicles the rise of Leonard Chess' (Adrien Brody) Chess Records and its recording artists including Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Willie Dixon (Cedric The Entertainer) and the great Etta James (Beyonce Knowles). In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows ...
