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- Using the personal experiences of the legendary R & B group The Dells as a blueprint, (they also served as technical advisers), Townsend hammered out a screenplay with friend and colleague Keenan Ivory Wayans, and THE FIVE HEARTBEATS is the result.
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The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film directed by Robert Townsend, who co-wrote the script with Keenen Ivory Wayans. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film's main cast includes Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas, and Diahann Carroll. [1]
- $9-10 million
- March 29, 1991 (U.S.)
- Loretha C. Jones
- Stanley Clarke
Mar 29, 1991 · In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation.
- Robert Townsend
- 1 min
Jul 7, 2022 · The Five Heartbeats are a rock singing group, loosely patterned on groups such as the Dells and the Temptations. Is Five Heartbeats a true story? The plot of the film (which is loosely based on the lives of several artists: The Dells, The Temptations, Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke and others) follows the three ...
In 1991, Robert Townsend released The Five Heartbeats, an acclaimed movie based on the lives and careers of The Dells. This film produced another R&B Billboard chart hit, “A Heart Is a House for Love,” and introduced The Dells to a younger generation of R&B music lovers.
The Five Heartbeats ★★★ 1991 (R)Well told story of five black singers in the 1960s, their successes and failures as a group and as individuals. Although every horror story of the music business is included, the story remains fresh and the acting excellent. Music is fine, but secondary to the people. Well written characters with few cliches.
Mar 29, 1991 · In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation.
Movie chronicles the rise and fall of a black group named the Five Hartbeats. They're played by Robert Townsend (who also wrote, directed and produced the movie), Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix and Tico Wells. It follows them from 1965 to 1972 dealing with their problems with women, parents, other bands, drugs and money.
