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Chicago, tra l'inizio degli anni '50 e la fine dei '60, nasceva la musica che avrebbe cambiato il mondo. Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James e il cantautore Willie Dixon sono tutti venuti alla ribalta grazie all'intuito del produttore Leonard Chess, un giovane bianco di (umili) origini polacche che diede vita a una delle più importanti realtà discografiche: la Chess Records.
Data rilascio : 05/12/2008
regia di Darnell Martin
Budget : 12.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 8.880.045,00 $
Cast
-
Adrien Brody
- Leonard Chess -
Jeffrey Wright
- Muddy Waters -
Gabrielle Union
- Geneva Wade -
Columbus Short
- Little Walter -
Cedric the Entertainer
- Willie Dixon -
Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Revetta Chess -
Eamonn Walker
- Howlin' Wolf -
Tammy Blanchard
- Isabelle Allen -
Eric Bogosian
- Alan Freed -
Norman Reedus
- Chess Engineer -
Yasiin Bey
- Chuck Berry -
Beyoncé
- Etta James -
Josh Alscher
- Mick Jagger -
Tim Bellow
- Man in the Caddy -
Tony Bentley
- Lomax -
Marc Bonan
- Keith Richards -
Douglas Crosby
- Policeman (Little Walter beating) -
Dexter Darden
- Geneva's Teenage Son -
Veronika Dash
- Blonde Girl -
Sean Shyboy Davis
- Toothless Hillbilly Little Walter -
Eshaya Draper
- Charles Waters -
Christopher Durham
- Policeman (with Chuck Berry) -
Shiloh Fernandez
- Phil Chess -
Jill Flint
- Shelly Feder -
Erik Frandsen
- Engineer - Present Day -
Gano Grills
- Slick Pimp -
Suzette Gunn
- Minnie Ripperton -
Jordan Haynes
- Pot Strong -
William Hill
- Policeman (with the Stones) -
Mike Hodge
- Bartender -
Tyler Humphrey
- Muddy - Age 6 -
Osas Ighodaro
- Maid -
Kevin Jackson
- Mysterious Black Man -
Albert Jones
- Hubert Sumlin -
Rayan Lawrence
- Harmonica Player -
Chyna Layne
- Pot's Girlfriend Juanita -
Kevin Mambo
- Jimmy Rogers -
Aaron Munoz
- Manager -
Wade Mylius
- Bouncer -
Rebecca Pappa
- Another Blonde -
Jonathan Earl Peck
- Man Who Rolled 7 -
Q-Tip
- Hip Hop Artist -
Ginnie Randall
- Muddy's Grandmother -
Ashlee Ray
- Muddy's Floozy #1 -
Jake Robards
- Producer - Present Day -
Jay O. Sanders
- Mr. Feder -
Samuel Smith
- Guitarist -
Valence Thomas
- James Cotton -
Carmen Ziina Vasquez
- Muddy's Floozy #2 -
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
- Mississippi DJ -
Kade Alexie
- Guitar Player (uncredited) -
Kandé Amadou
- Little Walter's Girlfriend (uncredited) -
Angelina Aucello
- Teenybopper (uncredited) -
Lawrence P. Beron
- Overseer (uncredited) -
Ryan Curtis
- Picnic Boyfriend (uncredited) -
Vincent D'Onofrio
- Mississippi DJ (uncredited) -
Seth Donavan
- Chuck Berry Concertgoer (uncredited) -
John Farrer
- Etta's Violinist (uncredited) -
Doug W. Goldman
- Etta's Trumpet Player (uncredited) -
Evan Hart
- Young Lover (uncredited) -
Tiffany M. Johnson
- Girlfriend (uncredited) -
Vianca Johnson
- Field Worker (uncredited) -
Andrew Kaempfer
- Chicago Cop (uncredited) -
Tony Lawson
- Vendor (uncredited) -
Rege Lewis
- Bystander (uncredited) -
Malikha Mallette
- Little Walter's Girlfriend (uncredited) -
Cerrone May
- Muddy's Band Member (uncredited) -
Adaku Ononogbo
- Muddy Waters' Girlfriend (uncredited) -
Catherine Pierce
- Shocked Bystander (uncredited) -
Stephen Seidel
- Officer Brown (uncredited) -
Derrick Simmons
- Dice Player (uncredited)