Watch NowRay (2004)
31/10/2004 (GB)
Drama, Music
2h 32m
- 74% (2043 votes)
- Add Bookmark
- Play Trailer
The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.
Overview
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
- Taylor HackfordDirector
- James L. WhiteScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$40,000,000
Revenue
$124,700,000
Keywords
- blindness and impaired vision
- country music
- jazz
- loss of loved one
- overdose
- bus ride
- georgia
- melancholy
- record producer
- biography
- rags to riches
- childhood trauma
- gospel
- indianapolis
- record label
- recording studio
- pianist
- usa history
- cautionary
Top Billed Cast
Jamie Foxx
Ray Charles
Kerry Washington
Della Bea Robinson
Regina King
Margie Hendricks
Harry Lennix
Joe Adams
Clifton Powell
Jeff Brown
Bokeem Woodbine
Fathead Newman
Sharon Warren
Aretha Robinson
C.J. Sanders
Young Ray Robinson
Curtis Armstrong
Ahmet Ertegun
Richard Schiff
Jerry Wexler
Recommendations
March of the Penguins (71%)
Caller ID: Entity (65%)
Ali (68%)
Half Nelson (66%)
Walk the Line (75%)
Blame it on Paradise (65%)
Tromeo & Juliet (61%)
Scenic Route (63%)
Six Shooter (71%)
