2004/10/29 (US) | Drama, Music
The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.
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 Hackford
Director
James L. White
Screenplay
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
No Image
Sharon Warren
Aretha Robinson
$ 40,000,000
$ 124,700,000
Released
Mary Frances Eglin
Art Department Coordinator
James L. White
Story
Taylor Hackford
Story
Nancy Klopper
Casting
Paweł Edelman
Director of Photography
Barbara A. Hall
Line Producer