Dreamgirls (DVD)

Double Oscar-winning musical drama following the meteoric rise of a 1960s all-girl vocal group. Based on the 1981 Broadway hit musical, the film follows full-figured belter, Effie White (Jennifer Hudson), and her school friends, Deena Jones (Beyonce Knowles) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose), aka The Dreamettes. They're a Chicago amateur vocal group who enter the famous amateur night at the legendary Harlem Apollo in New York singing a song by Effie's brother, CC (Keith Robinson), and come out on top. The four girls meet sweet-talking Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx), a promoter and manager who in no time gets the star-struck gang the gig as back up vocalists for the famous Jimmy 'Thunder' Early (Eddie Murphy). The match is perfect and their combined career takes off. Soon things get complicated when Lorrell begins dating married man Jimmy, and Effie starts getting busy with Curtis. When the two acts part ways, The Dreamettes become the Dreams and consequently famous in their own right, while Jimmy's career tanks in a mire of smooth-pop balladry. Infighting between Effie and Deena over lead privileges, as well as offstage rivalry in love, makes for a lot of tears and heartache for all concerned.

General

Studio:	Paramount
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2007
Movie released:	2006
Actors:	Beyonce Knowles • Jennifer Hudson • Eddie Murphy • Jamie Fox
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English • Danish • Dutch • Finnish • Norwegian • Swedish
Age restriction:	12
Categories:	DVD > Drama DVD > Musical DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	X1H-226-0KE-2
Barcode:	5014437913937

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• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Bonus Tracks: Twelve never-before-seen extended musical numbers including a Jennifer Hudson performance; Beyonce music video: 'Listen'.

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