Ray
The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.
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- Drama
- Music
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.
Keywords
- loss of loved one
- biography
- jazz
- pianist
- cautionary
- melancholy
- country music
- georgia
- usa history
- rags to riches
- bus ride
- overdose
- blindness and impaired vision
- record producer
- childhood trauma
- gospel
- black people
- record label
- indianapolis
- recording studio
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 29, 2004
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Jamie Foxx,Kerry Washington,Regina King,Harry Lennix,Clifton Powell,Bokeem Woodbine,Sharon Warren,C.J. Sanders,Curtis Armstrong,Richard Schiffand 21 more
- Director
- Taylor Hackford
- Producer
- Stuart Benjamin,Karen Elise Baldwin,Howard Baldwin,Taylor Hackford,William J. Immerman,Jaime Rucker King
- Cinematography
- Paweł Edelman
- Music
- Craig Armstrong
- Budget
- $40,000,000
- Revenue
- $124,700,000
- IMDb
- tt0350258