[low.pfile]

Just showing up in theaters in early December, 2008

Cadillac Records = Chess Records

This movie is a dramatization of the heyday of Chess Records, including Muddy Waters, Eta James, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf.

Starring, Adrian Brody, Beyonce Knowles, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def.....

The trailer here: http://movies.yahoo.com/holiday-movies/Cadillac-Records/1810003875/trailers/173

[low.pfile]

Guess what?

There is another 2008 film about Chess Records....

"Who Do You Love?" is more about the founders of the Chess Records, Leonard Chess and Phil Chess, than its artists.

So far, Who do you love, directed by Jerry Zaks, has only been seen at film festivals and is looking for a distributor. This film stars Alessandro Nivola, Marika Dominczyk and Jon Abrahams.

Keep an eye out for this one too.

[jimdgoulding]

Cool.  Might not have known otherwise.  A movie about the two guys who founded Blue Note records would interesting to me, too.  Adrian Brody might be right at home in that if he doesn't get type cast in the Cadillac movie.

[low.pfile]

Yeah, not enough movies about music. I hope these are good ones.
always keeping an eye out.
cheers, ed

[low.pfile]

I just finished watching this.

Great stories, great music.  Rock and Roll, Race, and Cadillacs. It jumps around a bit, but is enjoyable.

Jeffrey Wright did a wonderful job as Muddy Waters, also doing his own singing. Of course it's difficult to match Muddy's delivery.  Beyonce Knowles' acting was a pleasant surprise. Her cover of "At Last" was excellent. Actually, All of her singing is amazing. Adrien  Brody was his typical stellar self. Mos Def, portraying Chuck Berry, sang his songs with enthusiasm.

I definitely want to deepen my knowledge of Muddy and Etta's music. Little Walter too.

I watched Cadillac Records on BluRay, and the image quality and sound was excellent(TrueHD 5.1). The colorful imagery was fine, but I did wonder if the art direction could have been a little grittier to match the feel of a lot of blues music-or maybe my perception of it. Though I felt the overall production design was very good. The BR extras: Making of, Featurettes, etc. were decent.

As I stated in the first post there is another film about Chess Records-"Who Do You Love?" Hopefully it will show up on Netflix. Phil Chess was barely a character in Cadillac Records. Since "Who Do You Love?" is more about Leonard Chess himself, likely his brother will show up

I recommend Cadillac Records, for all you music lovers, whether a Blues fan or not.

Cheers,
Ed

[rockadanny]

low - I recommend these three discs for Etta:

For an overall look at her early days:
Her Best - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3cfoxqthldje

For a live performance:
Rocks the House - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fyxq95ldhe

For a more recent recording:
Seven Year Itch - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jnfwxqu5ldfe

[low.pfile]

thanks much danny for those tips!
ed