Dreamgirls (film)

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Dreamgirls
Directed byBill Condon
Written byTom Eyen
Bill Condon
Produced byLaurence Mark
StarringJamie Foxx
Beyoncé Knowles
Eddie Murphy
Danny Glover
Jennifer Hudson
Anika Noni Rose
Keith Robinson
Sharon Leal
Hinton Battle
CinematographyTobias A. Schliessler
Edited byVirginia Katz
Music byHenry Krieger
Tom Eyen
Siedah Garrett
Anne Preven
Scott Cutler
Beyoncé Knowles
Willie Reale
The Underdogs
Stephen Trask
Distributed byDreamWorks/Paramount (USA)
Paramount/UIP (non-USA)
Release dates
December 15, 2006
Running time
131 min.
CountryUSA

Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. The film was released in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006, with a nationwide expansion on December 25, 2006 and a wide release on January 12, 2007. The film's United Kingdom release will be on February 2, 2007.

A musical set in the 1960s and 1970s with a predominantly African-American cast, Dreamgirls is adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name, which itself is loosely based upon both the history of Motown act The Supremes and the evolution of American R&B music over the years. The film follows the lives of three women — Effie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson — who, as members of an R&B singing group called "The Dreamettes", become famous as the backing group for soul singer James "Thunder" Early, thanks to manipulative manager and record label executive Curtis Taylor, Jr. Conflict arises when Curtis desires to transform the Dreamettes into "The Dreams", a pop-friendly act, particularly when he has Deena replace the heavier Effie as both lead singer of the group and as his romantic interest.

The film adaptation of Dreamgirls, which had been in development at various times during the 1980s and 1990s, stars Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, and Eddie Murphy, also featuring Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal, Hinton Battle, and, in her film debut, Jennifer Hudson (of American Idol fame). Produced by Laurence Mark, Dreamgirls was written and directed for the screen by Bill Condon, screenwriter of the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of Chicago, working from the original Broadway book by Tom Eyen and the Broadway songs by Eyen and Henry Krieger.

Plot synopsis

Template:Spoiler As in the original stage musical, the plot of Dreamgirls can be broken up into two acts: the first taking place in the 1960s, and the second taking place in the 1970s.

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(left to right) C.C. (Keith Robinson), Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose), Deena (Beyoncé Knowles), and Effie (Jennifer Hudson) in a backstage scene from Dreamgirls.

Act I

The film begins in Detroit, Michigan in 1962, as an amateur African-American girl group known as The Dreamettes enter a talent competition at the Detroit Theater. Backstage, the three girls — full-figured lead singer Effie White (Jennifer Hudson), Deena Jones (Beyoncé Knowles) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose) — meet Curtis Taylor, Jr., an ambitious Cadillac dealer with plans of breaking into the music business. Placing himself as their manager, Curtis arranges for the Dreamettes to tour as backup for a regional R&B star, James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy), by striking a deal with Jimmy's manager Marty (Danny Glover). The tour takes Jimmy and the girls across the country on the chitlin' circuit.

Hoping to help Jimmy and the girls cross over to mainstream audiences, Curtis starts his own record label, Rainbow Records ("The Sound of Tomorrow"), out of his car dealership's office, and makes Effie's brother C.C. (Keith Robinson) his head songwriter. However, when Rainbow's first single fails after a white pop group releases a cover version, Curtis and his sidekick Wayne (Hinton Battle) turn to payola. By paying the right people, Curtis manages to get Jimmy and the Dreamettes to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and into a headlining gig at the Apollo Theater. Offstage, Effie is quickly becoming infatuated with the slick-talking Curtis, and Jimmy - a married man - begins an adulterous affair with Lorrell, who becomes equally as lovesick as Effie.

Marty grows weary of Curtis' plans to make Jimmy's image and sound more pop-friendly, to the point that he walks out on Jimmy, both his client and best friend. However, when Curtis finds that he cannot completely remake Jimmy Early into a pop act, he shifts his attention back to the Dreamettes. Feeling that Effie's voice is too "special" and her figure too large to attract white audiences, Curtis appoints the slimmer Deena as the lead singer of the Dreamettes.

With the aid of new songs and a new more glamorous image, Curtis and C.C. transform The Dreamettes into The Dreams, a top selling pop act whose popularity rivals that of The Beatles. However, the betrayed Effie does not take kindly to being reduced to Deena's backup, and begins acting out, becoming even more unruly when Curtis's affections also turn towards Deena. When Effie, feeling ill, does not turn up to rehearse for the Dreams's debut in Las Vegas, Curtis replaces Effie with his secretary, Michelle Morris (Sharon Leal). Effie, who has just learned she is pregnant, arrives at the Caesar's Palace venue t odiscover Michelle has replaced her, and after a nearly violent argument, finds herself without her group and without Curtis.

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Act II

The film jumps ahead to 1973. Effie is broke (having fallen into alcoholism after being fired from the Dreams), and is raising her eight-year-old daughter Magic (Mariah I. Wilson) alone on welfare in the burnt-out inner city of Detroit. On the other hand, Rainbow Records has moved to Los Angeles, where it prospers with Deena Jones & the Dreams - as the group is now known - and many other pop acts. Curtis and Deena are now married, and, wanting to expand the Rainbow empire into film, Curtis plans to have the unwilling Deena star in a Black prequel to Cleopatra. Hoping that the struggling film project will never get off the ground, Deena begins secretly meeting with other studios to take a part in another film.

Jimmy Early's star has long faded, and Curtis has little interest in revitalizing his career. Unsatisfied with both his wife Melba (Dawnn Lewis) and his long-term mistress Lorrell, Jimmy turns to drugs for affection. C.C., although in an ironic relationship with Michelle, continues to reach out to Effie, who stubbornly ignores the letters and money he sends. Eventually, Effie swallows her pride and, with Marty's help, returns to singing and secures gigs at a small Detroit club.

In 1974, Rainbow Records hosts a tenth anniversary TV special featuring its roster of stars. Midway through his performance of a pop-friendly love song, Jimmy, tired of his white-washed image, breaks out into a wild James Brown-esque funk number and drops his pants on live TV. Curtis resultantly terminates Jimmy's contract, and Lorrell, weary of their eight-year affair, leaves Jimmy behind as well. Several days later, Jimmy dies of a drug overdose.

Angry over Jimmy's death and frustrated with Curtis' attempts to "drain the soul" out of his music to create a "new sound" (disco), C.C. walks out on Rainbow Records, going back to Detroit to find Effie. The two siblings reconcile at a wake for Jimmy and work together to produce Effie's comeback single, "One Night Only". Just as the record begins gaining radio play, however, Curtis strikes: using payola, he forces radio DJs to play a disco cover of "One Night Only" by Deena Jones & the Dreams instead of Effie's original.

Curtis has also learned of Deena's covert meetings with other film producers, and asserts his control over his wife. Rebuffed, Deena sneaks into Curtis' office and unwittingly discovers information about Curtis' payola schemes and how he stopped Effie's record. She calls Effie and C.C., who arrive at the Rainbow offices with Marty and a lawyer. As Deena and Effie reconcile, Curtis works out a deal with the lawyer to avoid being reported to the FBI for payola: Rainbow Records will fund a new label for C.C., which will allow Effie's record national distribution. Curtis confronts Deena, only to find that Effie's victory has inspired Deena to leave Curtis and make it on her own.

As a result, Deena Jones & the Dreams give a farewell performance at the same Detroit Theater where they first met Curtis, Jimmy, and Marty twelve years earlier. At the conclusion of the concert, Effie joins Deena, Lorrell, and Michelle onstage, and the reunited Dreams give one final performance of their signature song, "Dreamgirls". Fittingly, it is Effie who sings lead, while the other three ladies sing back-up. As the concert ends, Curtis takes notice of Magic in the front row, and realizes that he is the girl's father. Template:Endspoiler


Production history

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Eddie Murphy as R&B star James "Thunder" Early.

Pre-production

Since the 1980s, several different attempts have been made to produce a film adaptation of Dreamgirls, a Broadway musical loosely based upon the story of The Supremes and Motown Records which won six Tony Awards in 1982. David Geffen, the stage musical's co-financier, retained the film rights to Dreamgirls, although he turned down many offers to adapt the story for the screen, feeling a need to preserve the integrity of Dreamgirls stage director Michael Bennett's work after his 1987 death.[1]. Geffen, who ran his Warner Bros-associated Geffen Pictures film production company at the time, began talks with Broadway lyricist and producer Howard Ashman to adapt it as a star vehicle for Whitney Houston, who was to portray Deena. The production ran into problems when Houston wanted to sing both Deena's and Effie's songs (particularly "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"), and the film was eventually abandoned. [2]

When David Geffen co-founded DreamWorks SKG in 1994 and dissolved Geffen Pictures, the rights to Dreamgirls remained with Warner Bros. Warner planned to go ahead with the film, to have been directed by Joel Schumacher, in the late 1990s following the success of the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). This version was to star Lauryn Hill as Deena and Kelly Price as Effie. After Warner's Frankie Lymon biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love failed at the box office, the studio shut down development on Dreamgirls. [3]

DreamWorks' Dreamgirls adaptation came about after the film version of the Broadway musical Chicago was a success at both the box office and the Academy Awards. Screenwriter and director Bill Condon, who wrote the screenplay for Chicago, met producer Laurence Mark at a Hollywood party in 2002, where the two discussed a long held "dream project" of Condon's - adapting Dreamgirls for the screen. They were able to convince David Geffen to lease them the rights to the musical by presenting Condon's concept of telling the Dreamgirls story in a larger context, incorporating the significant changes and events that took place in the United States during the American Civil Rights Movement which occurs at the time of the story.[4]

Stage to script changes

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Jaime Foxx as budding music-industry mogul Curtis Taylor, Jr.

While much of the stage musical's story remains intact, a number of significant changes were made. The Dreams' hometown - the setting for much of the action - was moved from Chicago to Detroit (the real-life hometown of The Supremes and Motown Records). The roles of many of the characters are fleshed out and further developed giving them more substance and relating them more closely to their real-life inspirations, following a suggestion by Geffen.[5] For example, Curtis Taylor's music empire expands beyond Deena Jones & the Dreams, to more closely resemble that of Berry Gordy's Motown, and C.C. White, as the head of songwriting and production at Rainbow Records, is more clearly a Smokey Robinson analogue than he was in the original play. As in the play, the Dreams themselves are direct counterparts to the Supremes' members: Deena Jones is based upon Diana Ross, Effie White on Florence Ballard, Lorrell Robinson on Mary Wilson, and Michelle Morris on Cindy Birdsong.[6] Also, the story's first locale is not the Apollo Theater, as in the stage musical, but a local talent show in Detroit, as the film version of Jimmy Early builds up to the level of star power he already has in the play.

Warner Bros., who still retained the film rights to Dreamgirls, agreed to co-produce the film with DreamWorks. However, after casting was completed, the film was budgeted at $73 million. Worried about the budget, Warner backed out of the production, and Geffen, taking the role of co-producer, instead had Paramount Pictures co-finance and release Dreamgirls. During the course of production, Paramount's parent company, Viacom, would purchase DreamWorks, aligning the two studios under one umbrella. [7]

Casting notes

Jamie Foxx was the first actor approached to play Curtis Taylor, Jr. However, the actor turned the part down because DreamWorks could not meet his salary demands. Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Terrance Howard were among the actors approached after Foxx turned down the part of Curtis. [8] R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles was cast as Deena Jones; she was the only actress tested for the part. Comedian Eddie Murphy, who had a brief musical career in the 1980s, was approached to play James "Thunder" Early and accepted. Upon learning that Knowles and Murphy had signed on, Foxx rethought his original decision and accepted the role at a lower salary than he originally requested.[9] Anika Noni Rose, a Broadway veteran and a Tony Award winner, won the part of Lorrell Robinson after an extensive auditioning process. R&B star Usher was to have been cast as C.C. White[10], but contract negotiations failed: Usher was unable to dedicate half a year to the film project. Rapper Andre 3000 was also offered the role but declined. [1] After briefly considering R&B singer Omarion as C.C.[11], singer/actor Keith Robinson was cast in the role.[12]

The most crucial casting decision involved the role of Effie White, the emotional center of the story. It was decided that a relative unknown would be cast, paralleling the casting of then-21-year-old Jennifer Holliday in that role for the original Broadway production. Seven hundred eighty-three singing actresses auditioned for the role of Effie White, with two of the top contenders being American Idol alumnae Fantasia Barrino and Jennifer Hudson. Although Barrino had won the title of "American Idol" during the year she and Hudson were on the show, David Geffen rejected the idea of having Barrino play the part, and Hudson was cast as Effie.[13] [14]

Loretta Devine, who played Lorrell in the original Broadway play, has a cameo in the film as a jazz singer who performs the song "I Miss You, Old Friend". Another Dreamgirls veteran present in the film is Hinton Battle, who was a summer replacement for James "Thunder" Early onstage and here portrays Curtis' aide-de-camp Wayne.

Production notes

After Hudson was cast in November 2005, the Dreamgirls cast began rehearsals with Condon, choreographer Fatima Robinson, composer Henry Krieger, and others. Hudson was made to gain twenty pounds, as it was felt she was not quite heavy enough to play Effie.[15] After rehearsals ended just before Christmas 2005, Bill Condon called Jennifer Hudson back for a week of one-on-one rehearsals, to help her more fully become the "diva" character of Effie. Hudson was required to be rude and come in late both on set and off, and she and Condon went over Effie's lines and scenes throughout the week.[16] In the meantime, Beyoncé Knowles began studying Diana Ross' recordings and working with an acting coach. [17]

Production began on Dreamgirls on January 9, 2006 with the cast recording most of the songs with music producers The Underdogs (Hudson would record four separate versions of Effie's "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" [18]). The film was shot primarily at the Los Angeles Center Studios, with location work done in the Los Angeles area.[19] The award-winning Broadway lighting team of Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer were brought in to create theatrical lighting techniques for the film's musical numbers. [20]

Beyoncé Knowles elected to lose weight to give the mature Deena Jones of the 1970s a different look than the younger version of the character. By sticking to a highly publicized diet of water and cayenne pepper, Knowles rapidly lost twenty pounds, which she gained back once production ended. [21] Principal photography was completed on April 8, 2006, after four days were spent shooting Jennifer Hudson's production number "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".

Music

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The cover to "Listen", the first single from the Dreamgirls soundtrack.

Much of the dialogue in the Dreamgirls stage musical is delivered as recitative: it is sung rather than spoken. For the film version, Condon replaced much of the recitative with spoken lines. Among the major omissions from the musical's score are C.C. and Effie's "Effie, Sing My Song" (which was shot for the film but replaced with an alternative spoken version), Lorrell's "Ain't No Party", both instances of "Press Conference", the "Party, Party" sequence, and the musical's choral refrain of "showbiz...it's just showbiz".

Four new songs were added for the film, all featuring music composed by original Dreamgirls stage composer Henry Krieger:

  • "Love You I Do" (lyrics by Siedah Garrett), a solo for Effie in which she expresses her feelings for Curtis.
  • "Patience" (lyrics by Willie Reale), a political song being demoed by Jimmy, C.C., and Lorrell near the beginning of the "second act" of the story.
  • "Perfect World" (lyrics by Siedah Garrett), a song performed in the film by the "Campbell Connection", a Jackson 5 pastiche. The Campbell Connection takes the place of The Five Tuxedos, a Temptations pastiche present in the stage musical.
  • "Listen" (lyrics by Anne Preven, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé Knowles), a solo for Deena, expressing her feelings towards Curtis' treatment of her.

All of the songs in the film were arranged and produced by R&B/pop production team The Underdogs (Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas). Music video choreographer Fatima Robinson devised the dance routines for the film's musical numbers, after having to win an audition which included staging of the dance sequence for "Steppin' to the Bad Side". [22]

The Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack album was released on December 5 by Music World Entertainment/Columbia Records, in both a single-disc version containing highlights and a double-disc "Deluxe Version" containing all of the film's songs. The single-disc version of the soundtrack peaked at number-one on the Billboard 200 during a slow sales week in early January 2007. "Listen" was the first official single from the soundtrack; "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" will be the second. [23]

Reception

Premieres, road show engagements, and general releases

Dreamgirls premiered on December 4, 2006 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, where it received a standing ovation.[24] The film's Los Angeles premiere was held on December 11 at the Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills.

Harkening back to the releases of older Hollywood musicals such as The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story, Dreamgirls debuted with three special ten-day road show engagements beginning on December 15, 2006 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles, and the AMC Metreon 15 in San Francisco. Tickets for the reserved seats were $25 each; the premium price included a forty-eight page full-color program and a limited-print lithograph of the film's poster graphic. This release made Dreamgirls the first American feature film to have a road show release since Man of La Mancha in 1972.[25]

The road show's opening weekend was a success for DreamWorks and Paramount. All of the film's weekend shows sold out, resulting in a gross of $378,950, or an average of $126,316 per screen - the ninth highest per-theater average in cinema history, and the highest for a movie musical.[26] [27] By the end of its roadshow run on December 24, Dreamgirls had earned a gross of $851,664. [28]

The film's national release, at regular prices, began on December 25 in 852 theaters in the United States and Canada. Despite opening on the last reporting day of the 2006 Christmas box office weekend, Dreamgirls made $8,726,095 and earned itself seventh place in the weekend box office top ten. After earning $56,841,167 in four weeks, Dreamgirls expanded to 1907 theaters on January 12. [29] , and will be released on January 18 in Australia and February 2 in the United Kingdom. Releases in other countries will begin at various dates between January and early March.

Critical reaction

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The Dreams perform their signature song, "Dreamgirls", at the Crystal Room in this scene from Dreamgirls.

Reviews for Dreamgirls, which began press screenings in November, have been generally positive. "Oscar buzz" had surrounded the film before it began production, and upon seeing it, several critics maintained that it was one of the best films of the year and a potential Academy Award competitor. Tom O'Neil of The Envelope.com proclaims Dreamgirls "a perfect film" and as "an Academy Award for Best Picture frontrunner that's going to be hard to beat". [30] Rolling Stone's Peter Travers gave the film three and a half stars (out of four) and the number-two position on his "best of 2006" list, stating that "despite transitional bumps, Condon does Dreamgirls proud" [31] [32] David Rooney of Variety reported that the film featured "tremendously exciting musical sequences" and that "after The Phantom of the Opera, Rent and The Producers botched the transfer from stage to screen, Dreamgirls gets it right."[33]

On the December 8 episode of Ebert and Roeper, Richard Roeper and Aisha Tyler (filling in for an ailing Roger Ebert) gave the film "two thumbs up", with Roeper's reservations that it was "a little short on heart and soul" and "deeply conventional", and also stating that he felt the film's score did not fully reflect the Motown Sound to which the film pays homage. [34] A number of other reviews, by critics such as A.O. Scott of the New York Times[35], echoed his sentiments. Travers had addressed this criticism, which had also been leveled at the original stage musical, stating that "Krieger's music has taken hits from critics for not being Motown enough. Duh. It's a Broadway score, channeling its force and feeling through a Broadway idiom." [36]

Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter was less enthusiastic, stating that while the film was "a damn good commercial movie, it is not the film that will revive the musical or win over the world"[37] Josh Tyler of Cinemablend.com gave the film three stars (out of a possible five), calling it "a beautiful disaster...a masterful piece of visual and aural R&B art that, stunning though it sometimes is, never meshes together into an actual film"[38] Ed Gonzales of Slant magazine found the entire picture too glossy, and declared that "the film doesn't care to articulate the emotions that haunt its characters". [39] Michael Medved gave Dreamgirls two and a half stars (out of four) calling it "..ambitious and overlong.." and saying "Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy are both terrific and Oscar worthy, but other performances, especially by Jamie Foxx, seemed phoned in and uneven."[40]

Many reviews, regardless of their overall opinion of the film, have cited Jennifer Hudson's and Eddie Murphy's performances as standouts, with Peter Travers proclaiming Murphy's performance of "Jimmy's Rap" as "his finest screen moment." [41] Television host Oprah Winfrey saw the film during a November 15 press screening, and called Jennifer Hudson on the Oprah episode airing the next day, praising her performance as "a religious experience" and "a transcendent performance".[42]

Reactions from Dreamgirls and Supremes alumni

After hearing Beyoncé Knowles had been cast as Deena, Sheryl Lee Ralph, who played Deena in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, made a statement that she felt Knowles was wrong for the part because of her light complexion, citing Dreamgirls' original stage director Michael Bennett's vision to have the Dreams be "three obviously black girls".[43] Despite her initial misgivings about the casting of Deena, Ralph was generally supportive of the film project.[44]

On the other hand, Jennifer Holliday, who originated the role of Effie onstage, expressed her disappointment at not being involved in the film project in several radio and print interviews. [45] Many of the other original Dreamgirls Broadway cast members, among them Obba Babatundé, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Cleavant Derricks, were interviewed for a magazine article in which they discussed their varying opinions of both the Dreamgirls film's script and production.[46]

Former Supremes lead singer Diana Ross reportedly disliked the Dreamgirls stage musical because she felt it appropriated her life story and character without compensation or consultation. While it was thought her disapproval would be directed towards the film adaptation as well, Ross reportedly contacted DreamWorks about potentially appearing in the film. Ross was offered a cameo as Deena's mother (portrayed in the final film by Yvette Cason, another alumna of the Broadway play), but Ross turned down the small role. [47]

However, former Supremes member Mary Wilson appeared on television stating that she enjoyed the film and was moved to tears, adding that the film is "closer to the truth than they even know". [48]

Awards

For the 2006 Golden Globe Awards, Dreamgirls was nominated in five categories: Best Picture - Comedy or Musical, Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical (Beyoncé Knowles), Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson), and Best Original Song ("Listen").

Dreamgirls was also nominated for eleven 2006 International Press Academy Satellite Awards, and won four of the awards: Best Picture - Comedy or Musical, Best Director (Bill Condon) (tied with Clint Eastwood for Flags of Our Fathers), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Hudson), and Best Sound (Mixing & Editing). [49] Dreamgirls also received a record eleven Black Reel Award nominations, among them Best Film, Best Actor (Jamie Foxx), Best Actress (Beyoncé Knowles), Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), and Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson). The film itself was named as one of the American Film Institute's top ten films of 2006.

It garnered Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Ensemble Cast, Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) and Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), as well as a nomination from the Producers Guild of America for Best Picture and the Directors Guild of America for Bill Condon's directing. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts gave the film nominations for Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) and Music (Henry Krieger).

Related promotions and products

To give the story more exposure for the upcoming film release, DreamWorks Pictures and the licensee of the original play, The Tams-Witmark Music Library, announced that they would pay the licensing fees for all non-professional stage performances of Dreamgirls for the calendar year of 2006. DreamWorks hoped to encourage amateur productions of Dreamgirls, and familiarize a wider audience with the play. As a result, more than fifty high schools, colleges, community theaters, and other non-commerical theater entities staged productions of Dreamgirls in 2006, and DreamWorks spent up to $250,000 subsidizing the licensing. [50]

The Dreamgirls novelization was written by African-American novelist Denene Millner, and adapts the film's official script in chapter form, along with fourteen pages of photographs from the film. The book was released on October 31, 2006. A scrapbook, entitled Dreamgirls: The Movie Musical, is set for release on January 16, 2007. The limited edition program guide accompanying the Dreamgirls road show release will be available for retail purchase in February.

Cast

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A Dreamgirls theatrical poster spotlighting Jamie Foxx as Curtis Taylor, Jr.
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A Dreamgirls theatrical poster spotlighting Beyoncé Knowles as Deena Jones.
Actor Role
Beyoncé Knowles Deena Jones
Jamie Foxx Curtis Taylor, Jr.
Eddie Murphy James (Jimmy) "Thunder" Early
Danny Glover Marty Madison
Jennifer Hudson Effie Melody White
Anika Noni Rose Lorrell Robinson
Keith Robinson Clarence Conrad "C.C." White
Sharon Leal Michelle Morris
Hinton Battle Wayne
Mariah Wilson Magic White
Yvette Cason May Jones
Ken Page Max Washington
Ralph Harris M.C.
Michael-Leon Wooley Tiny Joe Dixon
John Lithgow Jerry Harris
Loretta Devine Jazz Singer
John Krasinski Sam Walsh
Alexander Folk Ronald White
Esther Scott Aunt Ethel
Bobby Slayton Sandy Price
Jordan Wright Teddy Campbell
Dawnn Lewis Melba Early
Jaleel White Talent Booker
JoNell Kennedy Joanne
Sybyl Walker Charlene
Yvette Nicole Brown Curtis' secretary
Eddie Mekka Las Vegas Club Manager
Alejandro Furth Case Worker
Vince Grant American Bandstand producer
Lesley Nicole Lewis
Ebony T. Nichols
Ariké Rice
Fatima Robinson		 The Stepp Sisters
Aakomon Jones
Barsheem Bernard Fowler
Anwar Burton
Tyrell Washington		 Little Albert & the Tru-Tones
Rory O'Malley
Anne Elizabeth Warren
Laura Bell Bundy		 Dave & the Sweethearts
Maxi Anderson
Charlene Carmen
Keisha Heely		 The Stepp Sisters
(singing voices)
Steve Russell Little Albert/The Campbell Connection
(singing voices)
Durrell Babbs
Luke Boyd
Eric Dawkins		 The Tru-Tones
(singing voices)

Songs

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Act I

  1. "I'm Lookin' For Something" - The Stepp Sisters
  2. "Goin' Downtown" - Little Albert & the Tru-Tones
  3. "Takin' The Long Way Home" - Tiny Joe Dixon
  4. "Move" - The Dreamettes
  5. "Fake Your Way To The Top" - James "Thunder" Early & the Dreamettes
  6. "Cadillac Car" - James "Thunder" Early & the Dreamettes
  7. "Cadillac Car" (Reprise) - Dave & the Sweethearts
  8. "Steppin' To The Bad Side" - Curtis Taylor Jr., C.C. White, Wayne, James "Thunder" Early & the Dreamettes
  9. "Love You I Do" - Effie White
  10. "I Want You Baby" - James "Thunder" Early & the Dreamettes
  11. "Family" - C.C. White, Effie White, Curtis Taylor Jr., Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson
  12. "Dreamgirls" - The Dreams
  13. "Heavy" - The Dreams
  14. "It's All Over" - Effie White, C.C. White, Curtis Taylor Jr., Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson, Michelle Morris
  15. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" - Effie White
  16. "Love Love You Baby" - Deena Jones & the Dreams

Act II

  1. "I'm Somebody" - Deena Jones & the Dreams
  2. "When I First Saw You" - Curtis Taylor Jr.
  3. "Patience" - James "Thunder" Early, Lorrell Robinson, C.C. White, and Chorus
  4. "I Am Changing" - Effie White
  5. "Perfect World" - The Campbell Connection
  6. "I Meant You No Harm" - James "Thunder" Early
  7. "Jimmy's Rap" - James "Thunder" Early
  8. "Lorrell Loves Jimmy" - Lorrell Robinson
  9. "Family (Reprise)" - Deena Jones & the Dreams
  10. "Step On Over" - Deena Jones & the Dreams
  11. "I Miss You Old Friend" - Jazz Singer
  12. "One Night Only" - Effie White
  13. "One Night Only (Disco)" -Deena Jones & the Dreams
  14. "Listen" - Deena Jones
  15. "Hard To Say Goodbye" - Deena Jones & the Dreams
  16. "Dreamgirls (Finale)" -Effie White with Deena Jones & the Dreams
  17. "Curtain Call" (instrumental)

Deleted from the final release print is "Effie, Sing My Song", sung by C.C. and Effie; the corresponding scene, with dialogue in place of sung lyrics, is present in the final film. "Effie, Sing My Song" will be re-inserted into the film for an extended DVD version of Dreamgirls in 2007.[51]

Awards and nominations

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Danny Glover as Marty Madison, Jimmy Early's manager.
  • BAFTA Film Awards [52]
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
    • Best Film Music (The Anthony Asquith Award) - Nomination
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted - Longlist
    • Best Make-Up & Hair - Longlist
    • Best Sound - Longlist
    • Best Editing - Longlist
    • Best Costume Design - Longlist
    • Best Production Design - Longlist
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beyoncé Knowles) - Longlist
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Eddie Murphy) - Longlist
      • The BAFTA has announced their longlist after their first round of voting. The longlist consisted of 15 finalists for each category, who were still in the running for the BAFTA Film Awards. The second round of voting determined five of the 15 finalists, which became the official nominees (announced on January 12) for the BAFTA Film Awards.
  • Black Reel Awards
    • Best Film - Nomination
    • Best Actor (Jamie Foxx) - Nomination
    • Best Actress (Beyoncé Knowles) - Nomination
    • Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy) - Nomination
    • Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
    • Best Breakthrough Performance (Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
    • Best Original Score (Harvey Mason, Jr. & Damon Thomas) - Nomination
    • Best Original Soundtrack (DreamWorks SKG/Music World/Columbia) - Nomination
    • Best Song, Original or Adapted
      • "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (performed by Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
      • "Listen" (performed by Beyoncé Knowles) - Nomination
      • "One Night Only" (performed by Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association
    • Best Picture - Nomination
    • Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy)- Winner
    • Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson)- Winner
    • Best Acting Ensemble - Nomination
    • Best Director (Bill Condon)- Nomination
    • Best Song "Listen" (Henry Krieger, Anne Previn, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé Knowles)- Winner
    • Best Soundtrack - Winner
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
    • Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson)- Runner-Up
  • Golden Globe Awards
    • Best Picture: Comedy or Musical - Nomination
    • Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (Beyoncé Knowles) - Nomination
    • Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Eddie Murphy) - Nomination
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
    • Best Original Song in a Motion Picture ("Listen"; music & lyrics by Henry Krieger, Anne Previn, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé Knowles) - Nomination
  • Hollywood Life Awards
    • Breakthrough of the Year Award (Jennifer Hudson) - Winner
  • NAACP Image Awards
    • Outstanding Motion Picture - Nomination
    • Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Jamie Foxx) - Nomination
    • Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (Beyonce Knowles) - Nomination
    • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Danny Glover) - Nomination
    • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Eddie Murphy) - Nomination
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Anika Noni Rose) - Nomination
    • Outstanding Album (Dreamgirls Soundtrack) - Nomination
  • Palm Springs International Film Festival
    • Breakthrough Performance Award (Jennifer Hudson) - Winner
  • Satellite Awards
    • Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical - Winner
    • Best Director (Bill Condon) - Winner, tied with Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood)
    • Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Beyoncé Knowles) - Nomination
    • Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Hudson) - Winner
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted (Bill Condon) - Nomination
    • Best Original Song
      • "Love You I Do" (Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett) - Nomination
      • "Listen" (Henry Krieger, Anne Previn, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé Knowles) - Nomination
    • Film Editing (Virginia Katz) - Nomination
    • Sound (Editing & Mixing) (Willie Burton, Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Richard E. Yawn) - Winner
    • Art Direction & Production Design (John Myhre, Tomas Voth, Nancy Haigh) - Nomination
    • Costume Design (Sharen Davis) - Nomination
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards
    • Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nomination
    • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Eddie Murphy) - Nomination
  • Syracuse Post~Standard
    • Best "Star is Born Moment" for "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (Jennifer Hudson) - Winner
  • Toronto Film Critics Association
    • Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) - Nomination
  • 2006 Southeastern Film Critics Association Poll
    • Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) - Winner
  • Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association
    • Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) - Winner
    • Best Breakthrough Performance (Jennifer Hudson) - Winner

Trivia

  • The instrumental piece played by the "Blue Bleu" jazz club house band while Curtis, Jimmy, and Marty discuss trying a new sound for Jimmy is actually the first section of the stage version of "Cadillac Car". In the stage musical, Curtis convinces Jimmy to "get a smoother sound" through song instead of dialogue.
  • At five feet and two inches, Anika Noni Rose is at least four inches shorter than most of her co-stars. Therefore, the actress was required to wear (and dance in) four and five-inch heels for much of the picture, which Rose later stated caused her discomfort.[53]
  • This is not Anika Noni Rose's first screen appearance with an American Idol contestant; she was also in the unsuccessful From Justin to Kelly with Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini.
  • The album covers used for many of the Dreams' albums in the film are directly adapted from designs used for actual Supremes album covers. The cover for the Meet the Dreams album is a combination of the designs from the Supremes albums More Hits by the Supremes and The Supremes A' Go-Go. In addition, the covers for the Supremes albums Touch, Cream of the Crop, and Let the Sunshine In, were reworked to include Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Leal, and the "Deena Jones & the Dreams" name, with all other design elements remaining the same.
  • The design for Deena Jones' solo LP Just in Time was based upon the design for the 1970 Dionne Warwick album Very Dionne.
  • This is the first film from Paramount Pictures to star Eddie Murphy (who once signed an exclusive contract with the studio) since Vampire in Brooklyn in 1995. Also, as a result of Viacom's acquisition of DreamWorks, Paramount will distribute two more Eddie Murphy films for DreamWorks in 2007: Norbit and Shrek the Third, since Paramount now has the rights to distribute films by DreamWorks.

See also

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References

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