Dreamgirls

Year: 2006

Country: USA

Tagline: Fame Comes And Goes, Stars Rise And Fall, But Dreams Live Forever  »

Plot: During the late 1960's and early 70's, three friends from Detroit, Effie White (Jennifer Hudson), Deena Jones (Beyoncé Knowles), and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose), form an R&B act called 'The Dreamettes'. The women compete in a local talent contest where they are discovered by Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx), a ruthless talent manager who offers them a job to be the backup singers for headliner James 'Thunder' Early (Eddie Murphy). They take the job and soon find out that Curtis has now taken over their lives. Their first professional show is at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. Effie's brother, C.C. White (Keith Robinson) is a talented songwriter who begins to write songs for Early and the group. Using the talents of C.C., Curtis decides to change their style from R&B music to pop music and to go out on their own. Curtis also moves the beautiful Deena to the lead singer spot and moves Effie to backup. Now called 'The Dreams,' they become a worldwide success with Deena as the lead singer. However, in time the three women realize that life is not all about fame and fortune. The moral of this story is that family and friends are the most important aspect of life. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)Set in 1960s, a trio of black female soul singers Effie, Lorrell, and Deena are about to find out just what it's like to have their wildest dream come true. But when it happens, they realize that the true cost of fame may be higher than any of them ever anticipated.In a music contest, promising singing group Dreamettes of Effie, Deena and Lorrell is discovered talent by Curtis Taylor . They don't win championships, but is encouraged to collaborate with the star singer James "Thunder" Early. Hard training hard and ...

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