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Release Date: Oct 29, 2004
Running Time: 153 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles 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 incorporating gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists' rights within the corporate music business.
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Ray Charles
Della Bea Robinson
Margie Hendricks
Jeff Brown
Joe Adams
Fathead Newman
Mary Ann Fisher
Aretha Robinson
Young Ray Robinson
Ahmet Ertegun
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reviews
Ray follows the most volatile period of the legendary Ray Charles' career--from the time he was young man to his meteoric rise to global fame. Although well-crafted and meaningful, the story itself doesn't hold as much resonance as the performances, especially by Jamie Foxx, who takes the film to a higher level. Story From the moment Ray Charles Robinson (Jamie Foxx), as a bold and blind teenager, boards a Florida bus bound for the jazz scene in Seattle, it's clear the young man has the tools… 
PETER TRAVERS -
February 10, 2005
Just in time for awards season comes this vibrantly produced, bonus-loaded DVD of the movie that puts Jamie Foxx in line for every Best Actor prize around. Chris Rock, who will host the Academy Awards telecast on February 27th, said that no way is Foxx "going to walk out of that place without an Oscar." Foxx's turn as Ray Charles really is that good. Never mind that Foxx merely moves his lips to Brother Ray's classic vocals on hits such as "What'd I Say" and "I Got a Woman" -- the actor gets so…
PETER TRAVERS -
October 20, 2004
A great piece of acting can knock the hell out of tainted preconceptions. Or, in the case of Ray, director Taylor Hackford's electrifying take on the joyous art and pained soul of Ray Charles, it can move a film from the shoals of biopic banality to the heights of inspiration. Jamie Foxx gets so far inside the man and his music that he and Ray Charles seem to breathe as one. Foxx's fierce, funny, deeply felt performance deserves to be legendary. And he doesn't stop at technical wizardry. A…
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