The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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- TriviaThe lives of several performing R&B groups and artists inspired this film: The Dells, The Temptations, Frankie Lymon and Sam Cooke according to Robert Townsend in a Mademe Noir Interview. Townsend says the crux of the story was based on the breakup of the Temptations which was an event he took personally.
- GoofsWhen Eddie is being chased from the alley he jumps out into the main road in front of a 1969 Firebird when the film is set in 1965.
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After you've seen this, you might as well just avoid seeing any other movie regarding going form nothing to having it all in the music industry...some stories may be more dramatic, some more extreme...but this one pulls it all together lays it out like no other. I have seen this movie probably 20 times and will surely see it another 20. All of the ingredients are there. It's well made and yet, the roughness apparent in the script and acting at times seem to add to it's charm. Perfect imperfections, as Cee-Lo Green has named his new Album, is how I'd like to call it. When you watch the %H, you feel like you're back in the 60's and understand that the groups of that time simply had this fire inside that they had to get out of themselves....the problems came only after the fire was released: WHat does one do NOW?
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful movie...Hey Bobbie T. Lace us with another one of these!!!!
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful movie...Hey Bobbie T. Lace us with another one of these!!!!
- LARRYLOVE711
- Feb 27, 2002
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Box office
- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,750,400
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,630,689
- Mar 31, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $8,750,400
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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