
Walk the Line(2005)
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.


“The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.”
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He 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 coupling gospel and country together.

Jamie Foxx
Ray Charles

Kerry Washington
Della Bea Robinson

Regina King
Margie Hendricks

Harry Lennix
Joe Adams

Clifton Powell
Jeff Brown

Bokeem Woodbine
Fathead Newman
Sharon Warren
Aretha Robinson
C.J. Sanders
Young Ray Robinson

Curtis Armstrong
Ahmet Ertegun

Richard Schiff
Jerry Wexler
Ray is a drama, music film released in 2004 exploring themes of blindness and impaired vision, country music, jazz, loss of loved one, overdose, bus ride. Directed by Taylor Hackford, it stars Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King. Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He 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 coupling gospel and country together.
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