Ray
The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.
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10/29/2004Runtime
152 minsOverview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$40,000,000Revenue
$124,700,000Homepage
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A sweeping portrait of Ray Charles's rise from trauma and blindness to musical genius, tracing his journey with unflinching attention to both his extraordinary gifts and his destructive demons. It's a film about the price of brilliance and the complicated relationship between suffering and creation.
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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
Larenz Tate
Quincy Jones
Terrence Howard
Gossie McGee
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