DREAMGIRLS AND FREEDOM WRITERS SOUNDTRACK

Last updated: Thursday, December 28, 2006

DREAMGIRLS AND FREEDOM WRITERS SOUNDTRACK

In Theaters: Dreamgirls (Now), Freedom Writers (January 5, 2007)

DREAMGIRLS

Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce Knowles

Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Beyonce Knowles, Danny Glover, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Nani Rose
Synopsis: Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation 'Dreamgirls' comes to the big screen starring Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx ('Ray'), Beyonce Knowles ('Austin Powers in Goldmember'), Danny Glover (the 'Lethal Weapon' franchise), newcomer Jennifer Hudson, Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Broadway's 'Caroline or Change') and Eddie Murphy ('The Nutty Professor,' 'Dr. Dolittle'). Set in the turbulent early 1960s to mid-70s, 'Dreamgirls' follows the rise of a trio of women--Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyonce Knowles) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose)--who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes.

At a talent competition, they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the back-up singers for headliner James 'Thunder' Early (Eddie Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control of the girls' look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight, however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become a crossover phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.

'Listen' Video Music Links:
Windows Media
Real Media
QuickTime
Flash

FREEDOM WRITERS

Hilary Swank star as Erin Gruwell

Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Dre Bowie, Jorge Luis Alvarez, Rock Anthony
Synopsis: 'Freedom Writers' is inspired by a true story and the diaries of real Long Beach teenagers after the LA riots, during the worst outbreak of interracial gang warfare. Two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell, whose passion to become a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black, Latino, and Asian gangbangers who hate her even more than each other.

When Erin begins to listen to them in a way no adult has ever done, she begins to understand that for these kids, getting through the day alive is enough -- they are not delinquents but teenagers fighting 'a war of the streets' that began long before they were born. Erin gives them something they never had from a teacher before -- respect. For the first time, these teens experience a hope that maybe, they might show the world that their lives matter and they have something to say.

'A Dream' Music Video Links:
QuickTime: High Low

Official Site

Source: paramount.com

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