![]() I have not had a chance to see it yet but Ive read on the internet that Little Walter and James Cotton are characters in the film as well as Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry. ![]() (‘The Five Heartbeats’ is the last I can remember. Has anybody on the forum seen the movie Cadillac Records yet Its about Chess Records with Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess. As the legendary harmonica player Little Walter, Short is a bonafide scene-stealer. It’s been a while since we have seen a GREAT (Dream Girls was mediocre in my opinion) movie about influential R&B. The 'Cadillac Records' star tells what happened when the cameras were off. ![]() However, I’m pretty psyched about this film. McKie Fitzhugh, Little Walter, Leonard Chess, and female fans at a South Side Chicago record shop, promoting Little Walter’s new hit record Juke, circa 1952. I’m not a huge fan of her acting “talents” to be quite honest, (it’s like she can’t do a role unless there’s singing involved) and she will look a lot better if she has people like Jeffrey Wright and Adrien Brody around her in an ensemble film. (Somebody should have told her losing 20 pounds for a role doesn’t necessarily guarantee you a nomination.) It was no secret that she was bitter of her losing to ‘Dream Girls’ co-star, Jennifer Hudson last year at the Golden Globes, and some people thought she was “snubbed” for an Academy award nominee. Now this seems like a better fit for Miss Knowles. The 10-time Grammy winner joins a cast that includes Adrien Brody as Chess Records founder Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, and Columbus Short as Little Walter. but turbulent lives of some of Americas musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry. Beyonce Knowles has signed on to appear in the ensemble film, ‘ Cadillac Records’ as blues singer, Etta James.īeyonce Knowles has signed on to play blues singer Etta James in “Cadillac Records,” a 1950s period film about the founder of Chicago’s Chess Records and his lineup of stars.
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