The Five Heartbeats / Twentieth Century Fox presents a film by Robert Townshend ; produced by Loretha C. Jones ; written by Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Music from the motion picture, the Five Heartbeats. Five Heartbeats, music from the motion picture.
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Special features: Meet the Five Heartbeats, The director's process, In the studio" featurette and The look featurettes; The nomination; original publicity campaign; bonus footage viewing option, to see the filming of exclusive deleted scenes while watching the movie. Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells [and others]. Original production: c1991.
Summary:
Five young friends are drawn together by music. Their dreams of fame and fortune take them from amateur nights in ghetto clubs, to the pinnacle of show business success and personal tragedy. When the vocal group The Five Heartbeats get to the top of music world, they learn the hard reality of the music industry. Review of this 1991 film: "Corny but entertaining saga of a 1960s singing group's rise to fame: loosely based on R & B group The Dells. Awfully predictable, but star/director/cowriter Townsend and his cast are so likeable they make up for it. The scene in which a youthful belter named Tressa Thomas helps Townsend piece together a song on the spot is worth the price of admission. Coscripted by Keenen Ivory Wayans."--Leonard Maltin's Movie guide. Rating 3.
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