Get on up / Universal Pictures and Image Entertainment present a Jagged Films/Brian Grazer production ; produced by Brian Grazer, Mick Jagger, Victoria Pearman, Erica Huggins, Tate Taylor ; screenplay by Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth ; directed by Tate Taylor.
Long journey to the screen; Chadwick Boseman: meet Mr. James Brown; The "get on up" family; Tate Taylor's master class; On stage with the hardest working man; Founding father of funk; feature commentary with director/producer Tate Taylor. Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Craig Robinson, Octavia Spencer.
Summary:
Based on the life story of the Godfather of Soul, takes a look inside the music, moves and moods of James Brown, from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.
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