The Five Heartbeats [DVD] / Twentieth Century Fox presents a film by Robert Townsend ; produced by Loretha C. Jones ; written by Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans ; directed by Robert Townsend.
Music from the motion picture, the Five Heartbeats. Five Heartbeats, music from the motion picture.
Notes:
Title from container. CD: Music from the motion picture, the Five Heartbeats (0777 7 86208 2 2). Originally released in 1991. Special features: Bonus footage viewing option lets you see the filming of exclusive deleted scenes as you watch the movie; "Meet The Five Heartbeats" featurette; "The director's process" featurette; "In the studio" featurette; "The look" featurette; "The nomination" featurette: with over 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage; Robert Townsend profile; original "Making-of" featurette; theatrical trailer. Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas, Diahann Carroll.
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.
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