Storyline In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Cast: Joshua Alscher
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Mick Jagger
Tim Bellow
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Man in the Caddy
(as Timothy Bellow)
Tony Bentley
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Lomax
Tammy Blanchard
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Isabelle Allen
Eric Bogosian
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Alan Freed
Marc Bonan
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Keith Richards
Adrien Brody
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Leonard Chess
Cedric the Entertainer
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Willie Dixon
Emmanuelle Chriqui
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Revetta Chess
Douglas Crosby
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Policeman (Little Walter beating)
Dexter Darden
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Geneva's Teenage Son
Veronika Dash
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Blonde Girl
Sean Shyboy Davis
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Toothless Hillbilly Little Walter
(as Sean Davis)
Eshaya Draper
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Charles Waters
Shiloh Fernandez
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Phil Chess
Opening Weekend: $3,445,559
(USA)
(7 December 2008)
(687 Screens)
Gross: $8,195,551
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Leonard Chess' brother, Philip, was his partner in both the night club and Chess Records. However, Philip is never mentioned throughout the film, and only appears in Chess Record scenes.
Goofs:
Anachronisms:
Recording studio scene. In different shots, both 3 track and 4 track machines were shown. 3 track machines introduced about 1958, 4 track later.
Quotes: Willie Dixon:
[as a narrator]
When you lose that cat that gave you the sound that nobody else could, it hurts. Hurts more than losing your woman.
User Review
if you love and know about the blues, stay away
Rating: 2/10
Saying Leonard Chess discovered Etta James, Muddy Waters, Little Walter
and Howlin' Wolf is like saying George Washington discovered America.
They all recorded in studios before they recorded at Chess. According
to this movie, Muddy and Willie don't fly to England until 1967. It was
1958; ask Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and Jimmy Page among others. Not
only does this movie get a lot wrong by misconstruing the facts, it
leaves out a couple the bigger players like Sonny Boy Williamson and
Big Bill Broonzy. If you want to hear Etta at her best, listen to the
live version of "Baby, What You Want Me To Do". Beyonce couldn't touch
that. Spike Lee could do this movie with the same actors (except
Beyonce, please use Sharon Jones) and win a Grammy.
The real story of what these people went through doesn't need to be
dramatized or exaggerated, it's a great story as is. Read some books.
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