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Ray is a 2004 American biographical musical drama film focusing on 30 years in the life of soul musician Ray Charles.[1]

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  1. 110 relations: ABC Records, Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Sound, Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, Augusta, Georgia, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Beverly Hills, California, Biographical film, Bokeem Woodbine, Box Office Mojo, Braille, Bristol Bay Productions, C. J. Sanders, Chicago Sun-Times, Chitlin' Circuit, Chris Thomas King, CinemaScore, Clifton Powell, Craig Armstrong (composer), Curtis Armstrong, David "Fathead" Newman, David Krumholtz, Denise Dowse, Drama (film and television), Drug rehabilitation, Field Mob, Florida, Georgia (Field Mob and Ludacris song), Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia on My Mind, Georgia State Capitol, Gold Digger (Kanye West song), Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Gospel music, Hallelujah I Love Her So, Harry Lennix, Heroin, Hit the Road Jack, Houston, Howard Baldwin, I Can't Stop Loving You, I Got a Woman, Independent film, Indianapolis, James L. White, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Wexler, ... Expand index (60 more) »

  2. 2004 biographical drama films
  3. African-American musical films
  4. Blues films
  5. Cultural depictions of jazz musicians
  6. Cultural depictions of soul musicians
  7. Films directed by Taylor Hackford
  8. Films scored by Craig Armstrong (composer)
  9. Ray Charles

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.

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Academy Award for Best Actor

The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.

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Academy Award for Best Sound

The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing.

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Ahmet Ertegun

Ahmet Ertegun (Ahmet Ertegün,; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.

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Augusta, Georgia

Augusta is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (Ellis; born February 21, 1969) is an American actress.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Biographical film

A biographical film or biopic is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people.

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Bokeem Woodbine

Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13, 1973) is an American actor.

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Box Office Mojo

Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way.

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Braille

Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired.

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Bristol Bay Productions

Bristol Bay Productions is a film company (the sister company of Walden Media), which produces films based on the books and lives of famous and influential people.

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C. J. Sanders

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Chitlin' Circuit

The Chitlin' Circuit was a collection of performance venues found throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States.

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Chris Thomas King

Chris Thomas King (born Durwood Christopher Thomas, October 14, 1962) is an American blues musician and actor based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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CinemaScore

CinemaScore is a market research firm based in Las Vegas.

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Clifton Powell

Clifton Powell (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in Ray (2004), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination.

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Craig Armstrong (composer)

Craig Armstrong, (born 29 April 1959) is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores.

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Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American actor and singer best known for playing the role of Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds films, Herbert Viola on the TV series Moonlighting, Miles Dalby in the film Risky Business, and record producer Ahmet Ertegun in the film Ray as well as for playing the role of Metatron on the TV series Supernatural.

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David "Fathead" Newman

David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles.

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David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor.

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Denise Dowse

Denise Yvonne Dowse (February 21, 1958 – August 13, 2022) was an American actress.

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Drama (film and television)

In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.

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Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines.

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Field Mob

Field Mob is an American hip hop duo from Albany, Georgia, composed of artists Shawn Timothy "Shawn Jay" Johnson and Darion "Smoke" Crawford.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Georgia (Field Mob and Ludacris song)

"Georgia" is a single by Southern hip hop duo Field Mob and Atlanta-based rapper Ludacris featuring R&B singer Jamie Foxx, with production by DJ Vudu Spellz.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Georgia on My Mind

"Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that same year by Hoagy Carmichael at the RCA Victor Studios at 155 East 24th Street in New York City.

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Georgia State Capitol

The Georgia State Capitol is an architecturally and historically significant building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Gold Digger (Kanye West song)

"Gold Digger" is a song by American rapper Kanye West, featuring singer Jamie Foxx, from West's second studio album, Late Registration (2005).

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian Music that spreads the word of God and a cornerstone of Christian media.

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Hallelujah I Love Her So

"Hallelujah I Love Her So" is a single by American musician Ray Charles.

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Harry Lennix

Harry Joseph Lennix III (born November 16, 1964) is an American actor.

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Heroin

Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the Papaver somniferum plant; it is mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.

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Hit the Road Jack

"Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by the rhythm and blues singer Percy Mayfield and recorded by Ray Charles.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Howard Baldwin

Howard Lapsley Baldwin, ccgfuneralhome.com; accessed March 8, 2017.

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I Can't Stop Loving You

"I Can't Stop Loving You" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter, and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December 3, 1957, for RCA Victor Records.

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I Got a Woman

"I Got a Woman" (originally titled "I've Got a Woman") is a song co-written and recorded by American R&B and soul musician Ray Charles.

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Independent film

An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in some cases, distributed by major companies).

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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James L. White

James L. White (November 15, 1947 – July 23, 2015) was an American screenwriter best known for his original screenplay for the 2004 film Ray, a biopic on Ray Charles.

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Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, and comedian.

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Jerry Wexler

Gerald Wexler (January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s.

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Joe Adams (actor)

Joe Adams (April 11, 1924 – July 3, 2018) was an American actor, disc jockey, businessman and manager.

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Julian Bond

Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer.

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Kanye West

Ye (born Kanye Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer.

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Karen Baldwin (producer)

Karen Elise Baldwin (born 16 June 1964) is a Canadian film producer.

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Kerry Washington

Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) Sidebar: (County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health).

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Kurt Fuller

Kurt Fuller (born September 16, 1953) is an American character actor.

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Larenz Tate

Larenz Tate (born September 8, 1975) is an American film and television actor.

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List of accolades received by Ray (film)

This is a list of awards and nominations received by the 2004 film Ray. Ray (film) and list of accolades received by Ray (film) are ray Charles.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Lowell Fulson

Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921March 7, 1999) was an American blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition.

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Ludacris

Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (spoken as 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper and actor.

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Margie Hendrix

Marjorie Hendrix (sometimes Hendricks) (March 13, 1935 – July 14, 1973) was an American rhythm and blues singer and founding member of the Raelettes, who were the backing singers for Ray Charles, the father of her child, Charles Wayne Hendrix.

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Mary Ann (Ray Charles song)

"Mary Ann" is a song written and performed by Ray Charles and released in 1956 as a single on the Atlantic Records label.

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Mastering (audio)

Mastering, a form of audio post production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master), the source from which all copies will be produced (via methods such as pressing, duplication or replication).

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Mess Around

The "Mess Around" is a song written by Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder and then-vice-president of Atlantic Records, under the pseudonym of A. Nugetre, or "Nuggy".

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Musical film

Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.

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Night Time Is the Right Time

"Night Time Is the Right Time" or "The Right Time" is a rhythm and blues song recorded by American musician Nappy Brown in 1957.

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Patrick Bauchau

Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films A View to a Kill, The Rapture and Panic Room, as well as the TV shows The Pretender and House.

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Paul Hirsch (film editor)

Paul Frederick Hirsch (born November 14, 1945) is an American film editor with over 40 film credits since 1970, best known as one of the premier filmmakers to come out of the New Hollywood movement, collaborating with directors like Brian De Palma, George Lucas, George A. Romero, and Herbert Ross.

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Paweł Edelman

Paweł Edelman (born 26 June 1958) is a Polish cinematographer.

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Philip Anschutz

Philip Frederick Anschutz (born December 28, 1939) is an American billionaire businessman who owns or controls companies in a variety of industries, including energy, railroads, real estate, sports, newspapers, movies, theaters, arenas and music.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer.

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Regina King

Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and director.

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Rhodes piano

The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s.

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Richard Corliss

Richard Nelson Corliss (March 6, 1944 – April 23, 2015) was an American film critic and magazine editor for Time.

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Richard Schiff

Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor.

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Rick Gomez

Rick Gomez is an American actor.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.

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Robert Wisdom

Robert Ray Wisdom (born September 14, 1953) is an American actor.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Sharon Warren

Sharon Warren is an American actress.

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Soul music

Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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St. Louis

St.

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Stuart Benjamin

Stuart Benjamin (born April 25, 1946) is an American film producer.

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Swing Time Records

Swing Time Records was a United States-based record label active in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Taylor Hackford

Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America.

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Terrence Howard

Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.

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The Raelettes

The Raelettes (or occasionally The Raelets or The Raeletts) were an American girl group formed in 1958 to provide backing vocals for Ray Charles. Ray (film) and The Raelettes are ray Charles.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Tom Dowd

Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records.

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Universal Pictures

Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (informally as Universal Studios or also known simply as Universal) is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Universal Studios, which is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.

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Warwick Davis

Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970) is an English actor and television presenter.

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Wendell Pierce

Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1962) is an American actor and businessman.

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What'd I Say

"What'd I Say" (or "What I Say") is an American rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles, released in 1959.

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Wurlitzer electronic piano

The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from 1954 to 1983.

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10th Critics' Choice Awards

The 10th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2005, at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California, honoring the finest achievements of 2004 filmmaking.

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11th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2004, took place on February 5, 2005.

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2004 Toronto International Film Festival

The 29th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 9 through September 18.

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58th British Academy Film Awards

The 58th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 12 February 2005 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2004.

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62nd Golden Globe Awards

The 62nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2004, were held on January 16, 2005.

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77th Academy Awards

The 77th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST.

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See also

2004 biographical drama films

African-American musical films

Blues films

Cultural depictions of jazz musicians

Cultural depictions of soul musicians

Films directed by Taylor Hackford

Films scored by Craig Armstrong (composer)

Ray Charles

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_(film)

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