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Get on Up
Duration | 139 |
Year | 2014 |
Categories | Biography, Music, Drama |
Cast | Dan Aykroyd, Craig Robinson, Viola Davis, Nelsan Ellis, Octavia Spencer, Tika Sumpter, Chadwick Boseman, David Andrew Nash |
Written By | Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth |
Directed By | Tate Taylor |
Produced By | Imagine Entertainment, Jagged Films |
Distributed By | Universal Pictures UK |
Film Details |
In his follow-up to the four-time Academy Award®-nominated blockbuster The Help, Tate Taylor directs 42's Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in Get on Up. Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Boseman is joined in the drama by Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Nelsan Ellis, Lennie James, Tika Sumpter, Jill Scott and Dan Aykroyd.
Academy Award® winner Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, 8 Mile) produces for Imagine Entertainment, with Mick Jagger and Victoria Pearman (Shine a Light) producing under their Jagged Films banner. Imagine's Erica Huggins (Flightplan) also serves as a producer on Get on Up, while Taylor produces under his Wyolah Films label. Peter Afterman, Trish Hofmann, Jez Butterworth, John Butterworth, John Norris and Anna Culp serve as executive producers.