Movie
Get On Up
Overview
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-08-01
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jagged Films, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Chadwick Boseman as James Brown
- Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd
- Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart
- Viola Davis as Susie Brown
- Lennie James as Joe Brown
- Fred Melamed as Syd Nathan
- Jill Scott as DeeDee Brown
- Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey
- Nick Eversman as Mick Jagger
- Tika Sumpter as Yvonne Fair
- James DuMont as Corporal Dooley
- Billy Slaughter as Pool Cleaner
Crew
- Tate Taylor - Director
- Steven Baigelman - Screenplay
- Jez Butterworth - Screenplay
- John-Henry Butterworth - Screenplay
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