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Cadillac Records (2008)

★ 7.1 · 473 ratings on TMDB
Cadillac Records poster★ 7.1

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and 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.

DirectorDarnell Martin
CastAdrien Brody, Cedric the Entertainer, Columbus Short, Eamonn Walker, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eric Bogosian
GenresDrama, History, Music
The emergence reading

Cadillac Records keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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