Cadillac Records

History, Music, Musical

Adrien Brody	Leonard Chess
Jeffrey Wright	Muddy Waters
Gabrielle Union	Geneva Wade
Columbus Short	Little Walter
Cedric The Entertainer	Willie Dixon
Emmanuelle Chriqui	Revetta Chess
Eamonn Walker	Howlin' Wolf
Mos Def	Chuck Berry
Beyonce Knowles	Etta James
Tim Bellow	Man in the Caddy

Director	Darnell Martin
Producer	Sofia Sondervan; Beyoncé Knowles
Writer	Darnell Martin

In the 1950s the rise of Cadillac Records is filled with drama. When the poor owner Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) of a south side Chicago bar hears Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright and Little Walter (Columbus Short) play their new kind of music, he is convinced that they can make it big. Chess hires a recording studio and produces the group’s first record. As he suspects, the record becomes a hit and Cadillac Records is born. As Chess discovers more talent such as Chuck Berry (Mos Def), he rewards all his stars with a new Cadillac. The climb to fame is not without it’s price though. Each and every one of these stars fights their own personal demons as well as the glamour of sex, drugs and booze.