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Synopsis: The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band and then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life.
Director(s): Taylor Hackford
Production: Universal Pictures
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 54 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG-13
Year:
2004
152 min
$75,000,000
Website
3,118 Views


What do you need?

Double scale as leader,

plus 10 percent.

What about the 'Bama?

He's about as green

as a blade of grass.

I can handle him.

Flagstaff, Arizona

Yeah, he's green.

Kingman, Barstow

So, Gossie,

you don't need to worry

about a hotel room

for the 'Bama.

He can flop at my place.

Hey, y'all never change.

Get your kicks

on Route sixty-six

Ray, you coming back to bed?

I'm getting some water.

I can see that,

but mama ain't finished yet.

For the first time anywhere,

let's hear it

for The McSon Trio!

A buzzard took the monkey

for a ride in the air

The monkey thought that

everything was on the square

Ray, when you

coming out?

In a minute.

Mama's got some more blackberry

cobbler for you, baby.

Damn.

Straighten up

and fly right

Cool down, papa,

don't you blow your top

Marlene, if you're gonna

send us out on tour,

we're gonna need

more than $5 a day.

How come we can't get paid

after each gig?

Because you boys will spend

everything you make.

The club sends the checks

to me, so as I can bank them.

I just want to see

my own checks, that's all.

You don't see, Ray.

You're blind, baby.

Or did you forget?

Now, you want to go out on your

own and see how well you do?

Ray! Hey, Marlene,

where's Ray?

He's in the back bedroom.

And wipe your feet.

Ray, uh, six-nine, where

you at? Six-nine. Six-nine.

Lionel Hampton just asked me

to go on the road with him, man!

Lionel Hampton, man!

Sure he did.

Then why you still here?

And dig this:
His wife, she

kicked me off the tour bus.

Told me to come back when I

started shaving. You believe that?

Uh... uh, Seven-oh, could you do me a

favor, man, and close that bag for me?

What's wrong? You got two

hands. You can close it yourself.

I got two feet, too.

Could you close it?

I got it.

Excuse me, sir!

Man, we're gonna be late.

I got to get

my own place, Gossie.

Why? I mean,

you got free rent right now.

Like hell it's free rent.

Oh, come on, Ray.

Why you gonna mess

with a good thing?

All I'm saying is you keep

layin' that pipe with Marlene,

and I bet you she's gonna

make us all rich.

Hey, sir, excuse me!

Straighten up

and fly right

Straighten up

and stay right

Straighten up

and fly right

Cool down, papa

Don't you blow your top

Just back from their

triumphant tour

of the Yakima Valley,

The McSon Trio!

They'll be back right here,

same time, same place,

next week.

Hey, baby, you sound more

like Nat than the King himself.

What's your name?

Ray Robinson.

Ray Robinson?

I'm Jack Lauderdale,

Swing Time Records.

Oh, hey... hey, hey, Jack!

How you doing, man?

Good.

Oh, good.

How about us makin'

a record together?

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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. White received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for his work on Ray.White was born on November 15, 1947, in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. He was raised by his single mother in Mount Sterling, approximately 35 miles east of Lexington. A love of reading led White to pursue a career as a writer. He served in the U.S. Navy before enrolling at the University of Massachusetts. He left the university after a year and worked a series of jobs in the Boston area. He moved to Los Angeles during the 1970s to pursue screenwriting.White credited his friend, actor Sidney Poitier, with helping in get his first screenwriting job. Poitier hired White to 1992 to pen the screenplay for a thriller called "Red Money." The film was never made, but it marked White's breakthrough into screenwriting after decades of attempts. In a 2005 award acceptance speech before the Friends of the Black Oscar Nominees group, White publicly thanked Poitier, "I would like to publicly thank Mr. Poitier, who was the first person in Hollywood to take a chance on me as a screenwriter."White was working on two screenplays at the time of his death in 2015 - a biopic on Bessie Smith titled "Empress of the Blues" and second film focusing on Dinah Washington, which is in pre-production.James L. White died from complications of liver and pancreatic cancer at his home in Santa Monica, California, on July 23, 2015, at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, two daughters and a son. more…

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