The Five Heartbeats Page #2

Synopsis: In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry with it's casual racism and greed while the personal weaknesses of the members threaten to destroy the integrity of the band.
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Robert Townsend
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
R
Year:
1991
121 min
3,061 Views


what happened?

What happened?

They left you.

They left us.

They almost destroyed you.

They almost destroyed

our marriage.

I'm not going to

let that happen again.

All that other stuff

is behind us.

All I'm asking is

for you to believe in me,

just one last time.

This group coming up now...

you've seen them before.

The Five Heartbeats!

Come on.

Let's hear it for them!

80...

and $1 00.

That ain't right,

taking Mr. Potter's money.

Give it back.

Nah. Nah.

A deal's a deal, Dresser.

This is business.

jimmy, I told you

this was going to happen.

Let's get out of here.

Good show, fellas.

Good show.

I got some good news.

The owner of the club wants

to sign you to a contract.

Contract?

The owner?

Yeah.

I don't know.

I think you might

have to take that up

with our new manager.

Yeah, that's right.

We'll be talking to you, man.

All right.

Oh, Jimmy.

Baby Doll.

Baby Doll!

Hi.

Hey.

It's happening, babe.

It's really happening.

Winning!

Hey, how you doing?

Where you been...

coming back here this late?

I told you

he had a show tonight.

How'd it go?

Good.

He ain't gonna be sh*t neither.

He didn't say nothin'.

He ain't gotta say nothin'.

You ain't gonna be sh*t,

'cause I ain't sh*t.

Hmm?

Why you talk like that?

You act like you don't

even care for the boy.

Stella...

I care about that boy.

I just want him to be

a better man than me.

All right. Let me have

everybody in here.

Come on, Heartbeats,

let's go.

Gentlemen,

I got somebody

I want you to meet.

Sergeant ErnestJohnson...

one of my oldest and fnest

buddies from the army.

He's here to help us

with the choreography.

What are you

talking about, Jim?

I do the choreography, man.

Dresser, he's not here

to take your place.

He's here to just help out.

What can he teach me?

(Belch)

If you didn't like

what I was doing,

you could've come

and talk to me

instead of going behind my back,

bringing in some old drunk.

Stop right there!

Don't let your mouth

get you into something

your ass can't get you out of.

Anyway, let me see

your best combination.

Huh?

Huh, my ass. Let me see

your best combination.

Show him, Dresser.

Show him your stuff.

Ha ha ha.

All right, all right.

Cat, Daddy.

Ha ha ha.

just as I thought.

That ain't sh*t.

Hold my cane.

Hold my cane.

Now pay attention,

and you might learn something.

Damn.

(Sarge) All right, Girl Scouts,

let me see you move.

Smooth hands.

That's what I want to see.

All right. Smooth. Yeah!

Damn.

We're not going to win

that talent contest

with lazy legs.

OK.

And turn!

All right. Let's move.

Pretty hands, now... everything!

Them chumps can't beat us, boss.

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