Memphis
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📜 Overview:
Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Originally shown in select theatres, then broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 39, episode 11).
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
2011-04-28
⌚ Running Time:
165 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
8.3
Beloved Cast
Huey Calhoun
Chad Kimball
Felicia Farrell
Montego Glover
Gator
Derrick Baskin
Delray Jones
J. Bernard Calloway
Bobby
James Monroe Iglehart
Mr. Simmons
Michael McGrath
Gladys Calhoun
Cass Morgan
Clara/White Mother/Ensemble
Jennifer Allen
Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble
Brad Bass
Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
Tracee Beazer
Ethel/Ensemble
Tanya Birl
Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble
Kevin Covert
Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Preston W. Dugger III
Teenager/Ensemble
Hillary Elk
Ensemble
Bryan Fenkart
Someday Backup Singer/Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
Dionne Figgins
Ensemble
Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines
Black DJ/Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Rhett George
Ensemble
Todrick Hall
Wailin' Joe/Reverend Hobson/Ensemble
Robert Hartwell
White DJ/Mr. Collins /White Father/Gordon Grant/Ensemble
John Jellison
Ensemble
Bryan Langlitz
Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Kyle Leland
Ensemble
Paul McGill
Ensemble
Andy Mills
Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
Betsy Struxness
Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
Dan'Yelle Williamson
