| Dreamgirls | |
|---|---|
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| 8 Nominations / 2 Wins | |
| Year | 2006 |
| Director | Bill Condon |
| Writer | Bill Condon |
| Starring | Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy |
| 79th Academy Awards | |
Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name by composer Henry Krieger and lyricist/librettist Tom Eyen.
Wins
- Best Sound Mixing — Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie Burton
- Best Supporting Actress — Jennifer Hudson
Nominations
- Best Art Direction — John Myhre, Nancy Haigh
- Best Costume Design — Sharen Davis
- Best Original Song — "Listen" by Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven
- Best Original Song — "Love You I Do" by Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett
- Best Original Song — "Patience" by Henry Krieger, Willie Reale
- Best Sound Mixing — Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie Burton
- Best Supporting Actor — Eddie Murphy
- Best Supporting Actress — Jennifer Hudson
Plot[]
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top.
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