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Ray (2004)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 33 mins | Drama, Biopic, Music | Released: 10/29/2004 |Box Office Total: $75.3M

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Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered incorporating gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists' rights within the corporate music business.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/29/2004

Director	Credit
Taylor Hackford	Director
Cast	Credit
Jamie Foxx	Ray Charles
Kerry Washington	Della Bea Robinson
Regina King	Margie Hendricks
Clifton Powell	Jeff Brown
Harry J Lennix	Joe Adams
Bokeem Woodbine	Fathead Newman
Aunjanue Ellis	Mary Ann Fisher
Sharon Warren	Aretha Robinson
C J Sanders	Young Ray Robinson
Curtis Armstrong	Ahmet Ertegun
Richard Schiff	Jerry Wexler
Larenz Tate	Quincy Jones
Terrence Howard	Gossie McKee
David Krumholtz	Milt Shaw
Wendell Pierce	Wilbur Brassfield
Chris Thomas King	Lowell Fulsom
Thomas Jefferson Byrd III	Jimmy
Rick Gomez	Tom Dowd
Denise Dowse	Marlene Andres
Warwick Davis	Oberon
Patrick Bauchau	Dr Hacker
Robert Wisdom	Jack Lauderdale
Kurt Fuller	Sam Clark
Julian Bond	Himself
Kimberly Ardison	Ethel McRae
Renee Wilson	Pat Lyle
Willie Metcalf	Mr Pitt
Mike Pniewski	Bus Driver
Terrone Bell	Young George Robinson
Richard A Smith	Til
Gary Grubbs	Billy Ray
Carol Sutton	Eula
Bill Breaux	Cop #1
Alex Van	Cop #2
Roland Harris ('Bob')	Jesse Stone
Tom Clark	Alan Freed
Afemo Omilami	Angry Husband
Elizabeth Omilami	Angry Wife
Vernel Bagneris	Dancin' Al
Fahnlohnee R Harris	Trudy Daniels
Michael Travis Stone	Robert
Eric O'Neal Jr	Ray Charles Jr (age 5-6 years)
Tequan Richmond	Ray Charles Jr (age 9-10 years)
Matthew Benjamin	Musician in Billy Ray's
John Swasey	Customs Agent #1
James Huston	Customs Agent #2
Marc Lynn	Downbeat Reporter
Kyle Scott Jackson	King Bee
Todd J Smith	Student Reporter
Rutherford Cravens	White Promoter
Darnell Williams	Fast Girl
Jedda Jones	Mercedes
Jeff Galpin	Cop #3
Michael Arata	Cop #4
Estella Denson	Lady in Rain
Production Credits	Credit
Ray Charles Robinson Jr	Co-Producer
William J. Immerman	Executive Producer
Stuart Benjamin	Producer
Alise Benjamin	Co-Producer
Howard Baldwin	Producer
Jaime Rucker King	Executive Producer
Nick Morton	Co-Producer
Karen Baldwin	Producer
Taylor Hackford	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Anvil Films	Production Company
Baldwin Entertainment Group	Production Company
Crusader Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Worldwide Theatrical Distributor
Universal Music and Video Distribution	Video Distributor Video Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Myndform	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Writer	Credit
James L White	Screenplay
James L White	Story By
Taylor Hackford	Story By
Accounting	Credit
Thomas Udell	Production Accountant
Tish Johnson	Post-Production Accountant
Alicia Elkort	Assistant Accountant - First Assistant Accountant
Lamonte Bell	Accountant
Ogie Udell	Assistant Accountant - Second Assistant Accountant
Karl Batten-Bowman	Assistant Accountant
June Marshall	Assistant Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Hugo Favre	Animal Wrangler
Art Department	Credit
John E Bucklin	Art Director - Supervising Art Director
Jason Bedig	Leadman
Larry Haney	Set Dresser
Stefanie Girard	Set Designer
David P Kelsey	Scenic Artist - Lead Scenic
Roger Kelton	Gang Boss
David Tureau	Greensman
John Herbert	Painter - Paint Foreman
Noah Smith	Sign Writer
Joel Klaff	Dresser - Draper
Brett Krauss	Storyboard Artist - Typesetter
Mary Francis Eglin	Art Department Coordinator
Will Eastin	Art Department
Maria Nay	Set Decorator
Stephen Altman	Production Designer
Tracey A Doyle	Assistant Set Decorator
Dale E Anderson	Leadman
Stuart Auld	Painter - Paint Gang Boss
Julie Terhark	Art Department
Mike Gentry	Gang Boss - Paint Gang Boss
David Hopkins	Dresser
Sidney Lambert	Greensman
Molly Mikula	Set Designer
Scott Plauche	Art Director
Lou Mugavero	Set Dresser
Meg Everist	Assistant Set Decorator
Carl Denoyer	Set Dresser
Steve Borgese	Greensman
Adele Plauche	Set Designer
Jessica Wimberley	Art Department - Art Department Production Assistant
Gail Briant	Painter - Paint Gang Boss
Naomi Gattman	Art Department - Art Department Production Assistant
Steve Walters	Painter
James P Bittl	Greensman
Scott M Anderson	Set Dresser
Chris Grantz	Set Dresser
Janet Pett Davies	Art Department - Art Department Researcher
Phil Locicero	Greensman
Thomas E Ashburn	Painter
Everette Eglin	Set Dresser
Brad Beniscek	Painter
Wendy Guerrera	Painter
John Sanchez	Set Dresser
Ronnie Castleberry	Painter
Ronald Terry	Set Dresser
Cassie Catalanotto	Painter
Dustin Haynen	Set Dresser
Michael Arena	Set Dresser
Telly Ordoyne	Painter
Marisa A Marcione	Painter
Mark Hannibal	Set Dresser
Tim McCullough	Painter
Aneikit Bonnel	Set Dresser
Robert Sica	Set Dresser
Ronald W Romanski	Painter
James Burkhart	Painter - Paint Foreman
Robert Camron	Set Dresser
Kenneth H Robinson	Painter
Gary Kudroff	Set Dresser
Robert B Arnold	Painter
Hector Gonzales	Set Dresser
Michael Costello	Painter
Foster Vick	Set Dresser
Gary A Brewer	Set Dresser
Dahl Delu	Painter
John Brewer ('Randy')	Set Dresser
Jason Lagos	Painter
Jason Silber	Painter
Robert Brooke Sartorius	Set Dresser
Anthony Lamonea	Painter
Casting	Credit
Cyndey Felicia McCurdy	Casting Associate
Elizabeth Coulon	Extras Casting Assistant
Shirley Fulton Crumley	Extras Casting
Mark Fincannon	Location Casting
Nancy Klopper	Casting
Cydney McCurdy	Casting Assistant
Vicki Jo Hertz	Extras Casting
Janelle Cochrane	Casting Assistant
Theaudric Davis	Extras Casting Assistant
Cathy Setzer	Extras Casting Assistant
Tim Hammond	Extras Casting Assistant
Tracey Dunn	Extras Casting Assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Nancy James	Craft Service
David Kasubowski	Craft Service
Michelle Thompson	Craft Service
Kathleen Duran	Craft Service
Chance Tossone	Craft Service
Travis Phipps	Craft Service
Doris Halliburton	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Nicola Goode	Photography - Still Photographer
Anthony Cappello	Assistant Camera - First Assistant "A" Camera
Thomas E Conrad	Video
Jill Bogdanowicz	Colorist
George Billinger	Steadicam Operator
Peter Moc	Color - Intermediate Color
Barnaby Shapiro	Camera Assistant - Second Camera Assistant
Kim Marks	Camera Operator - "A" Camera Operator
Mathew Kennedy	Loader
Pawel Edelman	Director of Photography
Melanie Banders	Loader
Lukasz Jogalla	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Andrew Lynch	Color - Intermediate Color
George Billinger	Camera Operator - "B" Camera Operator
Matt Gaumer	Camera Assistant - Second Camera Assistant
Mark Spath	Assistant Camera - First Assistant "B" Camera
Garrett Benson	Assistant Camera - Additional First Assistant Camera
Ian Lynch	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Naomi Villanueva	Assistant Camera - Additional Second Assistant Camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Crusader Entertainment	Film Financier
Legal	Credit
Steven M Kalb	Legal Counsel - Production Counsel
Management	Credit
Erik Hakenan	Manager - Scanning and Recording Manager
Music	Credit
Curt Sobel	Music Supervisor
Curt Sobel	Music Editor
Curt Sobel	Music Arranger
Cecilia Weston	Music Conductor
Jamil Sharif	Music Coordinator - New Orleans Music Coordinator
Jamil Sharif	Music Performer - 1st Trumpet
Isobel Griffiths	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Geoff Foster	Score Mixing
Geoff Foster	Score Recording
Matt Dunkley	Orchestrations
David Donaldson	Music Engineer
Ray Charles	Original Music - Original and New Recordings
Ray Charles	Song
Ray Charles	Song Performer
Ludwig Van Beethoven	Music
Craig Armstrong	Composer - Score Composer
Craig Armstrong	Music Producer
Craig Armstrong	Orchestrations
Craig Armstrong	Composer - Original Score Composer
Craig Armstrong	Music Arranger - Original Score Arranger
Eddy Arnold	Song Performer
David Donaldson	Music Engineer - Music Programmer
David Donaldson	Music Producer
Herbert Lawson ('Happy')	Song
Jake Jackson	Music Coordinator - Assistant
Edward Anderson	Music Performer - 2nd Trumpet
Gavyn Wright	Music Conductor - Orchestra Leader
Alonzo Bowens	Music Performer - Alto Saxophone
Olga Fitzroy	Music Coordinator - Assistant
John Thomas	Song Performer
Jenny O'Grady	Music Conductor - Choir Leader
Geoff Foster	Music Producer
Dizzy Gillespie	Song
Craig Armstrong	Music Arranger - Choral Arrangements
Jamie Foxx	Song Performer
Emma Ford	Music Coordinator - Music Co-Coordinator
Milton Shaw	Song
Clarence Johnson	Music Performer - Baritone Saxophone
Edwin Livingstone	Music Performer - Bass
Johnny O'Neill	Song Performer
Bobby Troup	Song
Herman Lebeaux	Music Performer - Drums
Willie Metcalf	Song Performer
Nat King Cole	Song
Irving Mills	Song
Raymond Webber	Music Performer - Drums
Chris Thomas King	Song Performer
Stick McGhee	Song Performer
Ray Charles	Music Performer - Piano
Otto A Harbach	Song
Jerome Kern	Song
Soul Stirres	Song Performer
Curt Sobel	Music Performer
Willie Metcalf	Song
Ray Charles	Music Performer - Pianos
Aunjanue Ellis	Song Performer
Lowell Fulson	Song
Margie Hendricks	Song Performer
Thomas Fowler	Music Performer - Bass
Raymond C Brinkler III	Music Performer - Drums
Wilson Turbinton ('Willie Tee')	Song Performer
Peter Chatman	Song
Curt Sobel	Song Performer
Saul Hudson	Music Performer - Electric Guitar
Stick McGhee	Song
J Mayo Williams	Song
Doug Livingston	Music Performer - Pedal Steel Guitar
Gary Schreiner	Song Performer
Dan Higgins	Music Performer - Saxophones/Woodwinds
R H Harris	Song
Sam Sweet	Song
Jeffrey C Kaye	Music Performer - Saxophone
Rickey D Woodard	Music Performer - Saxophone
Ahmet Ertegun	Song
Henry Glover	Song
Alford R Jackson	Music Performer - Saxophone
John Thomas	Music Performer - Trumpet
Lew Herman	Song
Simon Chamberlain	Music Performer - Solo Piano
Samuel Mathews	Song
Wilson Turbinton ('Willie Tee')	Song
Craig Armstrong	Music Performer - Solo Piano
The Metro Voices	Music Performer - Choir
Hoagy Carmichael	Song
Stuart Gorrell	Song
Curt Sobel	Song
Gary Schreiner	Song
Percy Mayfield	Song
Bobby Sharpe	Song
Teddy Powell	Song
Eddy Arnold	Song
Cindy Walker	Song
Don Gibson	Song
Boudleaux Bryant	Song
Felice Bryant	Song
Ted Daffan	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Jeff Galpin	Stunt Coordinator
Derrick Simmons	Stunt Double
David Andrew Nash	Stunt Double
Production Management	Credit
Jackie Frost	DGA Trainee
Deven M Schruff	Location Assistant
Yvonne Yaconelli	Production Supervisor
Jimmy Trotter	Location Scout
Michelle Boissiere	Assistant Production Coordinator
Dana Hanby	Location Manager
Lisa Ann Dennis	Post-Production Supervisor
Diane Ward	Production Coordinator
Jerry Grandey	Assistant Director - First Assistant Director
Barbara A Hall	Line Producer
Barbara A Hall	Unit Production Manager
Pamela Alch	Script Supervisor
Elston Howard	Location Manager
Matt di Franco	Assistant Production Coordinator
Darrell Woodard	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Troy J Miller	Production Coordinator
Deven Cherighino	Location Assistant
Samantha Bearden	Location Assistant
Darrell Woodard	Assistant Director - Additional First Assistant Director
Richard Davis Jr	Location Manager
Stephen Lonano	Assistant Director - Additional Key Second Assistant Director
Darrin Lipscomb	Location Assistant
James Roque Jr	Assistant Director - Second Second Assistant Director
Laura Brown	Location Assistant
Helio Deoliveira	Location Assistant
Ann C Salzer	Assistant Director - Second Second Assistant Director
Batou Chandler	Location Assistant (2nd Unit)
Jason Altieri	Assistant Director - Additional Second Assistant Director
Jimi Woods	Assistant Director - Additional Second Assistant Director
John D Riley	Assistant Director - Additional Second Assistant Director
Ann C Salzer	Assistant Director - First Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
George R Bott	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Cassandra Butcher	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Gary Thomas	Boom Operator
James Meriana	Foley Artist
Fred W Peck III	Rerecording Mixer
Tony Negrete	Assistant Sound Editor - First Assistant Sound Editor
Craig Jaeger	Foley Editor - Supervising Foley Editor
Chris Jargo	ADR Supervisor - Supervising ADR Supervisor
Anna MacKenzie	ADR Editor
Scott LaRue	Sound
Steve Cantamessa	Sound Mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	Foley Mixer
Karen Baker Landers	Supervising Sound Editor
Scott Sanders	Sound Effects Editor
Bill Banyai	Sound Engineer
Per Hallberg	Supervising Sound Editor
Scott Millan	Sound Mixer
Dan Hegeman	Sound Effects Editor
Scott LaRue	Boom Operator - Second Boom Operator
Phillip D Morrill	Assistant Sound Editor
Michelle Pazer	ADR Editor
Aaron G Zeller	Sound - Audio Playback Operator
Jeffrey Wilhoit	Foley Artist
Terry Howard	Rerecording Mixer - Pre-Recording Engineering
William Kaylor	Rerecording Mixer - Pre-Recording Engineering
Peter Staubli	Sound Effects Editor
Greg Orloff	Sound Mixer
Catherine Harper	Foley Artist
Chris Moriana	Foley Artist
Chris Assells	Sound Effects Editor
Ken DiSantos	Rerecording Mixer - Pre-Recording Engineering
Bob Beemer	Sound Mixer
Dino DiMuro	Sound Effects Editor
Bruce Tanis	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Rasheea Williams	Rotoscope Animator - VSFX Roto Artist
Linda Williams	Visual Effects Editor
Chun-Chien Lien	Animator
Tom Smith Sr	Compositing Supervisor - VSFX Compositing Supervisor
Bob Cooper	Special Effects Coordinator
Kris Gregg	Visual Effects - Scanning and Recording Operator
Ted Haigh	Graphic Designer
Karin Fong	Visual Effects Designer
Lisa Ann Dennis	Visual Effects Producer
Tony Sgueglia	Software Engineer - Data Operations
Corrine Pooler	Effects Supervisor - Restoration Supervisor
David Nami	Special Effects - Set Special Effects
Gregory Nicotero	Special Effects Supervisor
Danny Albano Jr	Digital Effects Artist - Restoration Artist
Jerry Pooler	Visual Effects Supervisor
Howard Berger	Special Effects Supervisor
Jay Adams	Visual Effects - Scanning and Recording Operator
Ray Mitchell	Software Engineer - Engineering
Bradley Reinke	Visual Effects Producer - Producer of Digital Effects
Robert H Cooper	Special Effects Coordinator
Stephen Bourgeois	Special Effects
Kyle DeVriendt	Visual Effects Editor
Gran Lau	Visual Effects Designer
Alec Cummings	Digital Effects Artist - Restoration Artist
Hyurk Hur (Arkay)	Digital Effects Artist Restoration Artist
Dave Slaughter	Visual Effects Editor
Sal Migliore	Visual Effects Producer - Mastering Producer
Daniel Ashton	Visual Effects - Scanning and Recording Operator
Riley Ordoyne	Special Effects
Chris Bailey	Special Effects Coordinator
Ben Apley	Visual Effects Producer
Mark Sarte	Visual Effects - Scanning and Recording Operator
Justine Gerenstein	Visual Effects Editor
Monty Phillips	Digital Effects Artist - Restoration Artist
Gerald Lajanuie	Special Effects
Keith Bryant	Visual Effects Producer
Valerie McMahon	Digital Effects Artist - VSFX Compositing Artist
Mark Maitre	Special Effects
Nick Marra	Special Effects
Mike Castillo	Digital Effects Artist - VSFX Compositing Artist
Ben Rittenhouse	Special Effects - Lab Technician
Steve Wright	Digital Effects Artist - VSFX Compositing Artist
Louis Kiss	Special Effects - Lab Technician
Rod Basham	Digital Effects Artist - Inferno Artist
Andy Dill	Digital Effects Artist - Inferno Artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Linda Gadar	Key Costumer
Joann Stafford-Chaney	Hair Stylist
Giselle Spence	Tailor - Seamstress
Cathy LaFrance	Costumes - Costume Production Assistant
George T Mitchell	Assistant Costume Designer
Winnie Brown-Willis	Costume Supervisor
Stacye Branche	Makeup Artist
Dana Embree	Costumer - Additional Costumer
Yvonne Bastidos	Set Costumer
Sharen Davis	Costume Designer
Camille Friend	Hair Stylist
Adrienne Childers	Costumer - Additional Costumer
Donna Chance	Key Costumer
Stephen M Chudej	Costume Supervisor
LaLette Littlejohn	Makeup Artist
Tyra Hughes	Tailor - Seamstress
Mary Ann Waterstradt	Tailor - Seamstress
Amy Lynch	Costumer - Additional Costumer
Paul Anthony Morris	Hair Stylist
Kathleen Sandoval	Makeup Artist
Riki Lin Sabusawa	Costumer - Additional Costumer
Lisa Lehman	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Deidra Dixon	Hair Stylist
Donna Spahn	Hair Stylist - Additional Hair Stylist
Joan Ozment	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Renee Dodson	Costumer - Additional Costumer
Caroline Eselin	Costumer - Additional Costumer
Stacy Kelly	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Albert Brown	Hair Stylist - Additional Hair Stylist
Habiba White	Hair Stylist - Additional Hair Stylist
Holly Frey	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Liz Staub	Costumer - Additional Costumer
Susan Spade	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Kim Martinez	Costumer - Additional Costumer
Betty Hammac	Hair Stylist - Additional Hair Stylist
Lediedra Richard-Baldwin	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Dana Boisseau	Hair Stylist - Additional Hair Stylist
Carol Cutshall	Costumer - Additional Costumer

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