Ray (2004)

Name: Ray
Released: 2004
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Harry Lennix, Clifton Powell

• Movies, Drama, Music

• 152 min

7.4

The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.

Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Casting: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Harry Lennix, Clifton Powell, Bokeem Woodbine, Sharon Warren, C.J. Sanders, Curtis Armstrong, Richard Schiff, Larenz Tate, Terrence Howard, David Krumholtz, Wendell Pierce, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Chris Thomas King, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Rick Gomez, Denise Dowse, Warwick Davis, Patrick Bauchau, Robert Wisdom, Kurt Fuller, Jedda Jones, Gary Grubbs, Carol Sutton, Paula Jai Parker, Eric O'Neal Jr., Tequan Richmond, Ayanna Tatum, Afemo Omilami
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 2004-10-29
Status: Released

Tags: blindness and impaired vision, country music, jazz, loss of loved one, black people, overdose, bus ride, georgia, melancholy, record producer, biography, rags to riches, childhood trauma, gospel, indianapolis, record label, recording studio, pianist, usa history, cautionary

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He 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 coupling gospel and country together.