Ray (film)

Ray (2004) is an independent American musical biographical film chronicling the storied life and career of legendary blues musician Ray Charles. Written, produced and directed by Taylor Hackford, "Ray" stars Jamie Foxx in the title role, along with Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Terrence Howard, Larenz Tate, Richard Schiff, and Regina King. 
Charles himself had planned to attend an opening of the completed film, but died of liver disease in June, several months before its premiere.
==Plot==
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s. The film touches on his brother's drowning death at a young age, and how it haunted him throughout his life, as well as his struggles with drugs, alcohol, racial issues in the civil rights era, and love interests.
==Cast==
*Jamie Foxx -as- Ray Charles
**C. J. Sanders -as- Young Ray Robinson
*Sharon Warren -as- Ray Charles' mother, Aretha Robinson
*Kerry Washington -as- Della Bea Robinson
*Regina King -as- Margie Hendricks
*Renee Wilson -as- Pat Lyle
*Larenz Tate -as- Quincy Jones
*Harry Lennix -as- Joe Adams
*Clifton Powell -as- Jeff Brown
*Curtis Armstrong -as- Ahmet Ertegun
*Richard Schiff -as- Jerry Wexler
*Kurt Fuller -as- Sam Clark
*Richard A. Smith -as- Til
*Patrick Bauchau -as- Dr. Hacker
*Terrence Dashon Howard -as- Gossie McKee
*Chris Thomas King -as- Lowell Fulson
*Wendell Pierce -as- Wilbur Brassfield
*Tequan Richmond -as- Ray Charles, Jr
*Bokeem Woodbine -as- David "Fathead" Newman
*Aunjanue Ellis -as- Mary Ann Fisher
*Denise Dowse -as- Marlene Andres
*Warwick Davis -as- Oberon
*David Krumholtz -as- Milt Shaw
*Johnny O'Neal -as- Art Tatum
*Rick Gomez -as- Tom Dowd
==Awards==
Foxx received an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as well as the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild and Critics' Choice awards, becoming the second actor to win all five major lead actor awards for the same performance, and the only one to win the Golden Globe in the Musical or Comedy (rather than the Drama) category.
==Videos==
Ray - funeral
Ray - learn to play
Ray - ending credits
Ray - eight track
Ray - learn to listen
Ray - learn to listen Part 2
Ray - opening credits
Ray - country band
Ray - country band Part 2
Ray - worried
Ray - worried Part 2
Ray - meet mom
Ray - girls
Ray - girls Part 2
Ray - change manager
Ray - change manager Part 2
Ray - brother drowns
Ray - brother drowns Part 2
Ray - Withdrawal
Ray - Withdrawal Part 2
Ray - play chess
Ray - bus ticket
Ray - radio interview
Ray - get arrested
Ray - ignore son
Ray - perform
Ray - improvise
Ray - improvise Part 2
Ray - argue
Ray - argue Part 2
Ray - newborn son
Ray - hummingbird
Ray - hummingbird Part 2
Ray - hummingbird Part 3
Ray - Orchestra
Ray - dancing on stage
Ray - tour
Ray - tour Part 2
Ray - leave
Ray - leave Part 2
Ray - cheat
Ray - cheat Part 2
Ray - club
Ray - club Part 2
Ray - impress
Ray - impress Part 2
Ray - sheets
Ray - succes
Ray - go blind
Ray - drinking problem
Ray - drinking problem Part 2
Ray - newspaper articles
Ray - talent hunter
Ray - talent hunter Part 2
Ray - new house
Ray - after sex
Ray - want a band
Ray - trumpet player
Ray - try country
Ray - try country Part 2
Ray - try country Part 3
Ray - cat fight
Ray - out of jail
Ray - out of jail Part 2
Ray - make a deal
Ray - make a deal Part 2
Ray - hand in suitcase
Ray - demand money
Ray - send to school
Ray - moving to L.A
Ray - new studio
Ray - recording studio
Ray - recording studio 2
Ray - hallucinate water
Ray - join the protest
Ray - hide the drugs
Ray - play for della
Ray - pool party
Ray - birthday party
Ray - racism in the south
Ray - religious protesters
Ray - leaving the lable
Ray - leaving the lable Part 2
Ray - fight the manager
Ray - sex crazy
Ray - carry over the threshold
Ray - get caught with drugs
Ray - fight about drugs
Ray - fight about drugs Part 2
Ray - argue about drugs
Ray - argue about drugs Part 2
Ray - unban from georgia
Ray - Hit the Road Jack
Ray - stuck on the side of the road
Ray - mary ann solo
Ray - mary ann solo Part 2
Ray - shoot heroin
Ray - shoot heroin 2
Ray - shoot heroin 3
Ray - piano performance
Ray - road life and home life
Ray - road life and home life Part 2
==Images==
Ray_poster.jpg
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==References==
Category:2004
Category:2004 in film
Category:Biographical films
Category:American biographical films
Category:American films
Category:American drama films
Category:Biography
Category:Drama
Category:Music
Category:Films based on actual events
Category:Rated PG-13 movies
Category:Movies
Category:21st century films