Cadillac Records

Common Sense Media reviews Cadillac Records for kids and families.

The rise and fall of Leonard Chess' "Cadillac Records" in 1950s Chicago.

Common Sense Media reviews Cadillac Records for kids and families.

The first TV Spot entitled 'Freedom' for Cadillac Records which is due to hit theaters on December 5, 2008.

In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950 s Chicago, CADILLAC RECORDS follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America s musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter and Howlin Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Extended scene for Cadillac Records courtesy of Yahoo. Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) hears Etta James (Beyonce Knowles) sing, and then he pushes her to greatness in the recording studio.

The international trailer for Cadillac Records. Written and Directed by Darnell Martin, Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. The film stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Mos Def as Chuck Berry and Beyonc Knowles as Etta James. Rounding out the cast are Gabrielle Union, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Cedric The Entertainer, Eamonn Walker and Tammy Blanchard. Cadillac Records has been produced by Andrew Lack and Sofia Sondervan for Sony BMG Film and Executive Produced by Beyonc Knowles and Marc Levin. In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950's Chicago, Cadillac Records follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter and Howlin Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Sony Pictures has provided us a special featurette with over 7 minutes of behind the scenes look at the making of Cadillac Records along with a compilation of scenes from the film and interviews with its stars.

The third TV Spot for Cadillac Records which is due to hit theaters on December 5, 2008.

The second TV Spot for Cadillac Records which is due to hit theaters on December 5, 2008.

The trailer for Cadillac Records. Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's greatest musical legends. The story of how the blues became popular and gave birth to rock and roll begins at a dingy bar on the rough South Side of Chicago in 1947, where an ambitious young Polish migr , bar owner Leonard Chess (Academy Award-winner ADRIEN BRODY), hires a talented but undisciplined blues combo that includes quiet and thoughtful guitar prodigy Muddy Waters (JEFFREY WRIGHT) and impulsive and colorful harmonica player Little Walter (COLUMBUS SHORT). Fascinated by the sound of the music and eager to cash in on the record burgeoning record business Chess arranges a recording session for Waters. Waters early recordings start moving up the R+B charts and receiving heavy play. Chess treats his musicians like family he buys them a Cadillac when they record their first hit record although the line between business and personal sometimes causes conflict with his increasingly talented and successful stable of artists. After backing up Muddy on his early recordings, Little Walter becomes a star in his own right, but his quick temper and loud manner often run him afoul of friends and the law. He also finds that the only woman he can talk to is Muddy s girl, Geneva (GABRIELLE UNION), who struggles to remain loyal despite Muddy s poorly concealed affairs. Big Willie Dixon (CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER), a songwriter and bandleader, also is a key member of the Chess Records family, as is Howlin Wolf (EAMONN WALKER), an intense and proud blues singer who develops a musical rivalry with Muddy. But it s not until 1955 when a Chess artist finally crosses over into the realm of mainstream ( white ) America a skinny guy from St. Louis named Chuck Berry (MOS DEF), whose dynamic duck walk