Ray
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“The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.”
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.
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Cast
31 people
Jamie Foxx
Ray Charles
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Kerry Washington
Della Bea Robinson
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Regina King
Margie Hendricks
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Harry Lennix
Joe Adams
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Clifton Powell
Jeff Brown
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Bokeem Woodbine
Fathead Newman
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Sharon Warren
Aretha Robinson
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C.J. Sanders
Young Ray Robinson
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Six Feet Under
First Sunday
Curtis Armstrong
Ahmet Ertegun
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Richard Schiff
Jerry Wexler
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The Good Doctor
Ballers
Larenz Tate
Quincy Jones
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Terrence Howard
Gossie McGee
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Taylor Hackford Director · James L. White Screenplay Craig Armstrong Composer
Worldwide gross $125M · Budget $40M · United States release October 29, 2004
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$124,700,000
Gross vs. budget
3.1×
Production
Bristol Bay Productions
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Anvil Films
Production
Baldwin Entertainment Group
Production
United States
Produced in
Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 12, 2004
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · October 29, 2004
Theatrical
United States · February 1, 2005
Physical · DVD
United States
October 14, 2004 · Premiere · Starz Denver International Film Festival
Australia
January 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Austria
October 24, 2004 · Digital
Brazil
October 29, 2004 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 10, 2005 · Digital
France
February 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Germany
January 5, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
February 24, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 3, 2005 · Digital
Ireland
January 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
January 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
January 29, 2005 · Digital
Netherlands
February 17, 2005 · Theatrical
June 1, 2007 · Physical · DVD
January 5, 2010 · TV · RTL 8
March 24, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
Poland
February 4, 2005 · Digital
Portugal
February 10, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Spain
January 28, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 29, 2004 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 27, 2005 · Digital
United Kingdom
October 31, 2004 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
January 21, 2005 · Theatrical
June 6, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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