Sparkle
“From downtown to uptown”
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
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Cast
19 people
Philip Michael Thomas
Stix
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Coonskin
Irene Cara
Sparkle
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Lonette McKee
Sister
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Dwan Smith
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Joe Forrester
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Effie
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Dorian Harewood
Levi
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Tony King
Satin
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Beatrice Winde
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Paul Lambert
Moe Gerber
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Joyce Easton
Lee Gerber
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The Brotherhood of Satan
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
DeWayne Jessie
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Norma Miller
Doreen Baker
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Malcolm X
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Sam O'Steen Director · Joel Schumacher Screenplay Howard Rosenman Story
Worldwide gross $4M · Budget $1M · United States release April 7, 1976
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Gross vs. budget
4.0×
Production
Robert Stigwood Organization
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 7, 1976
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 2021
Digital · The Criterion Channel
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