Dave West Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Hi, I have some soul movies, can anyone recommend more. The Five Heartbeats Ray Lady sings the Blues Coast to Coast Dreamgirls Temptations Cheers, Westy Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ChrisOD1964 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 (edited) Hi, I have some soul movies, can anyone recommend more. The Five Heartbeats Ray Lady sings the Blues Coast to Coast Dreamgirls Temptations Cheers, Westy got the five heartbeats (vhs poor) & coast to coast seen ray not seen the rest are they any good?? chris Edited November 23, 2007 by ChrisOD1964 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave West Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 Dreamgirls is about a female group very much Supremes story Lady sings the blues, Havent watched it in ages about Billie Holiday starring Diana Ross Temptations is a film about the temptations using actors, its over 3 hours long and you can get it for about a fiver, worth every penny Clips available on youtube Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave West Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 on youtube put temptations movie otherwise you get the real temps Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
JOE TORQUAY Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 HI, ANYONE REMEMBER ( THE SOULSURVIVORS ) TV MOVIE ON BBC WITH IAN McSHANE , ISAAC HAYES ANTONIO FARGAS (HUGGY BEAR ) & TAUREAN BLACK ( HILL STREET BLUES ) DON'T THINK IT'S FOR SALE ANYWHERE ?? ,CAME OUT MID NINETIES I THINK, CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS MUCH GOOD OR NOT, JOE. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 The Commitments... ....Excellent brother Rabbit! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
CRUMB Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Saw a film based on the Dells about 10 years ago, can't remember what it was called though. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest geordiebri Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Saw a film based on the Dells about 10 years ago, can't remember what it was called though. The Five heartbeats. For me this is the best of all the soul films, got everything. make you laugh, make you vry, make you sing, brilliant! Very similar to the Temps film, but better. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
CRUMB Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 The Five heartbeats. For me this is the best of all the soul films, got everything. make you laugh, make you vry, make you sing, brilliant! Very similar to the Temps film, but better. I thought the Five Heartbeats was the Temps film, what was that called then? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 5 Heartbeats IS based on The Dells - check the credits and they also do a track on the album too. Brill film which covers just about everything soul from civil rights to brotherly love to dodgy deals with managers etc etc - its got the lot and the soundtrack is spot on as well. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
FrankM Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 5 Heartbeats IS based on The Dells - check the credits and they also do a track on the album too. So which member of the Dells left the group, died of drugs etc. The Dells were consultants on the film in that writer , producer and director Robert Townsend accompanied them on tour. I am sure they gave him lots of stories which he included in the film. Like the story when Jackie Wilson was hung out of a window. The Five Heartbeats was mostly an exaggerated film based on The Temptations but given that most of them were alive when it was filmed it could not mention the group. The Temptations Movie was based on the memoirs of sole surviving original member Otis Williams so it would have been difficult to sue. The ells were formed in the early 50s in Harvey, Illinois by high school friends Marvin Junior, Charles Barksdale, Johnny Funches, Verne Allison, and Michael McGill. In 1961, a frustrated Funches left the group and was replaced by falsetto singer Johnny Carter. the current line up is still Marvin Junior (lead baritone), John Carter (lead tenor), Charles Barksdale (bass), Michael McGill (baritone) and Verne Allison (second tenor) .that's what over 45 years continuity and their nearest competitors in the longevity state with a stable line up were the Four Tops. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest andyrattigan Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 The Commitments... ....Excellent brother Rabbit! God I can't stand that film! When that film came out in Ireland the amount of people that thought the Committments were Soul music was unreal. People would ask "what kind of music are you into?" "Soul" I would respond. The you would get one of 2 comments: "God I love the Committments as well" or "Not my thing really, you must love the committments?" Then you would try and tell them something about Soul and they wouldn't want to know. Some folk new what Soul music was up in Dublin and there were a few other Soulies scattered about the rest of the country but generally the masses hadn't a clue. I recall people saying they preferred the Committments to the original artists, I almost wanted to hit them. Anyhow back to Soul films, that BLUE JUICE with Sean Pertwee and Catherine Zeta Jones from the 90's has Ion/Keb Darge and a few other Soulsters dancing about at a Soul nighter in the west country. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soundsokeh Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 2 that spring to my mind (loosely) are:- WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT - angela bassett , about ike and tina turner and THE BLUES BROTHERS as for the temptations , here it is on imdb and on ebay https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164292/ ebay item number 150185404396 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Spacehopper Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 took my daughter to see hairspray..thought i was gonna be bored shitless..but it was alright ...some good tunes and funny but had a serious message too about black music being heard for the first time on tv etc....queen latifa was even called "big maybelle"..she had a record shop...kept looking at the covers and being an anorak as some werent even out when this was supposed to be based....a good xmas prezzie for your kids...would rather sit through that a hundred times than some that are out there! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 All I said was it was "based" on The Dells NOT their true story. Agree ref the Nat Tornapol scene - hanging out the window - and suprise suprise there was a rumoured libel case which was apparently quashed over that! Still its my choice as best soul film = or am I denied that as well Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Get involved with Soul Source
Add your comments now
Join Soul Source
A free & easy soul music affair!
Join Soul Source now!Log in to Soul Source
Jump right back in!
Log in now!