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Synopsis: Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due?
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Director(s): Bill Condon
Production: Dreamworks
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 91 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
PG-13
Year:
2006
130 min
$103,300,000
Website
10,928 Views


It don't matter, 'cause I'll start over.

Effie did it and so can I.

Listen, I'm not living without you.

I love you.

I'm sorry, Curtis.

I can't do this anymore.

Goodbye.

Good to see you, Curtis.

Mr Taylor?

Mr Taylor, this must be

a bittersweet night.

How does it feel

to say goodbye to The Dreams?

I don't believe in goodbyes, just hellos.

And I want you all to say hello

to Tania Williams.

Ladies and gentlemen, back in Detroit

for their farewell performance,

the incredible Dreams.

We didn't make forever

We've each got to go our separate way

And now we're standing here helpless

Looking for something to say

We've been together a long time

We never thought it would end

We were always so close to each other

You were always my friend

And it's hard to say goodbye, my love

It's hard to see you cry, my love

Hard to open up that door

When you're not sure

what you're going for

We didn't want this to happen

But we shouldn't feel sad

We had a good life together

Just remember all the times we had

You know I'll always love you

You know I'll always care

And no matter how far I may go

In my heart you'll always be there

And it's hard to say goodbye, my love

It's hard to see you cry, my love

It's hard to open up that door

When you're not sure

what you're going for

But we've got to grow

We've got to try

Though it's hard, so hard

We have to say goodbye

We didn't make forever

But I will always love you

We didn't make forever

But I will always love you

It's so hard

Baby, it's so hard

It's so hard

Baby, it's so hard

I'll always love you

It's so hard

Baby, it's so hard

Yeah!

Well, I guess it's about that time.

The last song.

You know, we've been together

a very long time.

And I promised Lorrell I wouldn't cry.

And I'm not.

I'm very happy.

All of our family is here tonight.

You know, there really aren't

three Dreams.

There are four.

And we're all here

to sing that song for you.

Effie.

Every man has his own special dream

And that dream's

just about to come true

Life's not as bad as it may seem

If you open your eyes

to what's in front of you

We're your dream girls

Boys, we'll make you happy

We're your dream girls

Boys, we'll always care

We'll always care

We're your dream girls

Dream girls will never leave you

Never, never, never, never,

never leave you

And all you got to do is dream

All you got to do is dream

Just dream and, baby

we'll be

there

We'll be there

We'll be there

We'll be there

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Bill Condon

William Condon (born October 22, 1955) is an American screenwriter and director. He wrote and directed the films Gods and Monsters (1998), Kinsey (2004), and Dreamgirls (2006), wrote the screenplay for Chicago (2002), and directed the final two installments of the Twilight series (2011, 2012), and Beauty and the Beast (2017). Condon won an Academy Award as screenwriter for Gods and Monsters; he was also nominated for his screenplay for Chicago. His work in television includes directing pilot episodes for several series. more…

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