Memphis

2011 165 min Music

Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Originally shown in select theatres, then broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 39, episode 11).

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IMDb 8.1

director Don Roy King

cast

Chad Kimball Huey Calhoun
Montego Glover Felicia Farrell
Derrick Baskin Gator
J. Bernard Calloway Delray Jones
James Monroe Iglehart Bobby
Michael McGrath Mr. Simmons
Cass Morgan Gladys Calhoun
Jennifer Allen Clara/White Mother/Ensemble
Brad Bass Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble
Tracee Beazer Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
Tanya Birl Ethel/Ensemble
Kevin Covert Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble
Preston W. Dugger III Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Hillary Elk Teenager/Ensemble
Bryan Fenkart Ensemble
Dionne Figgins Someday Backup Singer/Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines Ensemble
Rhett George Black DJ/Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Todrick Hall Ensemble
Robert Hartwell Wailin' Joe/Reverend Hobson/Ensemble
John Jellison White DJ/Mr. Collins /White Father/Gordon Grant/Ensemble
Bryan Langlitz Ensemble
Kyle Leland Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Paul McGill Ensemble
Andy Mills Ensemble
Betsy Struxness Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
Dan'Yelle Williamson Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble

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