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Music biopics

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Music biopics

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Bohemian rhapsody: A chronicle of Freddie Mercury and the band Queen during the years leading up to their appearance at the 1985 Live Aid concertThe Doors: Biographical film about one of the most exciting and controversial figures of the '60s, Jim Morrison. With his rock and roll band, The Doors, he influenced the rock music scene as no otherRay: Ray Charles was born in a poor predominantly black town in central Florida. He went blind at the age of 7. With the staunch support of his determined single mother, he developed a fierce resolve. He had wit and incredible talent which would eventually enable him to overcome not only Jim Crow racism and the cruel prejudices against the blind, but also discover his own sound which revolutionized American popular music. Nonetheless, as Ray's unprecedented fame grew, so did his weakness for drugs and women, until they threatened to strip away the very things he held most dearRocketman: The incredible human story of Elton John's breakthrough yearsStraight outta Compton: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.AI saw the light: The story of the legendary country western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life

Bohemian rhapsody / produced by Graham King, Jim Beach ; story by Anthony McCarten and Peter Morgan ; screenplay by Anthony McCarten ; directed by Bryan Singer (2018 : PG13 : 135 min.) -- The Doors / produced by Bill Graham and Sasha Harari and A. Kitman Ho ; written by J. Randal Johnson and Oliver Stone ; directed by Oliver Stone (1991 : R : 138 min.) -- Ray (2004 : PG13 : 153 min.) / produced by Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin ; story by Taylor Hackford and James L. White ; screenplay by James L. White ; produced and directed by Taylor Hackford -- Rocketman / produced by Matthew Vaughan, David Furnish, Adam Bohling, David Reid ; written by Lee Hall ; directed by Dexter Fleicher (2019 : R : 121 min.) -- Straight outta Compton / directed by F. Gary Gray ; screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff ; produced by Ice Cube, Tomica Woods-Wright and Dr. Dre (2015 : R : 147 min.) -- I saw the light / produced by Brett Ratner, Aaron L. Gilbert, Marc Abraham, G. Marq Roswell ; written and directed by Marc Abraham (2015 : R : 124 min.)

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