Ray (movie)

Ray is a 2004 movie starring Jamie Foxx as the late Ray Charles, Sharon Warren as his mother, Kerry Washington as his wife, Regina King as Margie Hendricks, Larenz Tate as Quincy Jones, Harry Lennix as Joe Adams, Clifton Powell as Jeff Brown, Curtis Armstrong as Ahmet Ertegun, and Terrence Dashon Howard as Gossie McKee. It was directed by Taylor Hackford. The screenplay was by James L. White .

The $30 million film was independently produced through the backing of Philip Anschutz.

Charles was given a Braille copy of the film's original script; he objected only to a scene showing him taking up piano grudgingly, and a scene implying that Charles had shown mistress and lead "Raelette" Margie Hendricks how to shoot heroin.

It debuted at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival

Jamie Foxx won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role.

External links

• Summary of reviews from http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
• Taylor Hackford's Unchained Art, an October 2004 article from the Washington Post