Cadillac Records

The story of how the blues became popular and gave birth to rock and roll begins at a bar on Chicago in 1947, where an ambitious young bar owner Leonard Chess (ADRIEN BRODY), hires a talented blues combo that includes Muddy Waters (JEFFREY WRIGHT) and Little Walter (COLUMBUS SHORT). Chess arranges a recording session for Waters. Waters' early recordings start moving up the R+B charts and receiving heavy play. Chess treats his musicians like family, he buys them a Cadillac when they record their first hit record. But the line between business and personal sometimes causes conflict. Big Willie Dixon (CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER), a songwriter and bandleader, also is a key member of the Chess Records family, as is Howlin' Wolf (EAMONN WALKER). But it's not until 1955 when a guy from St. Louis named Chuck Berry (MOS DEF), mark the birth of rock-and-roll. When Berry is arrested and jailed at the height of his career, Chess finds another talented singer Etta James (BEYONCE KNOWLES). As rock-and-roll grows more popular, the Chess artists find themselves revered by a new generation of musicians, but they have also each earned and lost a small fortune on booze, women and the high life. Even as tragedy befalls, their music and their spirit remain strong. As the sixties wind down and Leonard Chess gets out of the record business, the blues live on.
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Release Date :Dec 5, 2008