January 28, 2005
Ray DVD Release This Tuesday / E - Card Online
See www.raymovie.com/ecard for the new Ray e-card. The DVD will be released on February 1, 2005
More details below:
Director: Taylor Hackford
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Format: Color, Dolby
Rated:
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: February 1, 2005
Run Time: 153
DVD Features:
Available subtitles: Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Original theatrical version and extended version of film with 14 deleted scenes not shown in theaters
2 complete and uncut musical performances
Stepping into the Part Featurette
Ray Remembered Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
ASIN: B0006OD444
Other Formats: VHS, DVD, DVD widescreen, DVD widescreen, Theatrical
Amazon.com Sales Rank in DVD: #109
Jamie Foxx's uncannily accurate performance isn't the only good thing about Ray. Riding high on a wave of Oscar buzz, Foxx proved himself worthy of all the hype by portraying blind R&B legend Ray Charles in a warts-and-all performance that Charles approved shortly before his death in June 2004. Despite a few dramatic embellishments of actual incidents (such as the suggestion that the accidental drowning of Charles's younger brother caused all the inner demons that Charles would battle into adulthood), the film does a remarkable job of summarizing Charles's strengths as a musical innovator and his weaknesses as a philandering heroin addict who recorded some of his best songs while flying high as a kite. Foxx seems to be channeling Charles himself, and as he did with the life of Ritchie Valens in La Bamba, director Taylor Hackford gets most of the period details absolutely right as he chronicles Ray's rise from "chitlin circuit" performer in the early '50s to his much-deserved elevation to legendary status as one of the all-time great musicians. Foxx expertly lip-syncs to Ray Charles' classic recordings, but you could swear he's the real deal in a film that honors Ray Charles without sanitizing his once-messy life.
Posted by MK Magazine at January 28, 2005 11:25 AM