Ray

Released Year: 2004

Certificate: A

Runtime: 152 minutes

Genre: Biography, Drama, Music

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 73

Director: Taylor Hackford

Stars: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell

No of Votes: 138356

Gross: 75331600

Overview: The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

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