| Cadillac Records | |
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| Directed by | Darnell Martin |
| Written by | Darnell Martin |
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| Cinematography | Anastas Michos |
| Edited by | Peter C. Frank |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $8.9 million[1] |
Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin. The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.
The film stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James. The film was released in North America on December 5, 2008, by TriStar Pictures. The soundtrack was released on Music World/Columbia and Sony Music.