Get On Up (film)

Get On Up
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTate Taylor
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyStephen Goldblatt
Edited byMichael McCusker
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)
Running time
139 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[2]
Box office$33.4 million[3]

Get On Up is a 2014 American biographical musical film about the life of singer James Brown and is directed by Tate Taylor and written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. Produced by Brian Grazer, Mick Jagger, Taylor and Victoria Pearman, the film stars an ensemble cast featuring Chadwick Boseman as Brown, Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd, Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart, Viola Davis as Susie Brown, Craig Robinson as Maceo Parker, and Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey.

The project was announced August 2013, along with Boseman, Davis, Spencer and Ellis' casting.[4] Principal photography began that November and took place in Mississippi, where the entire film was shot on location in 49 days.[5]

Get On Up was released on August 1, 2014 in the United States and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise directed at the performances of the cast (particularly those of Boseman and Ellis), and grossed $33 million worldwide at the box office.

  1. ^ "Get On Up (12)". British Board of Film Classification. August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  2. ^ Steve Dougherty (July 24, 2014). "James Brown and the Making of 'Get On Up'". WSJ.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Chitwood, Adam (August 29, 2013). "Universal to Release Tate Taylor's James Brown Biopic GET ON UP on October 17, 2014". Collider. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Dougherty, Steve (July 24, 2014). "James Brown and the Making of 'Get On Up'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 3, 2020.