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Review Paramount  / Lady Sings the Blues
Actors & Directors
  • James T. Callahan
  • Richard Pryor
  • Billy Dee Williams
  • Paul Hampton
  • Sidney J. Furie
  • Diana Ross
Release date: 1996-07-02
Run time: 144 min.
List Price: $14.95
Price: $7.71

Review Lady Sings the Blues / Paramount:

Diana Ross stars as legendary blues singer Billie Holiday in this biopic that chronicles her rise and fall. It begins with her late childhood, a stint as a prostitute, those early days as a blues singer, her marriages, and her drug addiction. Overly glossy and lacking depth, this is worth seeing only for the performances. Diana Ross was nominated for an Oscar for her acting debut. A dynamo with sparkling screen presence, she realistically conveys the confusion and unhappiness that caused Holiday so much grief. Her performance is almost matched by romantic interest Billy Dee Williams. Watch for Richard Pryor, who is most powerful in a dramatic supporting role as the piano player in a brothel. -Rochelle O'Gorman.

Review MGM (Warner)  / Intruder in the Dust
Actors & Directors
  • Porter Hall
  • Claude Jarman Jr.
  • Elizabeth Patterson
  • Juano Hernandez
  • David Brian
  • Clarence Brown
Release date: 1998-09-01
Run time: 87 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $50.00

Review Intruder in the Dust / MGM (Warner):


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