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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
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'Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown' is a look at the music career of musician James Brown which begins with his first hit song, 'Please, Please, Please,' in 1956.
'Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown' is a look at the music career of musician James Brown which begins with his first hit song, 'Please, Please, Please,' in 1956.
Actors:
Hubert H. Humphrey,
Martha High,
Chuck D.,
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson,
Christian McBride,
Lyndon Johnson,
Micheal Veal,
Charlie Watts,
James Meredith,
Gerald Ford,
Alan Leeds,
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Hubert H. Humphrey
27 May 1911, Wallace, South Dakota, USA
Martha High
Chuck D.
1 August 1960, Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
20 January 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Christian McBride
31 May 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lyndon Johnson
27 August 1908, Stonewall, Texas, USA
Micheal Veal
Charlie Watts
2 June 1941, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
James Meredith
25 June 1933, Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
Gerald Ford
14 July 1913, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Alan Leeds
Genre:
Musical, Documentary
Director:
Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney
23 October 1953, New York City, New York, USA
Country:
United States
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October 27, 2014
There's so much to the Brown story that focus becomes an issue in a film like Alex Gibney's "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown." How do you capture the hardest working man in show business in just two hours?
November 03, 2014
His fans will also get a kick out watching him sing, dance, and showboat as only he knew how to do. But if you don't care for the singer or his music, chances are that you'll lose interest in it before it's over.
October 27, 2014
While this doc certainly could've used more texture, and sometimes races along like a cinematic Wikipedia entry, Gibney accomplishes his task at hand, showing exactly why Brown has had the ability to "stay on the scene" for decades, and decades to come.
October 27, 2014
Alex Gibney's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown is an assured threading-of-the-needle, slowly working its way to the sweet spot where the man and the legend overlap.
October 27, 2014
People make documentaries about musicians all the time, and some of them are rich with insight. But even among the best of the bunch, few are as thorough about the artist's music as Alex Gibney's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown.
October 27, 2014
A documentary film on the life and times of James Brown as the times made the music and the music shaped the times, it is a long, soulful scream over an insistent funky vamp.
October 26, 2014
Mr. Dynamite is a strikingly varied and substantial portrait of an intensely complex artist.
October 27, 2014
This is a smart, informative and compassionate look at the artist known as the Godfather of Soul, whose music changed America.