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The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film directed by Robert Townsend, who co-wrote the script with Keenen Ivory Wayans. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film's main cast includes Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas, and Diahann Carroll. [1]
Mar 29, 1991 · The Five Heartbeats is a film about the rise and fall of an African American vocal group in the 1960s, inspired by real-life R&B groups and artists. The film features a soundtrack of original songs written and performed by Stanley Clarke, Thom Bell and others.
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Loosely based on the life and times of several R&B artists (The Dells, The Temptations, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke and others) The Five Heartbeats traces the r...
The Five Heartbeats. Five young friends are drawn together by music during the Motown era of the Sixties. Their dream success takes them from amateur nights in the ghetto clubs, to the pinnacle of show business success and personal tragedy. 6,457 IMDb 7.5 2 h 1 min 1991. R. Drama · Arts, Entertainment, and Culture · Beautiful · Inspiring.
Coming in on the tail end of a rhythm and blues singing group explosion, The Five Heartbeats (Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells) rise and fall within the space of...
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In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation.
Mar 29, 1991 · Robert Townsend directs and stars in this film about a fictional black rock group inspired by the Dells and the Temptations. The movie follows their rise to fame and the challenges they face as individuals and as a group.
