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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 ]
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 improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation.
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- Drama, Music
- Robert Townsend
- 1991-03-29
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...
Oct 1, 2013 · Copyright by FOX | www.EddieGriffin.com | Eddie Griffin is a popular American actor & comedian who is listed as one of Comedy Central's Top 100 Greatest Stan...
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- Eddie Griffin
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.
- (57)
- Robert Townsend
- R
- 8
A fictional biopic of a 1960s R&B singing group, directed by and starring Robert Townsend. The film explores the group's rise and fall, their personal struggles, and their music legacy.
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- Drama, Music
- R
Mar 29, 1991 · Robert Townsend directs and stars in this biopic of a rock singing group, loosely based on the Dells and the Temptations. The film follows their rise to fame and their personal struggles with drugs, family and racism.
