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The Five Heartbeats / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; a film by Robert Townsend ; produced by Loretha C. Jones ; written by Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans ; directed by Robert Townsend.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Rhythm and blues music--Drama.
- Rhythm and blues music.
- Music trade--United States--Drama.
- Music trade.
- Musical groups--United States--Drama.
- Musical groups.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Musical -- Feature.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Musical films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Fifteenth anniversary widescreen edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Language Note:
- In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish; optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 4.0 surround; Dolby Digital stereo., dual layer.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Five young friends are drawn together by music. Their dreams of fame and fortune take them from amateur nights in ghetto clubs to the pinnacle of show business success and personal tragedy. When the vocal group The Five Heartbeats get to the top of music world they learn the hard reality of the music industry.
- Participant:
- Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas, Diahann Carroll.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Bill Dill ; editor, John Carter ; original music score, Stanley Clarke ; production designer, Wynn Thomas.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1991.
- Special features: Bonus footage viewing option lets you see the filming of exclusive deleted scenes as you watch the movie; "Meet The Five Heartbeats" featurette; "The director's process" featurette; "In the studio" featurette; "The look" featurette; "The nomination" featurette: with over 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage; Robert Townsend profile; original "Making-of" featurette; original theatrical trailer; TV spots; surprise easter eggs
- OCLC:
- 62297341
- Publisher Number:
- 024543225270
- 2232527 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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