Aug 01, 2014
139 min
Full-HD

Get On Up (2014)

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Category

Drama Music History

Country

United States of America

Companies

Jagged Films Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures

Chadwick Boseman

James Brown

Nelsan Ellis

Bobby Byrd

Dan Aykroyd

Ben Bart

Viola Davis

Susie Brown

Lennie James

Joe Brown

Fred Melamed

Syd Nathan

Jill Scott

DeeDee Brown

Octavia Spencer

Aunt Honey

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