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        Get on Up
        6.7
        (518 votes)

        Get on Up

        2014
        Drama
        Music
        2 hr 19 min

        Overview

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

        Creators

        Director
        Tate Taylor
        Screenplay
        Steven Baigelman
        Screenplay
        Jez Butterworth
        Screenplay
        John-Henry Butterworth
        Get on Up

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Chadwick Boseman
        Chadwick Boseman
        James Brown
        Nelsan Ellis
        Nelsan Ellis
        Bobby Byrd
        Dan Aykroyd
        Dan Aykroyd
        Ben Bart
        Viola Davis
        Viola Davis
        Susie Brown
        Lennie James
        Lennie James
        Joe Brown
        Fred Melamed
        Fred Melamed
        Syd Nathan
        Jill Scott
        Jill Scott
        DeeDee Brown
        Octavia Spencer
        Octavia Spencer
        Aunt Honey
        Nick Eversman
        Nick Eversman
        Mick Jagger
        Tika Sumpter
        Tika Sumpter
        Yvonne Fair
        James DuMont
        James DuMont
        Corporal Dooley
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (01/08/2014)
        Original language
        English
        Budget
        $30,000,000
        Box office
        $33,448,971
        Country
        Production companies
        🇻🇳Vietnam war
        1970s
        📇Biography
        South carolina
        🎤Singer
        🫵Breaking the fourth wall
        Domestic violence
        Songwriter
        1980s
        1950s
        Soul music
        Non linear
        african american entertainer
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