DREAMGIRLS
Special Features: 20th Anniversary
After his Academy Award® nomination for crafting the screenplay for smash-hit musical CHICAGO, filmmaker Bill Condon returned to the genre with this adaptation of DREAMGIRLS, a 1981 Broadway show inspired by Berry Gordy’s Motown Records and its premiere act, the Supremes. Jennifer Hudson stars as Effie White, lead singer of The Dreamettes, alongside backup singers Deena Jones (Beyoncé) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose). Discovered by Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx), an ambitious car salesman turned record label executive, the group are catapulted to stardom after opening for Jimmy “Thunder” Early (Eddie Murphy). But when they are rebranded as The Dreams, Effie is shown the door as the more conventionally beautiful Deena is promoted to lead singer. Hudson brings the house down with her performance of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” which clinched her an Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress, while Murphy reaches new dramatic depths as a James Brown prototype. DIR/SCR Bill Condon; SCR from the musical by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen; PROD Laurence Mark. U.S., 2006, color, 130 min. RATED PG-13
Run Time: 130 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
Genre: Musical drama
