The Five Heartbeats | Phyllis Applegate, Fred Asparagus | One of the best black themed musicals...

The Five Heartbeats | Phyllis Applegate, Fred Asparagus | The Five Heartbeats

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The Five Heartbeats

	The Five Heartbeats Phyllis Applegate, Fred Asparagus 20th Century Fox, 2002 average customer review:based on 97 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Few things can be more noble than a wholehearted effort to tell the story of black secular music in America, especially through the eyes of a mid-20th century rhythm-and-blues vocal group breaking through race barriers to popular success. Comedian and filmmaker Robert Townsend's The Five Heartbeats (1991) is one such ambitious effort. If its story frequently sags under epochal burdens, the film makes up for it with a surprisingly tough look at the music business and classy appearances by Diahann Carroll and hoofer Harold Nicholas. Townsend plays one-fifth of the titular act, whose collective life and times we follow from 1965 to the 1990s, through friendships, break-ups, and re-groupings. The director's script, cowritten with Keenen Ivory Wayans, is wobbly and short on good material for the women in the cast. But several of the male actors are quite strong, particularly John Canada Terrell as an original Heartbeats replacement. --Tom Keogh

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One of the best black themed musicals movies ever made

The Five Heartbeats is clearly one of the best black musicals ever made. The songs are catchy, it has heart and humor. Robert Townsend is clearly one of the most talnted black directors of our time and he proved it with this film. The strong performances from Leon,Towensend and the Oscar worthy Michael Wright make the film shine as bright as it did when released back in 1991.

The Five Heartbeats

I had already had this movie, but was thrilled not only to get the movie but the soundtrack as well. Still one of the better musicals I have seen. It is a must have for any lover of black history on the group eras.

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the five heartbeats

i have looking for this movie at reasonable price and i found it on amazon. i always find the movies that i cant find in stores on amazon

It is still good entertainment.

I purchased the movie on DVD because I had it on VHS. It is entertaining and it took me back to the 1960's groups. It is definately one to collect.

The Five Heartbeats

This dvd is one of my favorites. The video and audio quality was very good. I received this dvd in a timely manner considering I am currently working in Iraq. It took about 10 -14 days to get here. I was quite satisfied with the entire Amazon online experience,

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