Get on Up

Get on Up
2014DramaMusic139 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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

  • Tate Taylor

    Director

  • Steven Baigelman

    Screenplay

  • Jez Butterworth

    Screenplay

  • John-Henry Butterworth

    Screenplay

  • Stephen Goldblatt

    Director of Photography

  • Michael McCusker

    Editor

  • 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

  • Nick Eversman

    Mick Jagger

  • Tika Sumpter

    Yvonne Fair

  • James DuMont

    Corporal Dooley

  • Billy Slaughter

    Pool Cleaner

  • Ritchie Montgomery

    Warden

  • Craig Robinson

    Maceo Parker

  • Brandon Mychal Smith

    Little Richard

  • Aloe Blacc

    Nafloyd Scott

  • Josh Hopkins

    Ralph Bass

  • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

    Vicki Anderson

  • Tariq Trotter

    Pee Wee Ellis

  • Keith D. Robinson

    Baby Roy

  • Stacey Scowley

    Penelope White

  • Liz Mikel

    Gertrude Sanders

  • Julius Tennon

    Grandpa Byrd

  • Allison Janney

    Kathy

  • John Benjamin Hickey

    Richard

  • J.D. Evermore

    Seminar Presenter

  • Carol Lee

    Mavis

  • Cleta Elaine Ellington

    Shirley Buell

  • Jim Gleason

    Insurance Salesman

  • Ahna O'Reilly

    Reporter

  • Antonius Charles

    Black Infantryman

  • Donald Watkins

    Black Infantryman

  • Corey Sorenson

    Pilot

  • Hunter Burke

    Soldier

  • Jamarion Scott

    Little James Brown

  • Jordan Scott

    Little James Brown

  • Rena DeAngelo

    Reno Reporter

  • Aakomon Jones

    Bobby Bennett

  • George Quinones

    Lynched Man

  • Aaron Jay Rome

    Frankie Avalon

    • Runtime

    139 minutes

    Released

    2014-08-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Jagged Films

    Imagine Entertainment

    Universal Pictures

    Sound

  • Thomas Newman

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    6 days ago

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