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Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
“Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.”
Drama, Music · 2h 24m
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
Cast
Diana Ross
Billy Dee Williams
Richard Pryor
James T. Callahan
Sid Melton
Virginia Capers
Yvonne Fair
Isabel Sanford
Ned Glass
Milton Selzer
Crew
- Director
- Sidney J. Furie
- Screenplay
- Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe, Terence McCloy
- Director of Photography
- John A. Alonzo
- Original Music Composer
- Michel Legrand
- Editor
- Argyle Nelson Jr.
- Producer
- Jay Weston, James S. White, Brad Dexter
Details
- Release date
- 1972-10-12
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Weston Productions, Jobete Productions, Motown Productions, Paramount Pictures, Sidney J. Furie Productions
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $19,726,490