Diana Ross,
Billy Dee Williams,
Richard Pryor,
James Callahan,
Paul Hampton
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Diana Ross plays the magnificent, tragic song stylist Billie Holiday, who while writhing in a strait jacket in a prison cell, awaiting sentencing on drug charges, reflects on her turbulent life. Raped... read more
DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005
Stats: 361 reviews
Diana Ross should have won the Oscar for her brilliant portrayal of jazz legend Billie Holliday in a riveting performance produced by Motown legend Berry Gordy along with Suzanne DePasse and directed by Sidney J. Furie.
The screen chemistry between Diana Ross and Billy Dee Willia... read more
i'm a big fan of billie and she deserves a better film. this is dated, cliched, too long and hardly better than a tv movie. diana's not horrible but she's all wrong for the part :( 3 stars for richard pryor :)
Billie Holliday Story, Diana Ross hit the Nail on the Head & the Love Story with Billy Dee Rocked the Film too
I remember it from long ago I was a little girl when I watched it at a drive in movie I really didn't understand what was going on in this film It's time I watch it again
A rather disappointing movie, all the more so because the story presented here is only loosely based on Billie Holiday's life.
One of my favorite movies. Billy Dee was so damned sexy in this movie he made me want to go drin ka colt-45. I also loved Billy Holiday's tragic story and thought Diana Ross did a great job.
This is my ultimate favorite movie. This movie is about the life of Billie Holliday. Another one of lifes great singing legend who was in the heroin battle
This one is alright, I'm not a fan of Diana Ross. She is a pretty good actress. I got bored with thr Billie Holiday impersination.
A sad story (which, as I understand it, is based rather loosely on a book, which is thought to be pretty inaccurate itself, so this is practically a work of fiction) of an intriguing character in a hard but enchanting time in history. Not feeling obligated to stick real close to ... read more
Forever a Black classic...I actually have said that to women in my past..."You want my arm to fall off" Billy Dee Williams...The real life all-time Mack.
How is it possible for a movie that is otherwise so dreadful to contain such a singularly attractive performance in the title role? Full Review
The movie is filled with many of the great Billie Holiday songs, and Ross handles them in an interesting way. She doesn't sing in her own style, and she never tries to imitate Holiday, but she sings s... Full Review
Clearly, it's an affront to Holiday's art, but just as clearly, it's a good piece of low entertainment. Full Review
Though she doesn't look or sing as Billie Holiday, Diana Rosss gives a commendable performance in this fictionalized biopic, for which she received an Oscar noimination. Full Review
View this film about Billie Holiday as a completely fictional story, and you'll enjoy it far more than you would otherwise. Full Review
Ross so perfectly captures the essence of Billie Holiday's vocal style that it sends chills down your spine.
Berry Gordy's gift to Diana Ross was this lavish, bloated Billie Holiday biopic. Full Review
Ross and director Sidney J. Furie seem to feel that the slower the song, the more serious the mood, so at times the film seems to be grinding almost to a halt Full Review
Great score, great singing, but overdramatic thanks to Ross.
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