Acústico MTV: Engenheiros do Hawaii

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Bill Condon

Cast

Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson

From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite h...

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Olivier Dahan

Cast

Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; wh...

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Richard Attenborough

Cast

Michael Douglas, Vicki Frederick, Alyson Reed

A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter rivalry as the Dandy Warhols garnered major international success while the Brian Jonestown Massacre imploded in a haze of drugs.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Ondi Timoner

Cast

Anton Newcombe, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Joel Gion

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Runtime

2h 18m

Director

Otto Preminger

Cast

Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr.