The Five Heartbeats

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The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film about the rise and struggles of a fictional 1960s R&B vocal group, directed by and starring Robert Townsend.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn loosely on experiences of The Dells
castMember Chuck Patterson NERFINISHED
Diahann Carroll NERFINISHED
Harry J. Lennix NERFINISHED
Hawthorne James NERFINISHED
John Canada Terrell NERFINISHED
Leon Robinson NERFINISHED
Michael Wright NERFINISHED
Robert Townsend NERFINISHED
Roy Fegan NERFINISHED
Tico Wells NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Robert Townsend NERFINISHED
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
featuresGenreOfMusic R&B
soul music
filmingLocation Chicago NERFINISHED
Illinois NERFINISHED
genre comedy-drama film
drama film
musical drama
musical film
hasFictionalGroup The Five Heartbeats (group) NERFINISHED
hasTheme addiction
fame
friendship
loyalty
music business corruption
inspiredBy The Dells NERFINISHED
language English
mainSubject African-American musicians
fictional R&B vocal group
music industry
musicBy Stanley Clarke NERFINISHED
The Dells NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus rise and fall of a vocal group
producer Robert Townsend NERFINISHED
Warrington Hudlin NERFINISHED
productionCompany Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1991
releaseYear 1991
runtime approximately 121 minutes
screenwriter Keenen Ivory Wayans NERFINISHED
Robert Townsend NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1960s

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Newton Thomas Sigel notableWork The Five Heartbeats
Robert Townsend notableWork The Five Heartbeats
Leon Robinson notableWork The Five Heartbeats
Stanley Clarke notableWork The Five Heartbeats
this entity surface form: The Five Heartbeats (film score)