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Five Heartbeats (1991)
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Few things can be more noble than a wholehearted effort to tell the story of black secular music in America, especially through the eyes of a mid-20th century rhythm-and-blues vocal group breaking through race barriers to popular success. Comedian and filmmaker Robert Townsend's The Five Heartbeats (1991) is one such ambitious effort. If its story frequently sags under epochal burdens, the film makes up for it with a surprisingly tough look at the music business and classy appearances by Diahann Carroll and hoofer Harold Nicholas. Townsend plays one-fifth of the titular act, whose collective life and times we follow from 1965 to...
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| Five Heartbeats Movie Review by Melanie (3/7/2007) |
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Although the ending is somewhat cheesy, this flick is definitely worth watching. Robert Townsend plays Duck and is the driving force behind the story. Ironically, his character is much like the real life Townsend as the writer for the group. Each man in the R&B singing group has different motivations for wanting to be a...
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