MGM has released A NEW CLIP for their upcoming look at the life of Aretha Franklink’s life, titled RESPECT which hits theaters NEXT WEEK! Tickets are available at the bottom of this post!
Director Liesl Tommy makes her feature film debut with Respect. Tommy is the first Black woman ever nominated for a Tony award for Best Direction of a Play in 2016 for Eclipsed, and is an Associate Artist at the Berkeley Rep and an Artist Trustee with the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees.
With a story by Callie Khouri (Oscar ® winner for Thelma & Louise) and Tracey Scott Wilson, and screenplay written by Tracey Scott Wilson. Wilson and Tommy have worked together creatively since the 2009 play The Good Negro written by Wilson, directed by Tommy at The Public Theatre. Wilson was a writer on FX’s The Americans which garnered her a Peabody Award as well as Emmy and WGA Award nominations.
Cast:
Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess, Marc Maron, Kimberly Scott, Saycan Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Heather Headley, Skye Dakota Turner, Tate Donovan, Mary J. Blige
Synopsis:
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon’s journey to find her voice.
New Clip:
Trailer:
Stills:
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Actor Jennifer Hudson and director Liesl Tommy on the set A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film
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Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film
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Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha Franklin and Marc Maron as Jerry Wexler A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film
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(l-r.) Henry Riggs stars as Tommy Cogbill, Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin,
Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin, Saycon Sengbloh as Erma Franklin,
Alec Barnes as Jimmy Johnson, John Giorgio as Chips Moman,
Marc Maron as Jerry Wexler and Joe Knezevich as Tom Dowd in
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(l-r.) Marc Maron stars as Jerry Wexler, Marlon Wayans as Ted White and
Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin,
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(ctr) Marlon Wayans stars as Ted White and Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film
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(l-r.) Brenda Nicole Moorer stars as Brenda Franklin, Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin,
Saycon Sengbloh as Erma Franklin and Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin
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Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha Franklin
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Tituss Burgess stars as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland and Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin,
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(l-r.) Hailey Kilgore stars as Carolyn Franklin, Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin and Saycon Sengbloh as Erma Franklin,
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Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha Franklin and Forest Whitaker as her father C.L. Franklin
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