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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) [PG-13]

Release Date:
August 21, 1999

Original Title:
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Alternate Titles:
Die Ikone
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge - O Brilho de uma Estrela
Dorothy Dandridge, le destin d'une diva
Face of an Angel
Rising Star
도로시 댄드리지

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
HBO

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG-13 

Runtime: 115

Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.

Overview from TheMovieDB

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.

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Production

Art Direction:
A. Leslie Thomas

Book:
Earl Mills

Casting:
Aleta Chappelle

Costume Design:
Shelley Komarov

Director:
Martha Coolidge

Director of Photography:
Robbie Greenberg

Editor:
Alan Heim

Executive Producer:
Moctesuma Esparza
Vincent Cirrincione
Halle Berry
Robert Katz
Joshua Maurer

Original Music Composer:
Elmer Bernstein

Producer:
Larry Y. Albucher

Production Design:
James H. Spencer

Second Assistant Director:
Phil Robinson

Set Decoration:
Robert Greenfield

Teleplay:
Scott Abbott
Shonda Rhimes

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