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| Get on Up
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| Directed by
| Tate Taylor
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| Screenplay by
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- Jez Butterworth
- John-Henry Butterworth
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| Story by
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| Produced by
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| Starring
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| Cinematography
| Stephen Goldblatt
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| Edited by
| Michael McCusker
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| Music by
| Thomas Newman
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Production
companies
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| Distributed by
| Universal Pictures
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Release date
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- August 1, 2014
(
2014-08-01
)
(United States)
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Running time
| 139 minutes
[1]
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| Country
| United States
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| Language
| English
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| Budget
| $30 million
[2]
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| Box office
| $33.4 million
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Get on Up
is a 2014 American biographical musical drama movie about the life of singer
James Brown
and directed by
Tate Taylor
and written by
Jez
and
John-Henry Butterworth
.
The movie stars
Chadwick Boseman
as Brown,
Nelsan Ellis
as
Bobby Byrd
,
Dan Aykroyd
as Ben Bart,
Viola Davis
as Susie Brown,
Craig Robinson
as
Maceo Parker
, and
Octavia Spencer
as Aunt Honey.
The movie was released on August 1, 2014, received positive reviews.
