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Lady sings the blues
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- Summary
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Diana Ross stars in this musical drama charting the life of Billie Holiday, a life tormented by racism and drug abuse.
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- Creator
- Paramount Pictures and Berry Gordy present ; produced by Jay Weston and James S. White ; screenplay by Terence McCloy and Chris Clark and Suzanne de Passe ; directed by Sidney J. Furie
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Gordy, Berry
- Weston, Jay, producer
- White, James S., producer
- Furie, Sidney J., director
- McCloy, Terence, author of screenplay
- Clark, Chris, 1946- author of screenplay
- De Passe, Suzanne, 1947- author of screenplay
- Ross, Diana, 1944- actor
- Williams, Billy Dee, 1937- actor
- Pryor, Richard, actor
- Sanford, Isabel, 1917-2004
- Glass, Ned
- Crothers, Scat Man
- Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019, composer
- Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publication
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- Special collector's edition
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2005]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0792180224, 9780792180227
- OCLC
- ocm61728625
- Credits
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- Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Isabel Sanford, Ned Glass, Scatman Crothers
- Director of photography, John Alonzo ; editor, Argyle Nelson ; original music by Michel Legrand
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.
- Special features: commentary by executive producer Berry Gordy, director Sidney Furie and artist manager Shelly Berger; behind the blues.
- DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
- In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.