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Sure, we may still end up hedging our bets when money's on the table in our Oscar party pools and opt for Murphy (whose alternately rakish and morose performance, the only human thing in all of Dreamgirls, is certainly more award - worthy than Jennifer Hudson's turn).

An energetic cast and some terrific music make up for the rather hackneyed plot of this Dreamgirls - style drama.

Remember that scene in The Blues Brothers where Jake Blues catches the Holy Ghost while watching James Brown lead a leaping, flying congregation of black folks in a gospel blowout?That's the spirit — the soul — of Dreamgirls, Bill Condon's film adaptation of the long - running Broadway musical.

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-- is the clear standout, laying the groundwork for all kinds of Dreamgirls, Beyoncé - going - solo story possibilities.

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One of two upcoming WikiLeaks - themed projects (the other is We Steal Secrets, a documentary by Alex Gibney that is also expected in 2013), the next film from Dreamgirls and Breaking Dawn director Condon stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, while Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens will be a hacker on his WikiLeaks team.

Sadly not a miniseries biopic of the great Ms. Swinton, but this HBO project, co-written and with a pilot directed by «Dreamgirls,» «Gods & Monsters» and «Twilight: Breaking Dawn» helmer Bill Condon, did focus on a surrogate for another Hollywood figure: the once - much - feared, now seemingly vanished Nikki Finke, founder of Deadline Hollywood.

It opened 15 years ago and it's by the composer of «Dreamgirls,» Henry Krieger, about the Siamese twins who were in the movie «Freaks.»

Starting off in early 1960s Detroit, Dreamgirls follows the struggles of a Black female trio of singers, known collectively as The Dreamettes, who have gone from amateur competitions around the area without much success.

The big thing that's been sticking in my craw this year is that the OPs have already christened Dreamgirls as the Best Picture favorite, with supporting nods likely for Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson, not to mention the scads of talent eligible in other categories.

TORONTO — Filmmaker Bill Condon survived the vampire - infested two - part finale of the Twilight franchise, provided American Idol reject Jennifer Hudson a chance for retribution with a supporting - actress Oscar with 2006's «Dreamgirls» and helped launch the ongoing revival of the movie musical as the screenwriter for 2002's «Chicago.»

Debuting director Michael Gracey and screenwriters Jenny Bicks (2014's «Rio 2») and Bill Condon (2006's «Dreamgirls») unapologetically burst with heart - on - sleeve earnestness and sentimentality in a passion project about leading with your heart, making dreams a reality with pennies to your name, and proving 19th - century society wrong and pleading for acceptance in the most glorious of ways.

Yet, instead of subjecting Barnum to Altman and Rudolph's political scrutiny, screenwriter Bill Condon (associated with some of the worst movies this century — Dreamgirls, Kinsey, the Twilight: Breaking Dawn films) turns the showman's innovations in advertising and public manipulation into models of humanitarianism.

As a sign of the strength of her performance and show stopping ability that brought ovations during screenings in DC, Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) was a two time winner awarded Best Supporting Actress and Breakthrough Performance of the Year.

But then last December came Dreamgirls, the much - anticipated big - screen adaptation of the classic»80s Broadway hit.

Look for it in Dreamgirls and Ray (based on the life of Ray Charles).

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Of all the «Dreamgirls» stars asked to perform the musical's nominated songs on the Oscar show, he was the only one to decline.

State of play: Due for release in 2017 with Dreamgirls» Bill Condon directing, Harry Potter's Emma Watson as Belle and Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens as the Beast.

Bill Condon's elephantine adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Dreamgirls reduces a riveting, important period in black musical history to a glittering Las Vegas revue more concerned with what characters are wearing than what they're feeling.

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Competing for best musical or comedy will be «The Devil Wears Prada,» a satire of the fashion industry; «Thank You for Smoking,» a satire of the tobacco industry; «Borat,» a satire of America; «Little Miss Sunshine,» a heart - warming saga of a dysfunctional family; and «Dreamgirls,» which is loosely based on the saga of the Supremes and is the sole musical of the lot.

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Among those up for their acting in the musical or comedy category are Sacha Baron Cohen for «Borat,» Beyonce Knowles for «Dreamgirls,» Johnny Depp for «Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,» Toni Collette for «Little Miss Sunshine» and Chiwetel Ejiofor, a surprise nominee for the overlooked gem «Kinky Boots.»

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continued its trend of the past several years by recognizing smaller independent films over major Hollywood fare — one possible explanation why «Dreamgirls» fell short of votes for a best picture nomination.

A string of pearls even figures into the June Cleaver - chic before mid-film when Kris evolves from the patriarchy's dreamgirl into a nightmare embodiment of occupational castration.

Smartly, the filmmakers — who include screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon (the latter directed the live - action Beauty and the Beast and Dreamgirls and wrote the film version of Chicago)-- also know how to keep a four - quadrant family musical from sinking into Chitty territory by employing devices that also will please the Broadway crowd, particularly the Bob Fosse - like opening number as well as sensational choreography throughout.

The Nominees: Dreamgirls, The Good Shepherd, Pan's Labyrinth, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Prestige

The director of the movie, Bill Condon, has previously been behind such films as «The Fifth Estate,» «The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1» and «Part 2,» and «Dreamgirls.»

The Nominees: Curse of the Golden Flower, The Devil Wears Prada, Dreamgirls, Marie Antoinette, The Queen

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Still, buried in amongst his recent roles there was one faint glimmer of hope: Bill Condon's Dreamgirls, a film that earned Murphy an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actor.

Condon has a long history with musicals - he wrote and directed Dreamgirls, directed the upcoming Disney live - action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and wrote the screenplays for Chicago and upcoming musical The Greatest Showman, which stars Zac Efron and Hugh Jackman.

Other movies examining the trials of chasing stardom include Dreamgirls, Country Strong and Sparkle.

Hey, we had to put «Dreamgirls» and «The Children of Men» somewhere.

Motown makes superstars of another trio in the movie Dreamgirls.

Tim tests his powers during a summer getaway with family, attempting to woo a dreamgirl that might as well have the words «female Baxter» tattooed on her chest — not that Tim will reject her, but that it's easy to see him with someone a bit more relatable and full of personality.

Bill Condon is one of Hollywood's most respected directors, with works including «Gods and Monsters», «Kinsey», «Dreamgirls» and most recently «Mr Holmes»

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and Best Picture winner Chicago and then in 2006 - 2007 there was a huge wave of popular favorites like Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Enchanted and Sweeney Todd that managed to do solid business at the box - office as well as with the critics.

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The film began production in New York in November, 2016, right after the presidential election, and the screenplay (by «Sex and the City» writer Jenny Bicks and «Dreamgirls» director Bill Condon) contains many images and situations that feel like direct challenges to Trump - style politics of resentment.

There are a few on - target jabs at the music industry, but in the end, Dreamgirls is blind and empty glorification of that most disingenuous of businesses masquerading as art (although the argument could be made that they don't even try to fake the art function anymore).

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Bill Condon is one of the greatest living directors, on the strength of Gods and Monsters, Kinsey and Dreamgirls.