--- title: 'Dreamgirls (2006)' type: 'film' director: 'Bill Condon' released: '2006-12-09' runtime_minutes: 130 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Music' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dreamgirls-2006' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443489/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Dreamgirls (2006) 2006 · 130 min · Drama, Music, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon and produced by Laurence Mark. Adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical, Dreamgirls is a film à clef, a work of fiction taking strong inspiration from the history of the Motown record label and its superstar act the Supremes. The story follows the history and evolution of American R&B music during the 1960s and 1970s through the eyes of a Detroit girl group known as the Dreams and their manipulative record executive. ## Credits - **Director:** [Bill Condon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-condon) - **Screenplay:** [Bill Condon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-condon) - **Original Music Composer:** [Stephen Trask](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-trask) - **Producer:** [Laurence Mark](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-mark) - **Director of Photography:** [Tobias A. Schliessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/tobias-a-schliessler) - **Editor:** [Virginia Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-katz) ## Cast - [John Lithgow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lithgow) as Jerry Harris - [Dawnn Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dawnn-lewis) as Melba Early - [Jaleel White](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaleel-white) - [Beyoncé](https://cinepixo.com/people/beyonce) as Deena Jones - [Cleo King](https://cinepixo.com/people/cleo-king) as Janice - [Jennifer Hudson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-hudson) as Effie White - [Gregg Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-berger) - [Hinton Battle](https://cinepixo.com/people/hinton-battle) as Wayne - [Anika Noni Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/anika-noni-rose) as Lorrell Robinson - [Ken Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-page) - [Jamie Foxx](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-foxx) as Curtis Taylor - [Danny Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-glover) as Marty Madison - [Robert Curtis Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-curtis-brown) - [Sharon Leal](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharon-leal) as Michelle Morris - [John Krasinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-krasinski) as Sam Walsh ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.dreamgirlsmovie.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dreamgirls-2006 Film facts: Wikidata (Q329056); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.