Five Heartbeats

Is the older brother of duck.

Five heartbeats. Michael wright as eddie kane jr. The making the five heartbeats documentary is a love letter to the millions and millions of fans that love the five heartbeats film about a fictitious r b singing group like the temptations that tells the classic rags to riches story while pulling at your heartstrings. The five heartbeats r drama music movie 1991 five guys form an r b group and sing and dance their way to the top of the charts but can they survive the egos drugs booze wrong women and money. Five friends leave their poor neighborhood and head for a new type of music motown in this exciting film starring diahann carroll leon and robert townsend who also directs.

Find album reviews stream songs credits and award information for the five heartbeats the five heartbeats on allmusic 1991 the soundtrack of the 1991 fox robert townsend. More start watching the five heartbeats. After an initially rocky start the group improve turn pro and rise to become a top flight music sensation. Duck hails from a poor family.

He and his brother duck share a close. Leon robinson as j t. This tuneful drama looks back upon the career of a fictional rhythm blues group and chronicles their rise and fall. Filmmaker robert townsend based much of his plot on the true stories and.

The five heartbeats robert townsend as donald duck matthews. Along the way however the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry with it s casual racism and greed while the personal weaknesses of the members threaten to destroy the integrity of the band.