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Get on Up

"The Funk Don't Quit"

2014

2h 19m

6.8(542 votes)

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Music

History

Overview

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

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Cast & Crew

64 members

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Chadwick Boseman

James Brown

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Nelsan Ellis

Bobby Byrd

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Dan Aykroyd

Ben Bart

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Viola Davis

Susie Brown

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Lennie James

Joe Brown

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Fred Melamed

Syd Nathan

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Jill Scott

DeeDee Brown

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Octavia Spencer

Aunt Honey

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Nick Eversman

Mick Jagger

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Tika Sumpter

Yvonne Fair

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James DuMont

Corporal Dooley

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Billy Slaughter

Pool Cleaner

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Ritchie Montgomery

Warden

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Craig Robinson

Maceo Parker

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Brandon Mychal Smith

Little Richard

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Aloe Blacc

Nafloyd Scott

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Josh Hopkins

Ralph Bass

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Vicki Anderson

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Tariq Trotter

Pee Wee Ellis

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Keith D. Robinson

Baby Roy

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Stacey Scowley

Penelope White

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Liz Mikel

Gertrude Sanders

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Julius Tennon

Grandpa Byrd

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Allison Janney

Kathy

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John Benjamin Hickey

Richard

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J.D. Evermore

Seminar Presenter

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Carol Lee

Mavis

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Cleta Elaine Ellington

Shirley Buell

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Jim Gleason

Insurance Salesman

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Ahna O'Reilly

Reporter

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Antonius Charles

Black Infantryman

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Donald Watkins

Black Infantryman

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Corey Sorenson

Pilot

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Hunter Burke

Soldier

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Jamarion Scott

Little James Brown

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Jordan Scott

Little James Brown

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Art

Rena DeAngelo

Reno Reporter

Crew

Aakomon Jones

Bobby Bennett

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George Quinones

Lynched Man

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Aaron Jay Rome

Frankie Avalon

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Atkins Estimond

Big Junior

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Clyde Jones

Daddy Grace

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Michael Papajohn

1949 Cop

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Denzel Reed

Big Kid

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Phyllis Montana LeBlanc

Mrs. Byrd

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Taura Cherne

Sarah Byrd

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Kirk Bovill

Announcer

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Cariella Smith

Diner Waitress

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Jacinte Blankenship

Velma Brown

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Sandra DeNise

Female in Audience

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Sheldon Frett

Susie's Soldier

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Mario J. Radford

JB Chauffeur

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Joe T. Blankenship

Alan Leeds

Sound

Randy Smith

Minder

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Alvin Edney II

Teddy Brown

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Adrien Scott Robinson

Little Christmas Boy

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Elliott June Rogers

Little Christmas Girl

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Jamell Richardson

Jimmy Nolen

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Jason Davis

Mayor White

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Justin Hall

Bootsy

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David Carzell

Catfish

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Dominic Thigpen

Chicken

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Matt Thompson

1949 Cop

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Aaron J. Brooks

Insurance Agent

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