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Where was Ray filmed?

2004 film, directed by Taylor Hackford.

  • New Orleans

The story is set in Florida, about 526 miles (846 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Florida
Filmed in
New Orleans
Distance
About 526 miles (846 km) between Florida and the nearest filming location.
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About Ray

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Released
2004
Director
Taylor Hackford
Cast
Jamie FoxxKerry WashingtonClifton PowellHarry LennixTerrence HowardLarenz TateRichard SchiffRegina KingBokeem WoodbineAunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Genre
BiographicalMusicalDrama
Awards
Academy Award for Best Actor; Academy Award for Best Sound; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Aretha teaches him to be independent, eventually sending him to a school for the deaf and blind.

Two years later, he travels to Seattle and joins a nightclub band, though the club's owner demands sexual favors and controls his money and career.

His popularity rises through the 1950s and he moves his family to Los Angeles but continues to use heroin, straining his relationships with Della and Margie.

Famous lines from Ray

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • I got it.Quincy Jones
  • Ray Robinson.Ray Charles
  • I'm Quincy Jones.Quincy Jones
  • Who told you that?Gossie McGee
  • Ray, baby, listen..Marlene Andres

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