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Jamie Foxx's Academy Award-winning title role performance and the timeless tunes of Ray Charles drive Taylor Hackford's acclaimed biodrama. Overcoming family tragedy and blindness due to glaucoma at the age of seven, singer/pianist Charles blends gospel, R&B, and other genres to create his unique brand of soul music, but drug abuse and womanizing threaten to derail his career and his life. Kerry Washington, Regina King, Harry Lennix also star. Theatrical version; 153 min./Extended version; 178 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English. Two-disc set.

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Jamie Foxx's Academy Award-winning title role performance and the timeless tunes of Ray Charles drive Taylor Hackford's acclaimed biodrama. Overcoming family tragedy and blindness due to glaucoma at the age of seven, singer/pianist Charles blends gospel, R&B, and other genres to create his unique brand of soul music, but drug abuse and womanizing threaten to derail his career and his life. Kerry Washington, Regina King, Harry Lennix also star. Theatrical version; 153 min./Extended version; 178 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English. Two-disc set.

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The second and last in the Street Kings franchise. Unlike the first film, which was set in Los Angeles, this one is set in Detroit. Ray Liotta plays a cop who has gone so far to the other side and he sees his world crumbling around him as Internal Affairs starts closing in. Rated R for violence and language.