25 Dec 2006
Dreamgirls
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Amy
The girl behind the name.
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Top Billed Cast
Amy Winehouse Self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett Self
Pete Doherty Self
Juliette Ashby Self
Yasiin Bey Self
Mitch Winehouse Self
Tyler James Self
Russell Brand Self (archive footage)
Jay Leno Self (archive footage)
Frankie Boyle Self (archive footage)
Blake Fielder Self
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