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Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Special features: Extended version with additional footage; uncut music performances; 14 deleted scenes, featurettes.
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Bokeem Woodbine, Aunjanue Ellis, Sharon Warren, C.J. Sanders.
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.
DVD, region 1 ; Widescreen ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layers, double-sided.

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Good movie - but not all based on fact submitted by teri on August 20, 2020, 9:01pm Jamie Fox does an excellent job of portraying Ray Charles, and the music is top-notch. But.
As in many Hollywood biographies, circumstances and events are often changed in order to spice up the movie, leaving the viewer with "not-quite-the-truth".
The following is one of many incidents where Universal Films strayed from the truth (from WIkipedia):

"In the film, when his backing singer and mistress Margie Hendricks informs Ray she is pregnant with his child, Ray suggests she should have an abortion, out of loyalty to Della; Margie decides to keep the baby and soon leaves Ray to pursue a separate singing career after he refuses to abandon his family, move in with her and welcome the baby into his life. In reality, Hendricks did conceive a child with Charles and abandoned him after he refused to leave Della, but Charles never asked her to have an abortion, and welcomed any child he conceived, whether from Della or any mistress, into his personal life."

If you watch this movie, follow it up by finding the discrepancies. We owe that to Ray Charles!