Sparkle (Blu-ray) PG
Three sisters form a singing group in 1950s Harlem, but success threatens to ruin their relationship forever.
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- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.85:1
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 38 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: February 11, 2020
- Originally Released: 1976
- Label: Warner Archives
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith & Philip Michael Thomas | |
Performer: | Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood, Tony King, Beatrice Winde & Paul Lambert | |
Directed by | Sam O'Steen | |
Edited by | Gordon Scott | |
Music by | Curtis Mayfield | |
Screenwriting by | Joel Schumacher | |
Art Direction by | Peter Wooley | |
Story by | Howard Rosenman | |
Produced by | Howard Rosenman | |
Director of Photography: | Bruce Surtees |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 1.5/5 --
It's a lousy movie, the kind where camp does not manage to equal fun.
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DVDTalk.com
Rating: 2/4 --
Good performances from the principals and a score by Curtis Mayfield nearly raise this film to a more distinguished level.
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TV Guide
[An] uneasy marriage of cliched melodrama and music in an odd March of Time technique.
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Gannett News Service
Hackneyed, ho-hum 1976 feature about a black girl group, clearly modeled on the Supremes.
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Chicago Reader
Has all the shine of a badly cut rhinestone.
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Los Angeles Free Press
Rating: B- --
It's a rags-to-riches story that doesn't miss a stop along the well-trod ghetto-to-musical-charts path, but makes its journey with tuneful conviction.
AV Club
Drab as it is, Sparkle's worth renting for Lorette McKee's performance and the cast renditions of Mayfield's songs. But if you're going to buy anything it should be the soundtrack album.
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Film4
Description by OLDIES.com:
Three soulful sisters rise out of Harlem to become music's hottest singing group in this rags-to-riches tale of glitz, glamour and the high price of fame. Against the vibrant grooves of Curtis Mayfield, these divas explode onto the scene with off-the-hook harmonies and a sexy style, catapulting them to superstardom – but not every fairy tale has a happy ending. When success leads to excess, one sister's star will fade, while another's will sparkle.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 74,314
- UPC: 883929709083
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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