The Brothers Warner

Oct 16, 2008

1h 34m

★ 6.6

Of all the major studios, one was family.

Overview

An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Warner Sisters Productions

The Brothers Warner Trailers

Cast

Self - Actor

Dennis Hopper

Self - Harry Warner's granddaughter, also narrator

Cass Warner

Self - Producer

Norman Lear

Self

Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Self

Angie Dickinson

Self

Debbie Reynolds

Self

Roy Edward Disney

Self - former president of Paramount Pictures

Sherry Lansing

Self

Frank Pierson

Self

George Segal

Self (voice)

Bette-Ann Warner

In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown's Detroit era. By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined - which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers. Forty-one years after they played their first note on a Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story, with the help of archival footage, still photos, narration, interviews, re-creation scenes, 20 Motown master tracks, and twelve new live performances of Motown classics with the Brothers backing up contemporary performers.

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The Brothers Warner

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

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