Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Darnell Martin
Written by	Darnell Martin
Produced by	Sofia Sondervan Andrew Lack
Starring	Adrien Brody Jeffrey Wright Gabrielle Union Columbus Short Cedric the Entertainer Emmanuelle Chriqui Eamonn Walker Mos Def Beyoncé Knowles
Cinematography	Anastas Michos
Edited by	Peter C. Frank
Music by	Terence Blanchard Steve Jordan
Production companies	TriStar Pictures Sony Music Film Parkwood Entertainment
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates	November 24, 2008 (2008-11-24) (Grauman's Egyptian Theatre) December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05) (United States)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$8.9 million[1]

Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin. The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.

The film stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James. The film was released in North America on December 5, 2008, by TriStar Pictures. The soundtrack was released on Music World/Columbia and Sony Music.