Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

*Introducing Dorothy Dandridge*
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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Genre	Biographical drama
Based on	Dorothy Dandridge; by Earl Mills
Screenplay by	Shonda Rhimes; Scott Abbott;
Directed by	Martha Coolidge
Starring	Halle Berry; Brent Spiner; Obba Babatundé; Loretta Devine; Cynda Williams; LaTanya Richardson; Tamara Taylor; Alexis Carrington; Klaus Maria Brandauer;
Composer	Elmer Bernstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Katz; Moctezuma Esparza; Joshua D. Maurer; Vincent Cirrincione; Halle Berry;
Producer	Larry Y. Albucher
Cinematography	Robbie Greenberg
Editor	Alan Heim
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	HBO Pictures; Esparza/Katz Productions; Berry/Cirrincione;
Budget	$9.2 million
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	August 21, 1999
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Shonda Rhimes and Scott Abbott, based on the 1991 biography Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills.^[1] Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film stars Halle Berry as actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and premiered on HBO on August 21, 1999.^[2] The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger.^[3]

^ Mills, Earl (1999). Dorothy Dandridge: An Intimate Portrait of Hollywood's First Major Black Film Star. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87067-899-8.
^ "Halle Berry Brings the Passion and Pain of Dorothy Dandridge to HBO Movie". Jet. Vol. 96, no. 12. August 23, 1999. p. 60. ISSN 0021-5996.
^ Coolidge, Martha (1999). Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: An HBO Original Movie Soundtrack (liner notes). Elmer Bernstein. BMG. 09026 63544-2.