Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 television film directed by Martha Coolidge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Genre | Biographical drama |
Based on | Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills |
Screenplay by | |
Directed by | Martha Coolidge |
Starring | |
Composer | Elmer Bernstein |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Producer | Larry Y. Albucher |
Cinematography | Robbie Greenberg |
Editor | Alan Heim |
Running time | 120 minutes |
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Budget | $9.2 million |
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Network | HBO |
Release | August 21, 1999 (1999-08-21) |
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