Dreamgirls ─ A Portrait of the Film

A stunning, lavishly illustrated companion book to the highly anticipated screen adaptation of one of the most successful stage musicals of all timea major holiday release from DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures.

Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation Dreamgirls comes to the big screen starring Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx (Ray), Beyonce Knowles (Austin Powers in Goldmember), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon), Jennifer Hudson (American Idol), Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Broadway's Caroline or Change), and Eddie Murphy (The Nutty Professor, Dr. Dolittle).

Set in the turbulent 1960s to mid-70s, Dreamgirls follows the rise of a trio of womenDeena (Beyonce Knowles), Effie (Jennifer Hudson), and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose)who have formed a promising singing group called The Dreamettes. At a talent competition, they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the back-up singers for headliner James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control of the girls' look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight, however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though The Dreams become a crossover phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.

The Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook features over 150 full-color photographs, the complete screenplay, and lyrics to all the unforgettable musical numbers from the original show as well as new songs written especially for the film.