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Dreamgirls (film)
Dreamgirls
is a 2006 American
musical
drama film
, directed by
Bill Condon
and jointly produced and released by
DreamWorks Pictures
and
Paramount Pictures
. The film debuted in three special
road show
engagements starting in December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006. Adapted from the 1981
Broadway
musical
of the same name
by composer
Henry Krieger
and lyricist/librettist
Tom Eyen
,
Dreamgirls
is a biographical film (
film à clef
) of the history of the
Motown
record label and one of its acts,
The Supremes
. The story follows the history and evolution of American
R&B
music during the 1960s and 1970s through the eyes of a
Detroit, Michigan
girl group
known as the Dreams and their manipulative record executive.
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