Charles Bradley: Soul of America
2012 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 648 VOTES · DIR. Poull Brien
Overview
The incredible rise to fame of 63-year-old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose debut album took him from a hard life in the Brooklyn Housing Projects to Rolling Stone Magazine's top 50 albums of 2011.
Dialogue Timeline — 711 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 One, two. One, two, three, four!
00:02:53 There's a guy downstairs. His name is Alfred. Very good guy. Don't bother nobody. Church guy.
00:05:19 # Oh, oh-oh-oh
00:07:27 # Don't tell me how to live... #
00:09:27 I played with Tommy's band that he had over at Staten Island.
00:11:56 # Sometimes
00:14:29 Charles was only eight months of age.
00:16:56 I was in a basement worse than this one.
00:19:10 And I looked out from that stage and I saw all those people.
00:21:42 but it's his stories I'm always trying to translate into a song.
00:24:47 'I'm tutoring Charles.'
00:27:08 It's real exciting for us as a label to be able to present these kind of packages
00:29:25 # No time for dreaming
00:31:28 - I wish the best for you. - I wish the best for US.
00:34:15 - # - Oh, I can't get enough of you, baby
00:36:27 CROWD CHEERS
00:40:15 on the Charles Bradley record. It was probably the third song that we had written together.
00:42:57 Hello?
00:45:26 and met some girls in Paris. They were like, "Is Sharon Jones as big in America
00:47:49 Ohhh...
00:50:03 'My chance has finally come and I'm hoping everybody out there will come out
00:53:28 - # Golden rule - Ay-ay, go back
00:56:02 - # - Ay-yi-yi
00:58:19 I'm a bad boy. You ain't got no water to throw on me now.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed711
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line00:58:19
Production Record
DirectorPoull Brien
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes648