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Title	Five Heartbeats
Year	1991
Time	121 mins
Genre	Drama; Music; Musical
Director	Robert Townsend
Edition
Format	DVD
Actor	Robert Townsend as Donald Matthews; Michael Wright as Eddie King Jr.; Harry J. Lennix as Terrance Williams; Leon as James Thomas Matthews; Tico Wells as Anthony Stone; Diahann Carroll as Eleanor Potter; Harold Nicholas as Ernest Johnson; Tressa Thomas as Duck's Baby Sister; John Canada Terrell as Michael Turner; Chuck Patterson as Jimmy Potter
Rating	R (Restricted)
Cinematography
Language	English
Plot	In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.
Producer	Robert Townsend; Arthur P. Jacobs
Writer	Keenen Ivory Wayans; Robert Townsend
Subtitles	English; English (Closed Captioned); Spanish