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The Temptations (miniseries) is a american film of genre Drama directed by Allan Arkush released in USA on 1 november 1998 with Charles Malik Whitfield

The Temptations (miniseries) (1998)

The Temptations (miniseries)
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Released in USA 1 november 1998
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Musical
Rating89% 4.490044.490044.490044.490044.49004

The Temptations is a four-hour television miniseries broadcast in two-hour halves on NBC, based upon the history of one of Motown's longest-lived acts, The Temptations. Executive produced by former Motown executive Suzanne de Passe, produced by Otis Williams and Temptations manager Shelley Berger, and based upon Williams’ Temptations autobiography, the miniseries was originally broadcast on November 1 and November 2, 1998. It was filmed on location in Pittsburgh, PA in the spring of 1998. Allan Arkush was the miniseries’ director.

Synopsis

The story begins in 1958 when Otis Williams, a black teenager living in Detroit, Michigan, is running to meet his friend Elbridge "Al" Bryant at a musical performance by The Cadillacs, where Otis and the singer lock eyes, which he credits as the moment he devoted his life to music. Otis' stepfather Edgar is less than pleased with Otis' plans to become a singer instead of an assembly line worker, but his mother Haze is supportive.

Actors

Charles Malik Whitfield

(Otis Williams)D.B. Woodside

(Melvin Franklin)Terron Brooks

(Eddie Kendricks)Leon Robinson

(David Ruffin, The Temptations' lead singer from 1964 to 1968, whose ego leads the others to force him out of the group.)Jenifer Lewis

(Mama Rose)
And :
Christian Payton
Gina Ravera
Obba Babatundé
J. August Richards
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