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CCTV.COM (03.02 2005 15:56)

    Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin

    This biography of singer and songwriter Ray Charles follows Charles from his childhood in the segregated South, where his determined mother refuses to let his blindness lead to self-pity, through his early struggles as a musician, his drug use, his relationships with the many women in his life, and his eventual success as a performer and recording artist.

    Including his nomination this year for Directing for RAY, this is the third Academy Award nomination for Taylor Hackford. He was previously nominated for:

    TEENAGE FATHER (1978) -- Winner, Short Film (Live Action)

    These are the first Academy Award nominations for Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin.

Editor:Chen Jie