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Dorothy Dandridge: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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The audio on the "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" DVD is presented as a Dolby Digital 2-channel surround mix in English, as well as a Spanish mono track. The audio is well-balanced, with both the dialogue scenes and the musical numbers sounding equally good. There isn’t much of a presence of any spectacular surround sound, but the sound of the musical numbers is well-mixed and takes good advantage of the multiple-speaker format. The audio sounds natural without exaggerated high ends and dialogues are always present and understandable.
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In 1999, the biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, produced by and starring Halle Berry, was broadcast on the cable network Home Box Office (HBO). The made-for-television movie, directed by Martha Coolidge, received popular and critical acclaim—winning the Screen Actor's Guild and Golden Globe Awards for Berry, the American Society of Cinematographer Award for Outstanding Cinematography, and Coolidge's nomination for a Best Directing Award from the Directors Guild of America.
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If you’ve watched any awards shows lately where trophies were being given out for excellence in television, then you’ve probably heard "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" mentioned. And there are plenty of reasons why this movie is being lauded with praise. This HBO production starring Halle Berry in the title role has recently hit DVD, so you can see for yourself what all of the fuss is about.
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Extra credit: Dandridge was played by actress Halle Berry in the 1999 TV movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Dandridge and Harold Nicholas had one daughter, Harolyn, born in 1943. It's unknown if Dandridge's fatal overdose was a suicide or an accident; the coroner declared this to be "undetermined."
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HBO premiered their original screen presentation, the film biography, "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," on August 21, 1999. Halle Berry not only starred in the film portraying Dandridge, but ... served as executive producer.
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It would be some years before Hollywood acknowledged Dandridge's legacy. In later years, stars such as Cicely Tyson, Jada Pinkett, Halle Berry, Janet Jackson, and Angela Bassett acknowledged Dandridge's contributions to the role of blacks in film. Halle Berry took the lead role of Dandridge in the HBO Movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, for which she won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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