《梦幻女郎》获八项提名居奥斯卡榜首

片名：梦幻女郎 Dreamgirls

导演：比尔-康顿 Bill Condon

主演：碧昂丝- 诺尔斯 Beyonce Knowles 艾迪-墨菲 Eddie Murphy 杰米-福克斯 Jamie Foxx 丹尼-格洛弗 Danny Glover

宣传语：They had talent, they had passion, but everyone needs something more...

Fame Comes And Goes, Stars Rise And Fall, But Dreams Live Forever

剧情简介：埃菲、蒂娜、劳莱尔这三个黑人女孩来自底特律的一支合唱组合--梦想。她们有着过人的演唱天赋和足够感染观众的激情。然而在她们满怀信心的参加了歌唱比赛之后，却并没有得到她们所期望的成绩。或许在这条成名的道路的起点上，她们还需要其它的一些条件……

伯乐总是在最需要的时候才会出现，女孩们出色的表现吸引了雄心勃勃的音乐经纪人柯蒂斯的注意。加盟了柯蒂斯的公司后，三个女孩开始是在巨星James的巡回演唱会上的担任伴唱，继而柯蒂斯逐渐为三个女孩树立自己的风格，将她们的曲风由最初的蓝调改为更受人们欢迎的流行音乐。主唱也由唱功见长的埃菲换成了外型出众的蒂娜。在一系列不懈的努力下，三个女孩终于从舞台的伴唱席走到了聚光灯的正中央。

然而就在成功的浮华背后，三个女孩发现，为名誉、金钱所付出的代价并不只是她们所想像的那么简单。现实生活中的琐事，埃菲和劳莱尔一度退出了乐队。在梦想的指引下，到底谁会成为闪耀在世界流行乐坛的超级巨星呢？

In 1960s Detroit, a good night onstage can get you noticed but it won't get your song played on the radio. Here, a new kind of music is on the cusp of being born - a sound with roots buried deep in the soul of Detroit itself, where songs are about more than what's on the surface, and everyone is bound together by a shared dream.

Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx) is a car salesman aching to make his mark in the music business - to form his own record label and get its sound heard on mainstream radio at a time when civil rights are still only a whisper in the streets. He just needs the angle, the right talent, the right product to sell.

Late for their stint in a local talent show, The Dreamettes - Deena Jones (Beyonce Knowles), Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rosel), and lead singer Effie White (Jennifer Hudson) - show up in their cheap wigs and homemade dresses, rehearsing songs and steps by Effie's brother, C.C. (Keith Robinson), with hopes that talent and sheer desire will break them out of the only life that seems available to them.

They're young. They're beautiful. They're just what Curtis is looking for. All they have to do is trust him.

Notes:

onstage：adj. 台上的，台上演出的 mainstream：n. 主流 stint：v. 紧缩节省

show up：出现，露面 wig：n. 假发 rehearse：v. 预演，排练

James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy) is a pioneer of the new Detroit sound, spellbinding audiences all along the "Chitlin' Circuit" with his electrifying blend of soul and rock 'n' roll. Curtis finesses The Dreamettes a gig singing backup for Early, and suddenly, for all of them, the gulf between what they want and what they can have draws closer for the first time.

Curtis launches the girls as a solo act, rechristening them The Dreams, knowing in his gut that success lies not with the soulful voice of Effie, but with the demure beauty and malleable style of Deena - despite their history, and Curtis' promises. Deena is ready to step into the spotlight, even as Effie fades away.

As a new musical age dawns, Curtis' driving ambition pushes this one-time family to the forefront of an industry in the thrones music revolution. But when the lights come up and curtains part, they hardly recognize who they've become. Their dreams are finally there for taking, but at a price that may be too heavy for their hearts to bear.

Notes:spellbind：v. 迷住，吸引 Chitlin Circuit：(以黑人演员为特色的)黑人夜总会

rock and roll：摇滚 finesse：v. 用计谋处理，用巧计实现

rechristen：v. 再次施洗礼 soulful：adj. 充满热情的，深情的

demure：adj. 端庄的 malleable：adj. 可锻的 forefront：n. 最前部，最前线