Rare archival print Sparkle played at the Loew’s Victoria Theater over the weekend of September 24, 1976. The film received generally negative reviews at the time of release and was a box office disappointment, making only $4 million against a $1 million budget. Sparkle boasts a charismatic cast, particularly Lonette McKee, who Pauline Kael described as so sexy that she lays waste to the movie, and a pop-sultry soundtrack composed by Curtis Mayfield. Armelia McQueen as "Tune" Ann, Cousin of the Williams' sisters and church choir singer who serves as a background singer to Sparkle after the departure of Sister and Delores.Paul Lambert as Max Gerber, Effie's employer, connected to the mafia who wants the rights to Sparkle's fame.Tony King as "Satin" Struthers, Sister's love interest, gangster, woman-beater.Dorian Harewood as Levi Brown, Stix's cousin, initially was part of the group before he and Stix left, gets imprisoned.Mary Alice as Effie Williams, mother of the sisters, encourages Sparkle to pursue her dreams, maid.Dwan Smith as Delores Williams, the middle sister who gives up everything in order to find equality and freedom.Lonette McKee as Sister Williams, initial lead singer of the group, forced to leave because of her drug addiction.Irene Cara as "Sparkle" Williams, youngest sister who becomes the star of the trio and ultimately a solo artist.Thomas as "Stix", manager of the girl group, Sparkle's love interest, an initial member of the group. In the end, after reconnecting after Sister's funeral, it is only Sparkle and Stix who climb the ladder to success. Sister is in an abusive relationship and is hung up on drugs while Delores leaves the city in pursuit of racial equality. Stix gives up on his music career and leaves the city and thus breaking Sparkle's heart. Stix, Sparkle's love interest and the group's manager, is able to help bring the group from "amateur nights to brief stardom before tragedy (dope, melancholia, the wrong man)" ensues and the group splits.
SPARKLE 1976 CAST MOVIE
It begins in Harlem, New York, in 1958, and follows the girl group, Sister and the Sisters, which is made up of three sisters: Sister, Sparkle, and Delores. PG 1 hr 38 min Apr 7th, 1976 Drama, Music Movie Details Where to Watch Full Cast & Crew Buy DVD Cast P Philip Michael Thomas Stix I Irene Cara Sparkle L Lonette McKee Sister D Dwan Smith.
I also thing Bishop Jakes' involvement probably hamstrung how far they were willing to go.The movie is a rags to riches story. I think 90s nostalgia could have only served to help the movie and I think a 90s setting would have done better job in updating the grittiness of the original movie. I think they should have set the remake in either Los Angeles or Atlanta in the early 90s, because we started to see an influx of R&B girl groups again in the 1990s.
Submit Corrections Sparkle (1976) Directed by Sam OSteen Genres - Drama, Musical, Crime Sub-Genres - Musical Drama, Showbiz Drama Release Date - (USA - Unknown) Run Time - 98 min. I think they should have gone a more radical route. Produced by Robert Sigwood Organization, Warner Bros. In the remake Sister comes across like a beautiful, talented but very bitter woman who's nearing 30 with no husband and it's hard to get behind her In the original, you understand why Stix wants to make it big, you understand why Sister makes the choices she makes and why Sparkle does things that were probably against her better judgement and why Delores does the things she does, it's because they are poor, their mother is a maid, they live in Harlem. I didn't agree with move to the timeline up to 1968 and the setting to Detroit and I didn't agree with making the family a middle class family. I did appreciate the original fleshing out some characters more such as Delores, giving her character some closure and fleshing out Levi and his relationship with Sister a bit more, in the original, he was seemingly with Sister and then Satin stepped in and that was the end. The remake is not a bad movie, it is watchable but compared to the original it kinda falls flat. The original Sparkle is rated PG, it pre-dates the introduction of the PG-13 rating and it's one of the hardest PG movies you'll ever watch and the movie retains it's edge even 40 years later. I agree with you, Sparkle is supposed to be dark and gritty, it's not supposed to be bright and colorful and happy.
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