"A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over."
André 3000
as Percival
Big Boi
as Rooster
Paula Patton
as Angel
Terrence Howard
as Trumpy
Faizon Love
as Ace
Malinda Williams
as Zora
Cicely Tyson
as Mother Hopkins
Macy Gray
as Taffy
Ben Vereen
as Percy Senior
Bruce Bruce
as Nathan
Paula Jai Parker
as Rose
Bobb'e J. Thompson
as Young Rooster
Patti LaBelle
as The Real Angel Davenport
Ving Rhames
as Spats
Jackie Long
as Monk
Oscar Dillon
as Bobo
Jalil Jay Lynch
as Cliff
Esau McGraw
as Sonny
Bre'Wan Waddell
as Young Percival
Carol Mitchell-Leon
as Auntie Belle
China Anderson
as Rooster's Daughter
Isis Faust
Kyra Freeman
Kabrina Truesdale
Rodney Johnson
as Fatts
Bill Nunn
as GW
Nadine Ellis
as Church Dancer
Afemo Omilami
as Walter
Dabier
as Voice-Over (uncredited)
Bryan Barber
Director
Producer
Erika Conner
William Green
Executive Producer
Robert Guralnick
Scott Macaulay
Robin O'Hara
Kimberly Rach
Line Producer
Charles Roven
Blue Williams
Pascal Rabaud
Director of Photography
Anne Goursaud
Editor
Kerry Barden
Casting
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Charles William Breen
Production Design
Gary Diamond
Art Direction
Marthe Pineau
Set Decoration
Shawn Barton
Costume Design
Anthony Franco
Assistant Costume Designer
B.J. Rogers
Costume Supervisor
Yvonne Battistelli
Set Costumer
Karen Keyes
Charles Gregory Ross
Hair Department Head
George Robert Fuller
Hairstylist
Yvette Shelton
Rea Ann Silva
Makeup Artist
Rebecca Schwedner
Derrick Rutledge
Wynona Price
Veronica Lorenz
Shutchai Tym Buacharern
Jennifer Opresnick
Script Supervisor
Henry Kingi Jr.
Stunt Double
Kevin Kaska
Orchestrator
Chuck Picerni Jr.
Stunt Coordinator
Screenplay
John Debney
Original Music Composer
Second Unit Director
Timothy Feimster
Second Assistant Director
Chad Wiebe
Visual Effects