Joyful Noise DVD
Oscar® nominees Queen Latifah (Chicago, Hairspray) and Dolly Parton (Transamerica, Steel Magnolias, Nine to Five) star in Joyful Noise, a funny and inspirational story of music, hope, love and renewal, on DVD 5 November.
Starring alongside Latifah and Parton are Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee), Courtney B. Vance (Extraordinary Measures), Jeremy Jordan (Broadway’s Bonnie and Clyde), and Kris Kristofferson (Dolphin Tale).
Also flexing their vocal chords alongside the larger than life ladies are Dexter Darden, Angela Grovey, Paul Woolfolk and Jesse L. Martin.
The film is directed by Todd Graff (Camp, Bandslam) from his original screenplay and is produced by Oscar® nominee Michael Nathanson (L.A. Confidential), Joseph Farrell, Catherine Paura, and Oscar® nominees Broderick Johnson and Andrew A. Kosove (The Blind Side).
Queen Latifah is also an executive producer alongside Timothy M. Bourne, and Shakim Compere, with Yolanda T. Cochran and Steven P. Wegner serving as co-producers.
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition.
The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart.
Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow (Parton) thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old.
Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.’s rebellious grandson, Randy (Jeremy Jordan). Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose’s beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia (Keke Palmer), and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more friction between G.G. and Vi Rose.
If these two strong-willed women can put aside their differences for the good of the people in their town, they, and their choir, may make the most joyful noise of all.