Sister orders Sparkle and Dee to leave the house and accepts blame when police arrive. Though Dee tries to administer CPR, the sisters realize he is dead. Satin is struck by Dee with a fireplace poker and falls unconscious.
When Satin shows up and punches Sparkle, the three sisters fight Satin in self-defense. At Satin and Sister's home, Dee and Sparkle plead for Sister to leave and get help for her drug problem. At home, Sparkle's relationship with Emma becomes increasingly strained as she is pressured into abandoning her love of singing.Ī meeting with Columbia Records is derailed when Dee and Sparkle find Sister in a back room looking for a cocaine fix. Dee and Sparkle try to get Sister to leave Satin and come back home with them, but are unsuccessful. Stix introduces the girls to Larry Robinson, a Columbia Records executive who offers to sign them as a group. Emma catches a glimpse of their performance on television but is resentful that her daughters have gone against her wishes to pursue singing. Sparkle, Sister and Dee manage to perform "Something He Can Feel". This becomes apparent to Dee and Sparkle when, in preparation to open for Aretha Franklin on a television show, Sister walks into the dressing room with a black eye and bruises. Sister leaves with Satin and Emma banishes her from returning home.Īs the girls' fame continues to rise, Sister's relationship with Satin becomes physically abusive and she spirals into drug abuse. In response, Sister lashes out at Emma, criticizing her for having her as a teen, which left Sister to raise her younger siblings as Emma was out drinking and trying to pursue a music career. When a newly engaged Sister brings Satin over for a family dinner, an argument erupts after Satin makes insulting remarks and Emma makes her dislike for him known to everyone at the table. Sister gains the attention of stand-up comedian Satin Struthers, whom Sister dumps Levi for. The sisters become a popular act and are invited to perform at clubs throughout Detroit. With Stix as their manager, the three sisters enter the talent competition and wow the crowd with their performance of "Hooked on Your Love". Stix becomes romantically involved with Sparkle, and his cousin Levi also becomes involved with Sister. Though Sister is initially undecided, Sparkle convinces her that if the group wins a local talent show, she could use the prize money to finally move out of Emma's home. The girls are raised by their mother Emma, who disapproves of her daughters singing outside of church.ĭee agrees to join the girl group, reasoning she will perform until she has earned enough money to pay for medical school. In Detroit, Michigan in 1968, the three Anderson sisters-19-year-old Sparkle, middle sister Delores aka Dee, and eldest Tammy aka "Sister"-are approached by aspiring record label executive Stix to form a music group after he sees Sister perform a song that Sparkle wrote at a nightclub. Sparkle also marks Whitney Houston's fifth and final feature film role before her death on February 11, 2012, three months after filming ended. This film is the debut of R&B/ pop singer and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks as an actress. Sparkle features songs from the original film written by soul musician Curtis Mayfield as well as new compositions by R&B artist R. The film stars Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Cee Lo Green, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Tamela Mann, and Omari Hardwick. The remake takes place in Detroit, Michigan in 1968 during the Motown era.
Inspired by The Supremes, Sparkle is a remake of the 1976 film of the same title, which centered on three singing teenage sisters who form a girl group in the late 1950s. It was released on August 17, 2012, by TriStar Pictures.
Sparkle is a 2012 American musical film directed by Salim Akil and produced by Stage 6 Films.
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