Talk:Sparkle (2012 film)

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Here are the official credits
These come from the press kit, which is not available to the general public unless some reliable-source website has posted it. Since we can't use a source not available to the general public, I haven't added these credits to the article, but they can serve as a guide so that when the official credits do get posted, we'll recognize it. And if you compare them with the evidently IMDb credits currently in the article, this completely demonstrates why IMDb credits are unreliable. --Tenebrae (talk) 14:27, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * SPARKLE - JORDIN SPARKS
 * EMMA - WHITNEY HOUSTON
 * STIX - DEREK LUKE
 * SATIN - MIKE EPPS
 * SISTER - CARMEN EJOGO
 * DOLORES - TIKA SUMPTER
 * LEVI - OMARI HARDWICK
 * BLACK - CEELO GREEN
 * LARRY - CURTIS ARMSTRONG
 * RED - TERRENCE J
 * MS. SARA WATERS - TAMELA MANN
 * REV. BRYCE - MICHAEL BEACH
 * TUNE ANN - BRE’LY EVANS
 * SISTER CLORA - LINDA BOSTON
 * MR. BELL - SIDI HENDERSON
 * LARRY’S SECRETARY - ERIKA HOVELAND
 * RECEPTIONIST - DEBRA PORT
 * BUDDY - KEM L. OWENS
 * HECKLER - SARAH HENSEN
 * GOOFY GUY - DOUG MINGO
 * FILMORE MANAGER - MARK RADEMACHER
 * STAGE MANAGER - DAVID REGAL
 * HAM - CORY PRITCHETT
 * LANDLORD - HOWARD ROSENMAN
 * STIX’S OPPONENT - ROBERT FORTE SHANNON
 * CHURCH SAINT - MARGARET SCOTT
 * GIRL GROUP LEAD SINGER - GOAPELE MOHLABANE
 * GIRL GROUP BACK UP SINGER #1 - FATIMA ROBINSON
 * GIRL GROUP BACK UP SINGER #2 - KEELY MORRIS
 * SPARKLE’S BACK UP SINGER #1 - BRITTANY PERRY RUSSELL
 * SPARKLE’S BACK UP SINGER # 2 - CHARMAINE JORDAN
 * TV HOST - DALIBOR STOLEVSKI
 * PRISON GUARD - TIFFANY ALEXANDER
 * REHEARSAL DANCER - STEPHANIE MOSELEY
 * REHEARSAL DANCER - TEMECHA MYERS
 * SUGAR - RUTH E. CARTER
 * HUSSY - MELORA RIVERA

Ditto the official production / crew credits, which go in the infobox and not in a separate section, per WP:FILM guidelines. Also, we don't list executive producers, and though the infobox has a cite giving Houston as a producer, that claim isn't supported by the cited article or by the film's credits:
 * DIRECTED BY SALIM AKIL
 * SCREENPLAY BY MARA BROCK AKIL
 * STORY BY JOEL SCHUMACHER AND HOWARD ROSENMAN
 * PRODUCED BY DEBRA MARTIN CHASE, T.D. JAKES AND CURTIS WALLACE, SALIM AKIL AND MARA BROCK AKIL
 * DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ANASTAS MICHOS, ASC
 * PRODUCTION DESIGNER GARY FRUTKOFF
 * EDITED BY TERILYN A. SHROPSHIRE, A.C.E.
 * COSTUME DESIGNER RUTH E. CARTER
 * EXECUTIVE PRODUCER WHITNEY HOUSTON, HOWARD ROSENMAN, GAYLYN FRAICHE, AVRAM BUTCH KAPLAN

Crampaudio (talk) 16:25, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

I haven't seen the original 1976 movie of which this one is a remake, maybe that on was inspired by The Supremes, but for sure not this one.

The story starts in 1968 when The Supremes were an all over the world well known trio since at least 5 years and its members weren't sisters as in this movie.

Furthermore Diana Ross is named twice as a top artist during the movie.