| Date | Area | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| USA | USD 8,750,400 |
During the talent show, as Choir Boy is returning to the stage (after being booed off), both JT and Duck stop singing and momentarily turn to him.
Although their lips have clearly stopped moving, the song continues (it wasn't Dresser and Eddie doing the chorus, since Dresser is singing bass and Eddie is doing lead).
Towards the End of Flash and the Ebony Sparks performance, the background singer on the left goes from being Shirtless to unbuttoning the shirt to open shirt and back again.
He's pretty quick! During the talent show concert Eddie's tie magically moves up and down when he goes from on the stage to jumping off the stage.
It moves again as he begins to ask "Is there a heart in the house tonight?" When Eddie's dad is telling him he will not amount to anything you can see that his moustache is falling off of his face.
In the theater scene where Eddie asks if a heart is a house for love, when he says "Stand Up", the audio is about a half-second faster than the visual motion.
When Duck begins to play the piano at the talent show, the change of pace in the piano playing begins in the midst of Duck shoving the house player aside.
On the opening number, "I Love Joey", it's obvious that the horns are synthesized, very unlikely in 1965.
As the group starts singing the acapella version "A Heart is a house for love", Leon (JT) starts off snapping his fingers on the wrong beat.
When Eddie is being chased from the alley he jumps out into the main road in front of a 1969 Firebird when the film is set in 1965.
In a concert scene dated 1972, Duck appears onstage playing a keytar (a portable combination of a keyboard and guitar).
The keytar was first commercially introduced in 1980.
When JT and Flash are singing "Just in Case"; both of their mouths are moving when they recite the lyrics ".
come back to me.
" Except only Flash's voice is actually heard.
When Duck and his sister are singing "We Haven't Finished Yet", she sings "We can't let go", but her mouth doesn't follow the "Oh no, no" on the track.
In the restaurant scene when Duck asked the girl her phone number she said 555-.
In the 1960s phone numbers had five numbers preceded by two letters.
ASCAP Award |
| Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures |
Image Award |
| Outstanding Motion Picture |
| Date | Area | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| USA | USD 8,750,400 |
The Five Heartbeats is about five best friends who formed a singing group in high school. The quintet participates in a local monthly talent show with hopes of being discovered.
This was one of the cleanest movies I have seen in a long time. It just goes to show you, it doesn't take boobs and exploited sex to enjoy a movie.
This movie was excellent. Every nuance of racism, drug use, etc were depicted accurately for black performers during those times.
This was a average movie at best. The songs were terrible for the most part.
Black performers in the South were treated very badly in the 50s and early to mid 60s. They had to use seperate entrances and often inferior hotels and restaraunts.
This is my favorite movie. I can't even count the number times I've seen it.
I absolutely love this movie. From the acting to the singing all the drama etc....
This movie was almost too much like the Committments and That Thing You Do and that wonderful mini series about the Temptations. But is was only "almost".
I loved the Five Heartbeats! I have watched it so many times.
