Legend of the Blues

In 1941, Polish immigrant Leonard Chase (played by Adrien Brody) started running a bar in order to get ahead. At this time, Mississippi sharecropper McKenley Morganfield (played by Jeffrey Wright) came to Chicago alone with a musical dream and a guitar on his back. On the street, he met the 17-year-old talented harmonica player Little Walter. The two hit it off and started singing at Chase's bar. The ambitious Chess relied on his keen intuition and business acumen to open Chess Records, recording records for Waters, and achieved great success. While Chase was running Chase Studio, he recruited musical talents and introduced new ones, creating a large number of singers who had a profound influence on the American music scene... The film's theme song "Once in a Lifetime" was nominated for Best Movie Song at the 2009 Golden Globe Awards.