Dice is at first shocked, because he had previously believed that Sylk sounded different, but nevertheless goes backstage after her performance to congratulate her. Later at an exclusive nightclub DJed by Julian "Dice" Black, Sylk debuts "All My Life". Sylk, for her own part, seems to be happy that she is being "ghosted", but remains a bit uneasy with this notion. In a ploy to capitalize on the sex appeal of Sylk, but with powerful vocals, Timothy Walker then asks Billie to resing Sylk's part. At first Sylk seems to deliver a solid vocal performance, but it soon becomes apparent that she is way out of tune and that her voice is generally unpleasant. However, after pestering from her friends, Billie relents, and the three are contracted to Timothy Walker.Īmong the first tasks of being background singers for Sylk is the recording of the hit single, "All My Life". Initially, Billie refuses the offer, wanting to achieve her dreams of stardom on her own terms. Their actions catch the attention of Timothy Walker, and he offers a contract to the three girls as backup singers/dancers to the artist known only as Sylk. Lillian's promises never materialize, as years later, Billie Frank has grown up and is now a dancer at a club with her friends, Louise and Roxanne. Due to her actions, Billie is taken away to foster care, but Lillian promises she will get her soon. A fire soon ensues, and the entire apartment complex has to be evacuated. That night, Lillian, depressed and tired, carelessly falls asleep before putting out her cigarettes. Now unemployed, she resorts to asking her ex-lover, Billie's father, for money.
Unfortunately, the ploy fails and Lillian is fired. After a rousing performance met with little applause, Lillian tries to get the crowd excited by singing her signature tune, "Lillian's Blues", with young Billie accompanying her on vocals. The story of Billie Frank starts out several years in the past as Billie and her mother, Lillian, are seen at a nightclub, where Lillian is a performer. When she's not with me, she calls like every five minutes." As you can see, this is far away from my reality, because I couldn't have a closer relationship with my own mother. The point is, that all this time she waits for her mother to return. Later on she meets a DJ and becomes a star in just one night. Billie grows up in a foster home, because her mother abandoned her. I play a singer, Billie, who's mixed race, from a white father and a black mother. This is the opposite of Carey's actual life in which her parents divorced, and she left her wealthy black father, to stay with her working class, white mother.Ĭarey has said about the film, "It's in the early '80s, in the club scene of that time. After years of hardship she finds fame and fortune as a 1980s pop star, then goes looking for her mother.
Based loosely on Carey's own life, it tells the story of a mixed-race woman who is abandoned by her white father and taken from her black mother to be raised by foster parents. But it was not until Septemthat the film was released, by this time renamed "Glitter". There were already plans for this film in 1999, when it was originally called "All That Glitters." Mariah started writing and recording material for the film as early as 1998, but when the project was delayed, those new songs were used towards her Rainbow album.
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cite web|url= |title=Internet Movie Database - List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario|accessdate=] The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Largely panned by critics and audiences alike, the movie performed poorly in theatres after it was labelled a vanity project and being an almost autobiographical account of Carey's life. Its soundtrack album, "Glitter", was Carey's eighth studio album, a concept album of the sounds of the early 1980s. It centers on the life and times of a struggling singer from the early club music scene in the 1980s. It was produced by 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. "Glitter" is a 2001 American drama film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and starring pop/ R&B/ soul singer Mariah Carey.