Documentary / Music /

Score: 78.7%( 240 votes )

Overview: On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.

Cast:

Lionel Richie
Self

Bruce Springsteen
Self

Dionne Warwick
Self

Kenny Loggins
Self

Huey Lewis
Self

Cyndi Lauper
Self

Sheila E.
Self

Smokey Robinson
Self

Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)

Stevie Wonder
Self (archive footage)

Quincy Jones
Self (archive footage)

Tina Turner
Self (archive footage)

Paul Simon
Self (archive footage)

Kenny Rogers
Self (archive footage)

James Ingram
Self (archive footage)

Billy Joel
Self (archive footage)

Diana Ross
Self (archive footage)

Willie Nelson
Self (archive footage)

Al Jarreau
Self (archive footage)

Steve Perry
Self (archive footage)

Daryl Hall
Self (archive footage)

Kim Carnes
Self (archive footage)

Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)

Ray Charles
Self (archive footage)

Dan Aykroyd
Self (archive footage)

Harry Belafonte
Self (archive footage)

Lindsey Buckingham
Self (archive footage)

Bob Geldof
Self (archive footage)

Jackie Jackson
Self (archive footage)

Jermaine Jackson
Self (archive footage)

La Toya Jackson
Self (archive footage)

Marlon Jackson
Self (archive footage)

Randy Jackson
Self (archive footage)

Tito Jackson
Self (archive footage)

Waylon Jennings
Self (archive footage)

Anita Pointer
Self (archive footage)

Ruth Pointer
Self (archive footage)

Bonnie Pointer
Self (archive footage)

Jeffrey Osborne
Self (archive footage)

John Oates
Self (archive footage)

Bette Midler
Self (archive footage)

Ken Woo
Self

Tom Bähler
Self

David Breskin
Self

Robert A. Dickinson
Self

Wendy Garfield-Ferris Rees
Self

Humberto Gatica
Self

Steven Ivory
Self

Larry Klein
Self

Harriet Sternberg
Self

Prince
Self (archive footage)

Madonna
Self (archive footage)