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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Sayles (written by)
Release Date:
9 May 2008 (UK)
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Plot:
1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner...
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Awards:
2 wins
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Kiedis' Life Coming To Small Screen
(From WENN. 23 February 2009, 8:10 AM, PST)
News Bites: John Sayles Takes on Louis Armstrong & More!
(From Cinematical. 23 September 2008, 10:35 AM, PDT)
(From WENN. 23 February 2009, 8:10 AM, PST)
News Bites: John Sayles Takes on Louis Armstrong & More!
(From Cinematical. 23 September 2008, 10:35 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
wonderful film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Danny Glover | ... | Tyrone Purvis |
 | Lisa Gay Hamilton | ... | Delilah |
 | Yaya DaCosta | ... | China Doll |
 | Charles S. Dutton | ... | Maceo |
 | Vondie Curtis-Hall | ... | Slick |
| Gary Clark Jr. | ... | Sonny |
| Mable John | ... | Bertha Mae |
| Stacy Keach | ... | Sheriff |
| Nagee Clay | ... | Scratch |
| Absalom Adams | ... | Lonnie |
| Arthur Lee Williams | ... | Metalmouth Sims |
| Ruben Santiago-Hudson | ... | Stokely |
 | Davenia McFadden | ... | Nadine |
| Daryl Edwards | ... | Shack Thomas |
 | Sean Patrick Thomas | ... | Dex |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for brief violence and some suggestive material.
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124 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The principal shooting location was less than 50 yards from Hank Williams's boyhood home.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-01-05)" (2008)
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Soundtrack:
No Matter How She Done It
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FAQ
A Note Regarding SpoilersWho or what is a "honeydripper"?
Who was Tyrone talking to at the end of the movie?
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I tuned into this one while trolling for a film and became immediately absorbed. The film interlocks several plots, as 'The Waltons' used to do -- the problem of keeping the night spot out of the hands of the criminal creditors, the issue of the unfulfilled wife (nicely mirrored by the alcoholic white woman for whom she is a servant), young love developing between the guitar player and lovely China Doll, a dispute between two cotton pickers (one a city slicker, the other a local field hand), the sheriff who, of course, is a racist but who loves un-spiced fried chicken, the inevitable tug of fundamentalist religion on the underclass of a rural town, and two waifs who end the film with a mime of the musicians they hope to be. I confess that I was stationed in southern Georgia a little after the time of this film and found my own experiences coming back vividly. It is a warm film, drawing on an ominous set of possibilities lurking behind the action, and it doesn't cheat with its interlocking happy endings. What a surprise!