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Plot:
Iconoclastic filmmaker John Sayles, in his 16th feature film,
continues his extraordinary examination of the complexities
and shifting identities of American sub-cultures in the new
film "Honeydripper." With his usual understated
intelligence, Sayles uses the rhythms of the citizens of Harmony,
Alabama to immerse the audience into the world of the Jim
Crow south. It's a fable about the birth of rock n' roll-a
quintessentially American subject, but with a fidelity to
time and temperament that is unusual in an American director.
It's 1950 and it's a make or break weekend for Tyrone Purvis
(Danny Glover), the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge.
Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to bring back the crowds
that used to come to his place. He decides to lay off his
long-time blues singer Bertha Mae, and announces that he's
hired a famous guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night
only gig in order to save the club.
Into town drifts Sonny Blake, a young man with nothing to
his name but big dreams and the guitar case in his hand. Rejected
by Tyrone when he applies to play at the Honeydripper, he
is intercepted by the corrupt local Sheriff, arrested for
vagrancy and rented out as an unpaid cotton picker to the
highest bidder. But when Tyrone's ace-in-the-hole fails to
materialize at the train station, his desperation leads him
back to Sonny and the strange, wire-dangling object in his
guitar case. The Honeydripper lounge is all set to play its
part in rock n' roll history.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Emerging Pictures
Production Co:
Rainforest Films
Release Date:
December 28, 2007 (NY, LA)
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Director Info
en.wikipedia.org
MySpace Page
www.myspace.com/honeydrippermovie
Flickr - Movie Photos
www.flickr.com
Misc Info
www.johnsaylesretro.com
Theater Listings
www.honeydripper-movie.com/category/screenings
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