Sweet and Lowdown
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Director(s)
John Waters
Woody Allen
Kay Chapin
Lisa Janowski
Richard Patrick
Brian A. York
Cast & crew
Carol Woods
Helen Minton
Josh Mowery
Movie Director
Anthony LaPaglia
Al Torrio
Kay Chapin
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John Waters
Mr. Haynes
Lola Pashalinski
Blanche's Friend
Richard Patrick
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Brian Markinson
Bill Shields
Brad Garrett
Joe Bedloe
Woody Allen
Himself
Sean Penn
Emmet Ray
Vincent Guastaferro
Sid Bishop
James Urbaniak
Harry
Marc Damon Johnson
Omer
Chris Bauer
Ace
Constance Shulman
Hazel
Gretchen Mol
Ellie
Tony Darrow
Ben
Uma Thurman
Blanche Williams
Yvette Mercedes
Party Guest
Douglas McGrath
Himself
Samantha Morton
Hattie
Denis O'Hare
Jake
Molly Price
Ann
Daniel Okrent
A.J. Pickman
Kaili Vernoff
Gracie
Ben Duncan (DJ)
Himself
Nat Hentoff
Himself
Dan Moran
Boss
Darryl Alan Reed
Don
Kellie Overbey
Iris
Katie Hamill
Mary
Steve Bargonetti
Musician Friend
Benjamin Franklin Brown
Musician Friend
Ron Cephas Jones
Alvin
Vince Giordano
Bass Player #1
Emme Kemp
Jam Session Musician
Clark Gayton
Jam Session Musician
Marcus McLaurine
Jam Session Musician
Carolyn Saxon
Phyliss
Drummond Erskine
First Hobo
Joe Ambrose
Second Hobo
Joseph Rigano
Stagehand
Dennis Stein
Dick Ruth
Carole Bayeux
Rita
Paula Parrish
Party Guest
Cory Solar
Party Guest
Lexi Egz
Party Guest
Peter Leung
Party Guest
William Addy
Master of Ceremonies
Dick Monday
Chester Weems
Mary Stout
Felicity Thomson
Dick Mingalone
Birdman
Mr. Spoons
Spoon Player
Fred Goehner
William Weston
Eddy Davis
Bass Player #2
Ralph Pope
Panhandler
Jerome Richardson
Club Musician
Earl P. McIntyre
Club Musician
James Williams
Club Musician
Frank Wess
Club Musician
Al Bryant
Club Musician
Ray Garvey
Club Manager
Sally Placksin
Sally Jillian
Simon Wettenhall
Jam Session Musician
Orange Kellin
Jam Session Musician
Brooks Giles III
Jam Session Musician
Alfred Sauchelli, Jr.
Ned
Michael Peter Bolus
Lynch
Mick O'Rourke
Holdup Man
John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin
Holdup Man
Chuck Lewkowicz
Police Officer
Rick Mowat
Flat Tire Man
Ted Wilkins
Gas Station Proprietor
Michael Sprague
Django Reinhardt
Lisa Janowski
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Brian A. York
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
Presented in a documentary style, this drama looks at the life of the fictional jazz guitarist "Emmet Ray" (Sean Penn). Now, of course, he is American so is naturally the best in the whole wide world, well second best actually, and that is testified to by frequent obsequious pieces-to-camera from purported experts and then by his own performances as he plays standards from the likes of Django Reinhardt, the masterful Stéphane Grapelli and Duke Ellington. Director Woody Allen has a penchant for this style of music, and as faux-homages go this isn't at all bad. That's really thanks to a strong contribution from Sean Penn as the frankly pretty odious character who's selfishness was probably only eclipsed by his increasing obsession with the shy mute "Hattie" (a gorgeous effort from Samantha Morton) who comes to depend on him, but might he actually come to depend on her too - despite himself? It's a great looking film with plenty of attention to detail, and it does work well at illustrating just how important it is for people to have decent anchors in their lives. The dialogue is all a bit too relentless for me with very little time to come up for air as this rattles along but it's all genuinely and uncomfortably plausible at times, too. Pity about the constant hyperbole, though - how can anyone be the best guitarist? Hmmm?
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