Sweet and Lowdown
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
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John Waters
Woody Allen
Kay Chapin
Lisa Janowski
Richard Patrick
Brian A. York
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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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The directors of Sweet and Lowdown are John Waters, Woody Allen, Kay Chapin, Lisa Janowski, Richard Patrick, and Brian A. York.
The cast of Sweet and Lowdown includes Carol Woods as Helen Minton, Josh Mowery as Movie Director, Anthony LaPaglia as Al Torrio, Lola Pashalinski as Blanche's Friend, Brian Markinson as Bill Shields, Brad Garrett as Joe Bedloe, Woody Allen as Himself, Sean Penn as Emmet Ray, Vincent Guastaferro as Sid Bishop, John Waters as Mr. Haynes, James Urbaniak as Harry, Marc Damon Johnson as Omer, and more.
The duration of Sweet and Lowdown is 1h 35 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Sweet and Lowdown trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Sweet and Lowdown was released on 03 Dec 1999.
Sweet and Lowdown is listed under Comedy, Drama, and Music on Fanbiz.
Sweet and Lowdown has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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 i..."
