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Sweet and Lowdown

  • 7.2 /10

  • 495

  • 77%

Plot

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Cast

Sean Penn as Emmet Ray
Sean Penn

as Emmet Ray

Samantha Morton as Hattie
Samantha Morton

as Hattie

Anthony LaPaglia as Al Torrio
Anthony LaPaglia

as Al Torrio

Uma Thurman as Blanche Williams
Uma Thurman

as Blanche Williams

James Urbaniak as Harry
James Urbaniak

as Harry

John Waters as Mr. Haynes
John Waters

as Mr. Haynes

Gretchen Mol as Ellie
Gretchen Mol

as Ellie

Denis O'Hare as Jake
Denis O'Hare

as Jake

Molly Price as Ann
Molly Price

as Ann

Brian Markinson as Bill Shields
Brian Markinson

as Bill Shields

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 3, 1999

Production Companies

  • Sweetland Films

  • Jean Doumanian Productions

  • Sony Pictures Classics

  • Magnolia Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • $4,545,858.00

Runtime

  • 1.58 hrs

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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 Rei…