Honeydripper [videorecording] / a Screen Media Films release Anarchists' Convention in association with Emerging Pictures and Rainforest Films ; produced by Maggie Renzi ; written, directed and edited by John Sayles.
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2008].
Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Nightclubs Alabama Drama.
Lounge music Drama.
Guitar music Alabama Drama.
Debt Alabama Drama.
Afronorteamericanos Música Alabama Teatro. bidex
Música para guitarra Alabama Teatro. bidex
Night clubs, cabarets, etc. Alabama Drama.
Lounge music Drama.
Guitar music Alabama Drama.
Debt Alabama Drama.
Alabama Drama.
Alabama Drama.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Melodrama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Credits: Cinematographer, Dick Pope ; music composer, Mason Daring ; costume designer, Hope Hanafin ; production designer, Toby Corbett.
Performers: Eric Abrams, Gary Clark Jr., Yaya Dacosta, Charles S. Dutton, Daryl Edwards, Danny Glover, Albert Hall, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Brent Jennings, Dr. Mable John, Stacy Keach, Davenia McFadden, Kel Mitchell, Keb 'Mo,' Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Eddie Shaw, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Thomas, Arthur Lee Williams, Tom Wright.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13; brief violence and some suggestive material.
Notes: English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: Cast interviews; behind the scenes.
Summary: 1950, rural Alabama. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint and away from the rival club across the way. He lays off his regular talent and hires the famous electric guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night only gig. When the train arrives, Guitar Sam is no where to be found. Tyrone makes a deal with the sheriff to release Sonny, a kid who hopped off a freight car and turned up at the club. Tyrone cleans Sonny up and launches a last ditch scheme to pass off the young guitar picker as Guitar Sam. When Sonny takes the stage and launches into his first scalding electric licks, Tyrone will learn if its lights out for the Honeydripper or if his luck has changed.
