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Sweet and Lowdown( 1999)

TV-MAComedyDramaMusic
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Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sean Penn

      Emmet Ray

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      Samantha Morton

      Hattie

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      Anthony LaPaglia

      Al Torrio

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      Uma Thurman

      Blanche Williams

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      James Urbaniak

      Harry

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      John Waters

      Mr. Haynes

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      Gretchen Mol

      Ellie

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      Denis O'Hare

      Jake

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      Molly Price

      Ann

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      Brian Markinson

      Bill Shields

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      Tony Darrow

      Ben

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      Daniel Okrent

      A.J. Pickman

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      Brad Garrett

      Joe Bedloe

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      Kaili Vernoff

      Gracie

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      Woody Allen

      Himself

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      Ben Duncan (DJ)

      Himself

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      Nat Hentoff

      Himself

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      Douglas McGrath

      Himself

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      Dan Moran

      Boss

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      Chris Bauer

      Ace

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      Darryl Alan Reed

      Don

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      Constance Shulman

      Hazel

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      Kellie Overbey

      Iris

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      Katie Hamill

      Mary

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      Lola Pashalinski

      Blanche's Friend

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      Steve Bargonetti

      Musician Friend

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      Benjamin Franklin Brown

      Musician Friend

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      Marc Damon Johnson

      Omer

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      Ron Cephas Jones

      Alvin

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      Vince Giordano

      Bass Player #1

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      Emme Kemp

      Jam Session Musician

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      Clark Gayton

      Jam Session Musician

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      Marcus McLaurine

      Jam Session Musician

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      Carolyn Saxon

      Phyliss

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      Drummond Erskine

      First Hobo

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      Joe Ambrose

      Second Hobo

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      Joseph Rigano

      Stagehand

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      Dennis Stein

      Dick Ruth

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      Carole Bayeux

      Rita

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      Paula Parrish

      Party Guest

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      Cory Solar

      Party Guest

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      Lexi Egz

      Party Guest

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      Yvette Mercedes

      Party Guest

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      Peter Leung

      Party Guest

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      William Addy

      Master of Ceremonies

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      Dick Monday

      Chester Weems

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      Mary Stout

      Felicity Thomson

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      Dick Mingalone

      Birdman

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      Mr. Spoons

      Spoon Player

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      Carol Woods

      Helen Minton

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      Josh Mowery

      Movie Director

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      Fred Goehner

      William Weston

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      Eddy Davis

      Bass Player #2

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      Vincent Guastaferro

      Sid Bishop

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      Ralph Pope

      Panhandler

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      Jerome Richardson

      Club Musician

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      Earl P. McIntyre

      Club Musician

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      James Williams

      Club Musician

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      Frank Wess

      Club Musician

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      Al Bryant

      Club Musician

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      Ray Garvey

      Club Manager

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      Sally Placksin

      Sally Jillian

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      Simon Wettenhall

      Jam Session Musician

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      Orange Kellin

      Jam Session Musician

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      Brooks Giles III

      Jam Session Musician

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      Alfred Sauchelli, Jr.

      Ned

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      Michael Peter Bolus

      Lynch

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      Mick O'Rourke

      Holdup Man

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      John Patrick McLaughlin

      Holdup Man

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      Chuck Lewkowicz

      Police Officer

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      Rick Mowat

      Flat Tire Man

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      Ted Wilkins

      Gas Station Proprietor

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      Michael Sprague

      Django Reinhardt

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed May 08 2024
    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 co...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    4545858.00

    Keywords

    • new york city
    • jazz
    • guitar
    • night life
    • egocentrism
    • jazz singer or musician
    • pretty woman