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Description: Writer-director John Sayles vividly and evocatively riffs on music, racism, romance and religion in this engrossing multi-character study set in and around a failing juke joint in 1950s rural Alabama. Danny Glover is excellent as the club owner, a former boogie-woogie piano whiz with one last shot of saving his roadhouse. Gary Clark Jr., Lisa Gay Hamilton. The film is based on Sayles' short story "Keeping Time."

Program Details

Title: Honeydripper
Genre: drama
Description:

Writer-director John Sayles vividly and evocatively riffs on music, racism, romance and religion in this engrossing multi-character study set in and around a failing juke joint in 1950s rural Alabama. Danny Glover is excellent as the club owner, a former boogie-woogie piano whiz with one last shot of saving his roadhouse. Gary Clark Jr., Lisa Gay Hamilton. The film is based on Sayles' short story "Keeping Time."

HDTV Resolution: None
Audio Level: Stereo
Run time: 7320
Release Year: 2007
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Movie type: Theatrical
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Languages: English
Other Information: Stereo, Close Captioned, , HDTV

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