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Writer (WGA):
John Sayles (written by)
Release Date:
9 May 2008 (UK) more
Plot:
1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner... more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Kiedis' Life Coming To Small Screen
(From WENN. 23 February 2009, 8:10 AM, PST)
News Bites: John Sayles Takes on Louis Armstrong & More!
(From Cinematical. 23 September 2008, 10:35 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
pivot between eras more (20 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Danny Glover | ... | Tyrone Purvis |
 | Lisa Gay Hamilton | ... | Delilah |
 | Yaya DaCosta | ... | China Doll |
 | Charles S. Dutton | ... | Maceo |
 | Vondie Curtis-Hall | ... | Slick |
| Gary Clark Jr. | ... | Sonny |
| Mable John | ... | Bertha Mae |
| Stacy Keach | ... | Sheriff |
| Nagee Clay | ... | Scratch |
| Absalom Adams | ... | Lonnie |
| Arthur Lee Williams | ... | Metalmouth Sims |
| Ruben Santiago-Hudson | ... | Stokely |
 | Davenia McFadden | ... | Nadine |
| Daryl Edwards | ... | Shack Thomas |
 | Sean Patrick Thomas | ... | Dex |
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Rated PG-13 for brief violence and some suggestive material.
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124 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The principal shooting location was less than 50 yards from Hank Williams's boyhood home. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-01-05)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
China Doll more
FAQ
Who or what is a "honeydripper"?Who was Tyrone talking to at the end of the movie?
Is "Honeydripper" based on a book?
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John Sayles, never one to avoid a political focus in movies, now brings us "Honeydripper". The movie is set in 1950 Alabama. The Jim Crow laws are still in effect, and black-white relations are limited to African-Americans performing only the most menial jobs: a number of people work in a cotton field for practically nothing (slavery has risen again!). Tyrone "Pinetop" Purvis (Danny Glover) owns a restaurant and often has singers come and play. Business hasn't been doing too well recently. Pinetop has worked hard his whole life and barely gotten by...but the possible arrival of a New Orleans singer might change things.
Aside from the great music, one can also see this movie as a look at the pivot era in the South. It's set during the Jim Crow era, around the start of the Korean War, just a few years away from the civil rights movement. One notices that even though this is still the age of institutionalized racism, many of the characters do what they can to try and have civil relationships with white people: Sheriff Pugh (Stacy Keach) is on pretty good terms with Pinetop, and Pinetop's wife Delilah (Lisa Gay Hamilton) manages to carry on a conversation with her employer (Mary Steenburgen). The music, of course, is really the best part. I certainly recommend this movie, as I have recommended every John Sayles movie that I've seen.
Also starring Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton, Vondie Curtis Hall, Keb' Mo', Kel Mitchell and Gary Clark Jr. I think that I saw John Sayles in a bit part.