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2008 Certificate PG
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It's 1950, and it's a make or break weekend for Tyrone Purvis, the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to bring back the crowds that used to come to his place. He decides to lay off his long-time blues singer Bertha Mae and announces that he's hired a famous guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a .. Read more

Starring Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton
Director John Sayles
Genres Drama, Music/Musical

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Honeydripper

It's 1950, and it's a make or break weekend for Tyrone Purvis, the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to bring back the crowds that used to come to his place. He decides to lay off his long-time blues singer Bertha Mae and announces that he's hired a famous guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night only gig in order to save the club. Into town drifts Sonny Blake, a young man with nothing to his name but big dreams and the guitar case in his hand. Rejected by Tyrone when he applies to play at the Honeydripper, he is intercepted by the corrupt local Sheriff, arrested for vagrancy and rented out as an unpaid cotton picker to the highest bidder. But when Tyrone's ace-in-the-hole fails to materialize at the train station, his desperation leads him back to Sonny and the strange, wire-dangling object in his guitar case. The Honeydripper lounge is all set to play its part in rock 'n' roll history.

Starring Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton, Vondie Curtis Hall, Gary Clark, Jr., Dr. Mable John, Stacy Keach, Nagee Clay, Absalom Adams
Director John Sayles
Studio AXIOM FILMS INTERNATIONAL LTD
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Drama, Music/Musical
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 22 Sep 2008
Production year: 2008
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Honeydripper (2008)

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    Harmony, Alabama, 1950: hard times have hit the Honeydripper saloon. Proprietor Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover) is staking... read more on Time Out

    • Geoff Andrew, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 2 stars

    So?

    A bit dull really.... I didn't care what happened to anyone. And after an hour it made me fidget. If you want some great Rock n Roll watch 'The Girl Can't Help It'. Cliched and tedious.

      • A customer from Pembroke
      • Posted 22 Sep 2008 unknown

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    Rated - 2 stars

    Second rate Sayles

    I usally love John Sayles's films, but the storyline in this one is so poor that the lovely photography and the near flawless performances by the cast cannot save this from being a very predictable and somewhat boring film.

    Reluctantly, I have to give this a thumb's down.

      • A customer from Edgbaston
      • Posted 23 Nov 2008 09:47

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    • 06 May 2008

    What a great name for a blues movie! 'Honeydripper' just oozes innuendo in the best way. Mmm-hmmm. If Big Bill Broonzy didn't come up with it, well, he should have. The year is 1950 and Tyrone (Danny Glover) is the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge, a gin mill on the outskirts of Harmony, a rural Alabama cotton town. Business is bad. The juke joint next door is fit to burst but Tyrone prefers Bertha Mae's old time moanin' blues ' even if no one else does. Even so, the wolf is at the door... Read more

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