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Honeydripper
2008
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Director | John Sayles |
| Studio | AXIOM FILMS INTERNATIONAL LTD |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Drama, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 01 Oct 2011 To Rent: DVD: 22 Sep 2008 |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
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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
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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... read more »
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Sentimental but feelgood
I saw this at our Film Society and it attracted a wide range of scores and views. I tound it to be rather over sentimental, the plot onbvious, with some odd ... read more »
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Odd title great film, it was a slow start but you always felt the music would come through, it did and doesn't disappoint.
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rock steady
I loved this film. Although it was pretty obvious in some ways what the outcome was going to be, I enjoyed the slow delicious build up all the way down the ... read more »
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Honeydripper
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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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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 ...
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