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Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown

Sweet and Lowdown

1999 95 min ★ 6.8 Comedy, Drama, Music

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

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Cast

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Emmet Ray

Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

Hattie

Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia

Al Torrio

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

Blanche Williams

James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak

Harry

John Waters

John Waters

Mr. Haynes

Gretchen Mol

Gretchen Mol

Ellie

Denis O'Hare

Denis O'Hare

Jake

Molly Price

Molly Price

Ann

Brian Markinson

Brian Markinson

Bill Shields

Details

Director

Woody Allen

Screenplay

Woody Allen

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$29,750,000

Revenue

$4,525,794

Production

Sweetland Films, Jean Doumanian Productions, Magnolia Productions

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

May 8, 2024

★ 6/10

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 Rein...

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