Honeydripper (2007)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Dec 28, 2007

Running Time: 122 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Danny Glover, Gary Clark, Jr, Keb Mo, Ruth Brown, Kel Mitchell, Eric L Abrams, Yaya Dacosta, Davenia McFadden, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Sean Patrick Thomas

director: John Sayles

Honeydripper

In 1950's Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgement, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.

Triple threat John Sayles stumbles badly with this slogging story set in 1950 Alabama, about a club owner who reaches the end of his rope just as the cotton harvest begins.

Story

The time is 1950. Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover) lives in a small Alabama town with his wife Delilah (Lisa Gay Hamilton) and teenage stepdaughter China Doll (Yaya DaCosta), running his own small bar called the Honeydripper. Despite his piano playing and the presence of a fabulous blues singer (Mable John, who sang with…