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The Top Fifteen Trailers
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Release Date: Dec 3, 1999
Running Time: 95 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Emmet Ray, according to himself, was the greatest jazz guitarist of the 1920s and 1930s. At least in New York, anyway. Although Ray certainly had a signature style and a melodic skill, those who knew Ray best admit that perhaps he was best known in his extra-musical roles -- as a pimp and a kleptomaniac whose fatal flaws hung over his career like a black cloud.
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Emmet Ray
Blanche
Hattie
Al Torrio
Ellie
Harry
Mr Haynes
Himself
Bill Shields
Himself
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reviews
Can and should audiences separate the artist from the art? That's the intriguing question at the heart of Woody Allen's latest film, the chamber piece "Sweet and Lowdown." Whether he was inspired by Charlie Chaplin, Pablo Picasso or someone else, Allen suggests that one might look at what is created apart from who is doing the creation. While there are schools of criticism that would disagree and suggest that a person's private life affects his or her public persona, he makes his point in the… |
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