Honeydripper PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 24, 2008
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Screen Media
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | LisaGay Hamilton, Charles S. Dutton & Danny Glover | |
Performer: | Mary Steenburgen, Gary Clark, Jr., Stacy Keach, Kel Mitchell, Keb' Mo', Ruben Santiago-Hudson & Sean Patrick Thomas | |
Directed by | John Sayles | |
Edited by | John Sayles | |
Screenwriting by | John Sayles | |
Composition by | Mason Daring | |
Produced by | Maggie Renzi | |
Director of Photography: | Dick Pope |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
John Sayles, after 27 years and 16 films, is the ancient mariner of independent cinema, navigating the constantly swirling waters of the genre with passion and skill.
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Atlantic City Weekly
Rating: 3/4 --
It has all the reliable components of Sayles' films: a strong social conscience; well-drawn characters whose lives overlap convincingly; a languid pace that allows for the honest unfolding of their foibles and fears; a vivid evocation of a place and time.
Miami Herald
Rating: 4/5 --
An endearing and heartfelt elegy to the subtle changes taking place to a small Alabama community in the early 1950s.
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Patrick Nabarro
4 stars out of 5 -- All the strands that fed into rock 'n' roll -- R&B, blues, jazz, gospel and country -- run through the action, finally coming together in the jam session that forms the film's triumphant unfettered climax.
Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- Throw in a fledgling R&B soundtrack and earthy photography courtesy of Mike Leigh regular Dick Pope, and you've got a gentle, enjoyable musical fable.
Empire
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Although Honeydripper won a screenplay award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, it's not Sayles' strongest work. Part of the problem is that it keeps building to a rock-'n'-roll payoff that never quite arrives.
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Seattle Times
Rating: 4/5 --
This isn't the kind of flashy Big Issue movie that makes people stand up and take notice. It's quiet and moody, with outbursts of strong emotion and energy.
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Shadows on the Wall
Product Description:
Director John Sayles (LONE STAR) takes a journey back to racially segregated Alabama for this provocative feature. The year is 1950, and Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis (Danny Glover) is a club owner whose establishment, the Honeydripper Lounge, has fallen on hard times. With the club about to close, Tyrone decides to take one last gamble, announcing that the legendary Guitar Sam is to make an appearance at the Honeydripper. When Guitar Sam is a no-show, Tyrone calls on a young guitar player named Sonny (Gary Clark Jr.) to impersonate the errant star, hoping that none of his patrons will notice and the club will earn a late reprieve.
Sayles's plot is interweaved with plenty of racial tension and a blunt illustration of the rich/poor divide in America during these turbulent times. HONEYDRIPPER builds slowly towards the inevitable climax--the concert at Tyrone's club--with Sayles demonstrating his usual masterly eye for character study and his meticulous attention to detail in both set design and costume. The director stirs a little music history into the plot as he hints at how the South's passion for R&B and blues would ultimately lead to the birth of rock & roll, and the film's soundtrack is filled with gloriously uplifting tunes. The excellent cast features a reliably great turn from Glover, who is ably supported by an eclectic bunch of actors, including Charles S. Dutton, Keb' Mo', Stacy Keach, and Mary Steenburgen. Sayles brings his ample knowledge of African American history to the fore once again (see also: SUNSHINE STATE), providing plenty of food for thought, and some highly entertaining musical interludes, as he adds another fascinating entry to his wide-ranging cinematic canon.
Sayles's plot is interweaved with plenty of racial tension and a blunt illustration of the rich/poor divide in America during these turbulent times. HONEYDRIPPER builds slowly towards the inevitable climax--the concert at Tyrone's club--with Sayles demonstrating his usual masterly eye for character study and his meticulous attention to detail in both set design and costume. The director stirs a little music history into the plot as he hints at how the South's passion for R&B and blues would ultimately lead to the birth of rock & roll, and the film's soundtrack is filled with gloriously uplifting tunes. The excellent cast features a reliably great turn from Glover, who is ably supported by an eclectic bunch of actors, including Charles S. Dutton, Keb' Mo', Stacy Keach, and Mary Steenburgen. Sayles brings his ample knowledge of African American history to the fore once again (see also: SUNSHINE STATE), providing plenty of food for thought, and some highly entertaining musical interludes, as he adds another fascinating entry to his wide-ranging cinematic canon.
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Honey Dripper
Movie Lover: sheila perritt from
WASHINGTON, DC US -- August, 26, 2010
I really enjoyed this movie it was very entertaining! The music was awesome , the entire cast were great also. This movie will make you laugh and want to dance. The quality of the movie is excellent and the price you can't beat for a movie of such great quality!! I throughly enjoyed it! I even purchased one for my niece.