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Honeydripper (2007)

 -  Crime | Drama | History  -  9 May 2008 (Ireland)
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1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the ... See full summary »

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1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the chicken man, and the landlord, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint, away from Touissant's, the rival joint across the way. His plan to hire a guitar legend go awry and Tyrone is forced to take drastic action in a final scheme to save the club. Written by Anonymous

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Rated PG-13 for brief violence and some suggestive material | See all certifications »
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Honeydripper - Do Blues ao Rock  »

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$5,000,000 (estimated)

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$13,856 (USA) (28 December 2007)

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$267,880 (USA) (20 June 2008)
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The principal shooting location was less than 50 yards from Hank Williams's boyhood home. See more »

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Though set in 1950 the one dollar bills paid to get into the show by patrons are not silver certificates but rather current currency. See more »

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Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 5 January 2008 (2008) See more »

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"Standing by the Highway"
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Arranged by Mason Daring
Published by Daring Music
Administered by Universal Music Inc. (ASCAP)
Performed by The New Beginnings Ministry Choir
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Good but not Great
31 August 2010 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

This film has it's moments and there is a lot going on. It is an incite into early Rock and Roll and the fact that it was black singers and musicians and not Elvis who started it all off. It shows the racism and corrupt attitudes of the deep south and there is a little love interest. Danny Glover is outstanding as is Stacey Keech but all the support roles are also really well done. My only criticism about this film is that it doesn't really go anywhere. At the end I was left with an empty feeling with so many unanswered questions. What happened to the young guitar/singer after that weekend? Who was that blind man exactly? ( if he was blind, he gave the Danny Glover character a knowing nod at the gig ) Whay didn't the Stacey Keech character expose the boy as not Guitar Sam? ( Money I am guessing? ) I think this was a good film and it kept my attention but it could have been grittier and a better ending.


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