Honeydripper

Honeydripper

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.

Production Year: 
2007
Released: 
Tue, 06/24/2008
Run Time Minutes: 
122
Rating: 
PG-13
Genres: 
Music
Genres: 
Drama
Trailer: 
No
Format Aspect Ratio: 
16x9-Wide Screen
Resolution: 
480x720 LowRez
More Information: 
HD-1
Audio Language: 
English
Audio Format: 
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels: 
5.1
Actors: 
Danny Glover
Actors: 
Charles S. Dutton
Actors: 
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Actors: 
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Actors: 
Sean Patrick Thomas
Actors: 
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Actors: 
Stacy Keach
Actors: 
Kel Mitchell
Actors: 
Gary Clarke
Actors: 
Keb' Mo'