Sweet and Lowdown
1999|91 min|Comedy, Drama, Music
THE STORY
A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. We follow Ray's life: bouts of getting drunk, his bizzare hobbies of shooting rats and watching passing trains, his dreams of fame and fortune, his strange obsession with the better-known guitarist Django Reinhardt, and of course, playing his beautiful music.
THE STORY
A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. We follow Ray's life: bouts of getting drunk, his bizzare hobbies of shooting rats and watching passing trains, his dreams of fame and fortune, his strange obsession with the better-known guitarist Django Reinhardt, and of course, playing his beautiful music.
CAST & CREW
Cast
Samantha Morton
Woody Allen
Sean Penn
Ben Duncan
Director
Woody Allen
INFORMATION
Production company
Sweetland Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Music
Released
1999
Age rating
PG
LANGUAGES
Audio
English
Subtitles
None