After their annual free concert at chicagos dearborn settlement, benny goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, tony birch, steals goodmans clarinet. In the 1930s, jazz guitarist emmet ray idolizes django reinhardt, faces. Sweet and lowdown, by george gershwin, is a song on the soundtrack of woody allens manhattan the scene towards the end of the film in which emmet ray is drunk in a new york bar was filmed in chumleys, a bar on bedford street in greenwich village. The 58th annual ann arbor film fest will stream all of its films for free due to coronavirus. Ray was an irresponsible, freespending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcoholabusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. Prince, tom petty, steve winwood, jeff lynne and others while my guitar gently weeps duration. A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist emmett ray.
Sweet and lowdown having performed that evening in a downtown nightclub, jazz guitar genius emmett ray sean penn leaves with a group of newfound acquaintances. Sweet and lowdown 1999 stream and watch online moviefone. Jun 08, 2000 sweet and lowdown is another eccentric indulgence for the director, a minor work which does not feel as if the master has lavished much on it, either in feeling or craftsmanship, and everything in. In the 1930s, jazz guitarist emmet ray idolizes django reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman. The dog is his talent, and it drags him where it wants to go. Gimme the sweet and lowdown you better get outta the way its history made the hard way from a hero to a zero once again aint no time for vanity or this insanity youre maladjusted and now youre busted once again i can tell you now. Though a talented musician, rays personal life is a shambles. Released december 3rd, 1999, sweet and lowdown stars sean penn, samantha morton, uma thurman, brian markinson the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of 70 out.
For the 1999 woody allen film, see sweet and lowdown. Read the sweet and lowdown movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. It was his first american film and has been said about hi. Woody allens mockumentary about a lovably rogueish 1930s jazz guitarist by the name of emmet ray is a personal tribute to an inspirational period of musical history. It came on ifc the other night and since ive been on this independent film kick lately, that and it starred penn, morton and thurman, i decided to give it a watch.
Were the sweetest, most lowdown groovin, chillest band in town. Their repertoire of rock and pop classics ranges from the 1920s, 30s and 40s right through to the current chart hits of today. Sweet and lowdown tells the story of emmet ray, the worlds second greatest guitar player who ever lived. It has many touches in it that are classic woody allen, so it should appeal to his many fans. Emmet ray is like a man with a very large dog on a leash. Sweet and lowdown fullscreen sean penn actor, samantha morton actor rated. Jun 04, 20 sweet and lowdown displays his incredible range of talent. Morton creates the only really believable or sympathetic character in the film and well deserved her supporting actress oscar nomination. Supercool speakeasystyle 4piece with spectacular fourpart harmonies and femalemale lead vocals, playing jazz standards through to rockpop classics with a vintage twist. Another woody allen film that shows his huge love for jazz music. With benny goodman, benny goodman and his orchestra, linda darnell, jack oakie. Watch sweet and lowdown full movie in hd visit a comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist emmet.
Sean penn plays emmett ray, the second best guitar player in the world, after django reinhardt whose music has peppered allens films for decades. Mar 17, 2020 parasite is a wickedly sharp black comedy about class. Sweet and lowdown is a 1944 film directed by archie mayo and starring benny goodman and linda darnell. If youre pretty, ill just invite you back to my place to watch it. Sweet, gentle, sad, with amazing performances by sean penn and samantha. The film also stars uma thurman and anthony lapaglia.
Sweet and hot when i was about 15, i became interested in jazz from hearing a recording by sidney bechet from paris on the radio, a halfhour concert, and gradually my interest widened to include a great many musicians from the new orleans area that inevitably led to django reinhardt, because he was one of the greatest american jazz musicians at that time. Imo the best woody allen film, but im a django fan and love the music of this. In 1999 he did just that with sweet and lowdown, a mockumentary about a fictional jazz guitarist named emmet ray that gave allen an excuse to delve into the cheerful 30s jazz with which he spends much of his free time as clarinetist for a. His scriptwriting is so witty that there isnt anything i can compare it too. The sweet lowdown performs madison county waltz by miriam sonstenes on pender island, bc, august 2019. Woody allen is the contemporary equal of intelligent comedy since billy wilder died. The atmosphere, combined with sweet and lowdown s entertaining momentum and zippy jazz score, makes it easy for you to get swept away for 90 minutes of great jazz and good fun. Looking back, it was probably only a matter of time before filmmaker woody allen decided to combine his professional career and his favorite hobby.
Woody allen, ben duncan, nat hentoff, douglas mcgrath. The atmosphere, combined with sweet and lowdowns entertaining momentum and zippy jazz score, makes it easy for you to get swept away for 90 minutes of great jazz and good fun. Wie ublich wurde dieser film in video hd hohe auflosung fur kinoprojektion oder blurays mit dolbydigitalaudio gefilmt. Watch sweet and lowdown 1999 full movie streaming youtube. The film plays out like a documentary, where music critics and woody allen himself discusses the. Emmett considered himself to be the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world next to django reinhardt. This tune was recorded by old paint duo on their debut album. Woody allen is in a mellow mood with sweet and lowdown, the fictionalized biopic of a supposedly legendary american jazz. Sweet and lowdown is the 29th film written and directed by woody allen. Goodman and popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led them to. Almost all of his favorite themes are in place, as well as his most notable flaws. The film was a fictionalized version of life with goodman, his band, and their manager while entertaining at military camps. Movies like sweet and lowdown if you like sweet and lowdown you are looking for humorous, sentimental and tragicomedy movies about with jazz, infidelity, musician, music, love and romance, musicians life and fall in love themes of comedy, drama and music genre shot in usa.
If you havent seen sweet and lowdown, dont tell me that. The arc of woody allens career has taken many side roads, but sweet and lowdown could be the most unwoody allen of all of woody allens films. Emmet ray sean penn is jazz guitarist who achieved some acclaim in the 1930s with a handful of recordings for rca victor, but who faded from public view under mysterious circumstances. Gimme the sweet and lowdown youre looking kinda punch drunk cuz thats the way you strut your stuff with a swing and a swagger down the road you go you shoulda made a better choice and listened to your inner voice you gotta get right or get left, dont ya know. Allens homage to his jazz love was a little seen film but it is nonetheless very redeeming. Sweet and lowdown is a comedydrama passed during the 30s, in a documentarybiography style telling the life of the famous jazz guitarist emmett ray emmett ray is a jazz guitarist that entitles himself as the greatest guitar player in the country after his great icon django reinhardt. A 1930s jazz guitarist sean penn clashes with lovers samantha morton, uma thurman and others.
Sweet and lowdown, woody allens film from 1999, starred sean penn as the legendary, but fictitious jazz guitarist of the 30s, emmett ray. For all the passion and sensitivity of his music, emmet is a louse offstage. I keep waiting for the rereleaseupgrade announcements, but have heard or seen nothing for months. Sean penn, samantha morton, anthony lapaglia, uma thurman. The sweet lowdown first performed for folk harbour audiences at the 2012 festival, and many are enthusiastically awaiting the groups return to lunenburg. Sweet and lowdown by howard alden book sheet music for. Social distortion gimme the sweet and lowdown lyrics. Sweet and lowdown displays his incredible range of talent. There are times in sweet and lowdown when ray, the secondbest jazz guitarist in the world, seems almost like a bystander as his fingers and his instinct create heavenly jazz. Trivia sweet and lowdown was filmed entirely in new york and new jersey but set in the chicago area and california. His direction is dead on and the film just leaves you with a good feeling in your bones and your brain. Since 2012, the group has released the album chasing the sun 2014, which was nominated for a western canadian music award for. Then again, she may simply seem so good because the other main characters in sweet and lowdown are so poorly written her lack of dialogue definitely works in her favor in that regard.
Emmet ray is a 1930s jazz guitarist considered one of the finest musicians ever to touch a fretboard, second only to the legendary django reinhardt. Sweet and lowdown is another eccentric indulgence for the director, a minor work which does not feel as if the master has lavished much on it, either in. Sweet and lowdown is a 1999 american comedydrama mockumentary film written and directed by woody allen. With miller in europe, fox turned to one of his biggest rivals, benny goodman and his orchestra to star, in the film sweet and lowdown 1944.
Goodman and popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led. Its a classic woody tale of the wrongheaded artistprotagonist who tosses aside the love of a good woman for a notsogood one and only figures it out when its too late. Sweet and lowdown is a 1999 american comedydrama film written and directed by woody allen set in the great depression, the film tells the story of jazz guitarist emmet ray played by sean penn who regards himself as the second greatest guitarist in the world after jazz icon django reinhardt. Stardust memories 1980, hannah and her sisters 1986, crimes and misdemeanors 1989, broadway danny rose 1984, husbands and wives 1992. Emmet ray is introduced at the beginning of the film by woody allen, amongst others, who confesses he has always been a huge fan of rays work and persona. This movie was one of the best of 1999 much better than the phantom menace.