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Dec 22, 1999 · Sweet And Lowdown. Comedy. 95 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1999. Roger Ebert. December 22, 1999. 5 min read. Emmet Ray is like a man with a very large dog on a leash. The dog is his talent, and it drags him where it wants to go. There are times in “Sweet and Lowdown” when Ray, “the second-best jazz guitarist in the world,” seems almost like a ...
Dec 8, 2000 · Sweet And Lowdown (2000) Woody Allen's fine film celebrates his love of jazz by recalling the troubled life of a forgotten great, Emmet Ray. He was, we are told, the second greatest guitarist...
Woody Allen enters the realm of the imaginary biopic with deadpan seriousness, forsaking his beloved New York for jazz dives and hotel rooms. Emmet Ray (Sean Penn) is a bit of a mystery. Allen and a select group of talking heads attempt to piece together the contradictions in his mercurial life.
Jan 1, 2000 · Sweet and Lowdown. Woody Allen's most delightful film in perhaps ten years - and he's made some real treats in that time - takes the form of an anecdotal "biopic" which, in creating a fictional...
Sweet and Lowdown is a 1999 American comedy-drama mockumentary written and directed by Woody Allen. Loosely based on Federico Fellini's film La Strada, [1] the film tells the story of jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (played by Sean Penn) who falls in love with mute laundress Hattie (Samantha Morton).
Sweet and Lowdown is the story of a fictional jazz guitarist who is self admittedly the second best in the world(next to that gypsy in France) but there is one thing that is clear while watching this movie, sean penn is second to no one.
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Dec 3, 1999 · A rewarding and satisfying drama, that satirizes biopics while embodying Allen's love for jazz into a great character, brought to life with a terrific performance by Sean Penn. Sweet and Lowdown is Allen's finest dramatic work.
