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

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Title: Sweet and Lowdown

Release Date: 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Directors:

Actors:
• Penn, Sean as Emmet Ray
• Morton, Samantha as Hattie
• Thurman, Uma as Blanche
• Markinson, Brian as Bill Shields
• LaPaglia, Anthony as Al Torrio
• Urbaniak, James as Harry
• Mol, Gretchen as Ellie
• Waters, John as Mr. Haynes
• Garrett, Brad as Joe Bedloe
• Allen, Woody as Himself
• Duncan, Ben as Himself
• Okrent, Daniel as A.J. Pickman
• Moran, Dan as Boss
• Darrow, Tony as Ben

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