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Honeydripper
Honeydripper
Friday to Sunday
April 18, 19 & 20
Friday: 5, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.
Saturday: 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.
Sunday: 2:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
Directed by John Sayles
Rated PG-13 - 123 minutes
Iconoclastic filmmaker John Sayles, in his 16th feature film, continues his extraordinary examination of the complexities and shifting identities of American sub-cultures in the new film Honeydripper. With his usual understated intelligence, Sayles uses the rhythms of the citizens of Harmony, Alabama to immerse the audience into the world of the Jim Crow south. Its a fable about the birth of rock n rolla quintessentially American subject, but with a fidelity to time and temperament that is unusual in an American director.
Its 1950 and its a make or break weekend for Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover), the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to bring back the crowds that used to come to his place. He decides to lay off his long-time blues singer Bertha Mae, and announces that hes hired a famous guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night only gig in order to save the club. Into town drifts Sonny Blake, a young man with nothing to his name but big dreams and the guitar case in his hand.
Even more than the music in this musically rich picture, the great pleasure of "Honeydripper" is in watching Danny Glover as Tyrone Purvis, the club owner. - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
John Sayles is a natural storyteller and national treasure, dedicated to spinning narratives of America, state by state, into a vibrant quilt of 20th-century American history. - Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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LocationBeach Theatre - Cinema One
711 Beach Ave
Cape May, NJ 08204
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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