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  1. Filmed and set in Georgiana, Alabama circa 1950, the film stars Danny Glover as the owner of a traditional blues club that is failing and in danger of being taken over until he hires a young electric guitarist ( Gary Clark, Jr.) to stand-in as the popular "Guitar Sam" in the hopes of attracting a younger crowd.

  2. May 9, 2008 · Honeydripper: Directed by John Sayles. With Danny Glover, LisaGay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton. 1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis.

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    • John Sayles
    • 2008-05-09
  3. Jan 17, 2008 · An Alabama blues club owner (Danny Glover) must find a stand-in for his main attraction at the last minute in Honeydripper. By Roger Ebert. John Sayles ' "Honeydripper" is set at the intersection of two movements that would change American life forever: civil rights, and rhythm & blues.

  4. Faced with mounting debts and stiff competition from a rival nightclub and its newfangled jukebox, small-town Alabama club owner Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover) and his partner Maceo (Charles S ...

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  5. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the chicken man, and the landlord, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint, away from Touissant's, the rival joint across the way.

  6. Sep 10, 2007 · In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.

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  8. Dec 28, 2007 · “Honeydripper,” John Sayless shambling fusion of pop mythology and social mosaic, imagines the world-changing moment, around 1950, in the rural South when a blues guitarist first plugged in...