Sweet and Lowdown

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Sweet and Lowdown is a 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen that follows a fictional 1930s jazz guitarist and blends period music, mockumentary style, and bittersweet romance.

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instanceOf comedy-drama film
film
artDirectionFocus 1930s American settings
character Blanche NERFINISHED
Emmet Ray NERFINISHED
Hattie NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Zhao Fei NERFINISHED
costumeDesignFocus 1930s period clothing
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews
depicts American jazz scene of the 1930s
director Woody Allen NERFINISHED
distributor Sony Pictures Classics NERFINISHED
editedBy Alisa Lepselter NERFINISHED
exploresTheme artistic ego
romantic relationships
featuresMusicGenre gypsy jazz
swing
filmingLocation New York City
filmingStyle pseudo-documentary interviews
genre comedy-drama
romantic comedy-drama
hasNarrator Woody Allen NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Django Reinhardt NERFINISHED
language English
leadActor Sean Penn NERFINISHED
leadActress Samantha Morton NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation jazz guitarist
musicBy various 1930s jazz recordings
narrativeDevice talking-head commentators
narrativeForm mockumentary style
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
partOf Woody Allen filmography NERFINISHED
portrays fictional jazz guitarist Emmet Ray NERFINISHED
posterCaption Theatrical release poster
producer Jean Doumanian NERFINISHED
productionCompany Sweetland Films NERFINISHED
releaseDateUS 1999-09-03
releaseYear 1999
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Woody Allen NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1930s
stars Anthony LaPaglia NERFINISHED
Gretchen Mol NERFINISHED
Samantha Morton NERFINISHED
Sean Penn NERFINISHED
Uma Thurman NERFINISHED
theme bittersweet romance
tone bittersweet

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Stephen Tenenbaum produced Sweet and Lowdown
Samantha Morton notableWork Sweet and Lowdown
Alisa Lepselter editedFilm Sweet and Lowdown
Jean Doumanian notableWork Sweet and Lowdown