Idlewild (2006)
A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.
- Date of release
- 2006-08-25
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (70)
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Music
- Director
- Bryan Barber
Casting
- André 3000 — Percival
- Big Boi — Rooster
- Paula Patton — Angel
- Terrence Howard — Trumpy
- Faizon Love — Ace
- Malinda Williams — Zora
- Cicely Tyson — Mother Hopkins
- Macy Gray — Taffy
- Ben Vereen — Percy Senior
- Bruce Bruce — Nathan
- Paula Jai Parker — Rose
- Bobb'e J. Thompson — Young Rooster
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: California and North Carolina
Idlewild is a 2006 American musical drama film written and directed by Bryan Barber. The film stars André 3000 and Big Boi of the hip hop duo Outkast and features musical numbers that were written, produced and chiefly performed by the group. Idlewild contrasts the group's hip-hop, funk, and soul sound against a story based on a juke joint in the fictional town of Idlewild, during the Great Depression in Georgia in 1935.
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