Honeydripper Page #8

Synopsis: 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. 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. His plan to hire a guitar legend go awry and Tyrone is forced to take drastic action in a final scheme to save the club.
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Director(s): John Sayles
Production: Emerging Pictures
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
PG-13
Year:
2007
124 min
Website
46 Views


and pray

# You got to kneel

for the saviour and pray

There ain't no hiding

from the judgement day

# There ain't no hiding

# From the judgement day

# No, there ain't no hiding

# From the judgement day. #

Have a good time.

Hi there, young lady.

Good evening, welcome to the

Honeydripper. Have a good time.

Everybody's getting restless.

How we doing? We're gonna be

full up, but the food...

Is Delilah coming in?

What if I've lost her?

She won't let you down, Ty.

This ain't going to work, is it?

You just got to play it out and see.

Guitar Sam!

See if you can push another round

of drinks while I stall them.

Then you going to bring him out?

Sam!

We coming here to hear

the guitar man play!

Be on the wires.

Give them three bars Guitar Sam!

I got a baseball bat under the

counter but you out here all alone.

Just get the liquor moving, Mace.

And keep the money

where you can run with it.

Guitar Sam!

The Lord don't want nobody

to sit back and suffer.

He want you to stand up.

He want you to rise up.

He want you to step forward

and come down to the merciful arms

of his eternal salvation.

A fire is heating up,

brothers and sisters,

and judgement day is nigh.

Anybody out there tonight

want to answer his call?

Anybody out there tonight, is gonna

step forward and be saved?

Ain't no time to hesitate.

Got to come on down

and offer yourself to the Lord.

Come on. Come on, come on, sister.

I believe you hear the

Lord's voice talking to you sister.

That's the Lord's voice

and I believe you hear it.

I do believe you hear it.

Come on down.

Bring it on down to his salvation.

Feel the Lord at your back.

You got to leave them sinners behind.

Come on down.

Come on down.

I see you sister, coming.

I see the Lord is talking to you.

I hear the Lord is talking to you.

I believe you hear him, sister.

Come on down,

you hear the voice of the Lord?

You hear the voice of the Lord.

That voice is trying to tell you

where you need to be right now,

sister.

All you've got to do,

all you've got to do

is move your feet and get there.

Move your feet and get there.

You look good.

Damn.

He look good, don't he, Daddy? Yeah.

Honey, I need you to get right

by that front door

and take over collecting

the cover charge.

Anything happens,

go wrong or something,

you just step out and walk away

from the club, you hear?

What's going to go wrong?

Guitar Sam here,

gets them soldier boys jumping,

get a little rough in here.

Just stay on your toes, that's all.

OK.

China Doll?

You know there ain't a thing in

this world I wouldn't do for you?

Even if I mess up sometimes.

You know that, right?

I know that, Daddy.

You go on, now.

Well, you look like something

that would come out of New Orleans.

I forget to tell you,

I fixed your hook-up.

My what?

Your hook-up, where your

electricity comes in. It was...

Ty, we've got a situation out there.

You don't think I know that?

Got the law in the house.

Didn't think

we'd be seeing you so soon.

You got a real nice crowd

here tonight, Tyrone.

I see them army uniforms.

We got ourselves

this special attraction. See...

Chicken. Huh?

Them ribs outside smell real good,

but I'm afraid my heart's set

on some of your wife Delilah's

fried chicken.

Right.

She made it last Saturday

at the mayor's,

but old Clayford Gentry came up

and he ate all the drumsticks.

I'm partial to dark meat.

The situation

regarding... sherriff...

She is in the back there cooking,

isn't she?

Maybe, if you would come back here

a little bit later.

Regular or spicy?

They both take the same time to

fix up. I just got to know which.

I have to make mine regular,

I'm afraid, ma'am.

Spicy is just fine,

but it always comes back

to nip at me later.

It's important not to bite off

more than you can chew.

You just make yourself at home.

Good luck tonight, baby.

Slap some mayonnaise on it.

You want to wait over there,

Sherriff?

Don't want to scare off

the customers.

Here he comes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, here is what you all

been waiting for.

Noted performer and recording star,

direct from New Orleans, Louisiana,

here's Guitar Sam.

FEEDBACK:

Sorry about that, folks.

Must have got kicked on the train.

FEEDBACK STOPS:

Thank you, Jesus.

# Well, I'm gonna hold my baby

as tight as I can

# Tonight she'll know

I'm a mighty, mighty man

# Have you heard the news

There's good rockin' tonight

# Have you heard the news

There's good rockin' tonight

# Sweet Lorraine, Sioux City Sue

# Georgia Brown, California too

# Have you heard the news

There's good rockin' tonight

# Meet me in a hurry behind the barn

# Don't be afraid

I'll do you no harm

# I want you to bring

my rockin' shoes

# Cos tonight I'm gonna

rock away all my blues

# Have you heard the news

There's good rockin' tonight... #

Got to check that out.

Let's go. Come on!

# Have you heard the news?

There's good rockin' tonight

# They'll all be there

Just wait and see

# Rockin' and a-rollin'

At the jamboree

# Have you heard the news?

There's good rockin' tonight

# Have you heard the news?

# There's good rockin' tonight. #

CHEERING:

Oh, my soul!

Don't tire yourself out, poppa.

Me and you got business together.

I believe we do.

All right.

All you men, grab a hold of a woman.

If you ain't got a woman,

just grab a hold of yourselves.

We're gonna play this one for you,

slow and tight.

# They did the boogie real slow

# With the blue lights way down low

# They did the boogie real slow

# With the blue lights way down low

# I went to a party

# With the bobby socks

# At the party

# Man, I really got a shock... #

42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 150.

And there's another 50 in here.

Lucky Hardaware don't mind

some change, does he?

What if Mr Hardaware were to say

let the chumps keep their change?

He wants the club back,

one way or the other.

How that be?

Well, he better take that up

with my business partner.

The sheriff your business partner?

Yeah. And he's twice as mean

as he is ugly.

You must want this club

awful bad, brother.

Maybe y'all didn't notice,

but that ain't no Guitar Sam.

# At the party

# Oh, I was like a chaperone

# I couldn't boogie real slow

# With the blue lights way down low

# I like to boogie real slow

# With the blue lights

way down low. #

CHEERING:

Sam!

You is a liar, boy.

I know Sammy since he was

drinking his mama's milk.

Hell, I know his mama,

she's lives up near mine.

And you ain't him.

That's Creole Sammy you're talking

about, pops. I'm Delta Guitar Sam.

As long as we straight on that.

Get on out of here

and let the man play.

Yeah.

I'm gonna play one for you right

now that I come up with today

while I was having my hair cut.

# Ch-Ch-Ch-China Doll

# Can't get you off of my mind

# Oh, oh, China Doll

# Can't get you off of my mind

# But if you're gonna be my baby,

leave all them others behind

# Oh, oh, China Doll

# I think about you day and night

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John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996). His film Men with Guns (1997) has been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), has been added to the National Film Registry. more…

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