Idlewild Page #9

Synopsis: A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love, Angel or his obligations to his father.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Director(s): Bryan Barber
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
47%
R
Year:
2006
121 min
$12,549,485
Website
805 Views


I'm putting it in your hand.

Y'all gonna let him shoot me?

No.

Trumpy, don't shoot him!

Shut up! What did I say?

Money.

Here.

Percival! Percival!

Drop that sh*t.

Drop my sh*t right now.

What the f***'s wrong with

you? Put my money down!

Drop my sh*t.

Rooster!

What's happening?

Rooster!

Trumpy.

Come on, Wilbert.

Come on.

Percival.

Somebody call a doctor!

Rooster.

I'm out of here, fellas.

Are you okay?

Trumpy?

I'm gonna be okay.

You're okay.

Gonna go to Chicago,

see those bright lights.

We'll get out of here.

Got a new song.

I got a new song.

You gonna love it.

She stays alone

Never sheds a single tear

She stays in the coolest moods

Clearly Woman of the Year

She and all her girlfriends

They go out dressed to win

She comes back

to the cooler side of town

But she lives in my lap

She lives in my lap

She lives in my lap

Forever my fiance

She lives in my lap

Don't need no chain

She lives in my lap

I'll get the courage one day

Make me want you

Make me miss you

Make me wonder where you are

Then forget you

Girl remind me

Just who we are

We're oh-so-close

But yet so far

She lives in my lap

I'll get the courage one day

Sally B. Shelly.

I'm a star, remember.

Then I'm gonna hop on over

to New York City.

Honey, I am going

to travel the world!

Well, see you around,

Percival Jenkins.

Percival, it's Rooster. I got

something for you from Angel.

It's Rooster.

Percival.

Percival, open the door.

Open the door. Percival.

It's Rooster.

Every boy and girl,

woman to man

Percival.

When you feel you've done

about the best you can

The wagon come join the band

Vibrate

Percival.

Vibrate higher

I found these at Church.

Come on, man, you gotta go.

You got songs the whole world need

to hear. She would want that for you.

What about you? Man, I

gotta get my family back.

I see you dressed mighty nice.

Just right for Chicago.

Look at you.

Chicago.

God don't make no mistakes.

You ain't said nothing

slick to a can of oil.

Come on.

Come on, let's go.

All the world's a stage,

and all the men and women

merely players.

They all have

their exits and entrances,

each with

a specific role to play.

Can't survive

Right in the nick of time

It's always there Funny,

didn't it blow your mind

Powerful, magnificent

and so divine

It's always there

Funny, it'll blow your mind

Angel made her exit.

And I made mine.

Once you're stretched out

in that speacurbox,

it's over.

Can't go back

and change anything.

You got one shot in this life.

What you all doing,

pretty girls?

See, Dad done went

and bought a new Cadillac.

Peaches and cream, peaches

and cream. Y'all like it?

Hi, Dad.

Yeah.

Come on, give me a hug.

Let's go tell your mama.

Something smells good.

What's for dinner?

When it's your turn

under the spotlight,

you've got to

give it your best.

Once you do that, you never

know, life might surprise you.

Martin, you are so fussy.

Here, take your brother.

What is that?

Daddy got a new record.

Oh, he did.

Girl, look at you.

Lord have mercy.

Hey.

Well, all right.

How y'all doing?

Yes, ma'am.

Looking mighty fine.

I've been around the world

Seen so many pretty girls

But I still get overwhelmed

When I look in your eyes

Been from Maine to Spain

But everything seems the same

I only feel a change

When I look in your eyes

I know you're upper-class

I know you've got pizzazz

Every man wanna kiss your...

And I do, too

Rooster!

Hey, you know what?

I'm so happy to see you.

Well, it was fun

while it lasted.

Hold on. What you doing?

Don't leave me here!

Tell me what's a man to do

to get close to you

I'm just a lonely fool

When I look in your eyes

Don't tell me no this time

If you do, it'll blow my mind

Have you ever seen

a grown man cry?

It's an awful thing

I guess it's time

to say goodbye

But I gotta give it

one more try

I'm only satisfied

When I look in your eyes

Oh, please come home with me

Oh, don't you wanna marry me?

I'm even gonna love your feet

When they stink

How can I?

How can I let you down?

I guess I'm always

gonna be around

I'm simply astounded

When I look in your eyes

Ain't nobody

like my style

Yeah

I light my fire, yeah

I light my fire,

I light my fire

They blow it out, yeah

They blow it out,

they blow it out

And don't nobody

Gonna feel like that

No

Monkey's on my back, bro

Now, watch them all fall

Go on, fall

Look out

Nobody wanted to dance

When I had a lot of

time on my hands

Now I gotta lot of

hands on my time

And everybody wanna be

a friend of mine

Whoa, whoa,

I wouldn't mind a friend

The fellas back home

all trying to win

Moon keeps shining

on bootleg bottles

Cops in the street

Keep your feet on the throttle

Selling what they got

I can't afford a model

Yelling "Go, PJ, go"

Ain't nothing idle

Everything is wild, yeah

You can be here, now, yeah

Soon as you turn around

Be in the ground, yeah

Four, five,

six feet underground

And ain't no Bible

at this here Church, no

You won't find God, no

Might meet him first, oh

Oh, God, look out

Nobody wanted to leave

House so packed

that we couldn't even breathe

And ain't no better place

to fall in love

Angel sent from heaven above

Swing down

and come change your life

You might make a baby

Might meet your wife

But watch your thing

that you're gonna say

Deep down South,

there's a little old place

They're mighty wild cats

and they don't play

Don't make me send a telegram

to Rooster, he'll shoot you

Say, whoa, Mammy

Whoa, Mammy

Say, whoa, Pappy

Whoa

Everybody get up

No, no, no, no, get down

Everybody get up

No, no, no, no, get down

Everybody get up

No, no, no, no, get down

Everybody get up

No, no, no, no, get down

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Bryan Barber

Bryan Barber (born December 20, 1970) is a music video and motion picture director. He has directed many music videos for popular artists. more…

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