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[Dir. Woody Allen; 1999; color; 95 min.]
Sweet And Lowdown is Woody Allen's richly textured comedic and fictionalized biopic of an early swing-era jazz virtuoso that stars Sean Penn as Emmet Ray, who can't help but remind people that he is "the greatest guitar player in the world! ...except for that gypsy guy in France." With a great soundtrack to boot, the Jazz Series includes it as part of its Django Reinhardt's Centennial Celebration and as a companion piece to the appearance of Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing a week later at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. Sponsored in part by Commerce Bank.