Sweet and Lowdown

Woody Allen directs Sean Penn to act like a jazz legend. A self-proclaimed, second-best guitarist negotiates 1930s life, complete with molls and mute women. It's a period film that asks: what if Woody was a supremely talented, but troubled, jazzman?

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Woody Allen directed Sweet and Lowdown in 1999. See Woody Allen's full filmography, where to start with Woody Allen, or where to go after you've seen everything by Woody Allen.

Sweet and Lowdown was released in 1999 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.