Idlewild

Resource Information

The work Idlewild represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Idlewild

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures and HBO Films present a Mosaic Media Group production ; a Forensic Films production ; a Bryan Barber film ; executive producers, William Green, Robin O'Hara and Scott Macaulay ; produced by Charles Roven, Robert Guralnick ; written and directed by Bryan Barber

Creator

• Idlewild (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Forensic Films (Firm)
• HBO Films
• Mosaic Media Group (Firm)
• OutKast (Musical group)
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Andre 3000, 1975-
• Barber, Bryan
• Battle, Hinton
• Benjamin, André
• Big Boi, (Musician)
• Debney, John
• Goursaud, Anne
• Gray, Macy
• Green, William
• Guralnick, Robert
• Howard, Terrence
• LaBelle, Patti
• Love, Faizon
• Macaulay, Scott
• O'Hara, Robin
• Parker, Paula Jai, 1969-
• Patton, Paula
• Rabaud, Pascal
• Rhames, Ving, 1961-
• Roven, Charles
• Sandoval, Arturo
• Thompson, Bobb'e J., 1996-
• Tyson, Cicely
• Vereen, Ben
• Williams, Malinda

Subject

• African American business enterprises
• African American business enterprises -- Southern States -- Drama
• African American singers
• African American singers -- Southern States -- Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gangs -- Southern States -- Drama
• Gangs -- Southern States -- Drama
• Gangsters
• Gangsters -- Estados del Sur (Estados Unidos) -- Teatro
• Gangsters -- Southern States -- Drama
• Man-woman relationship -- Southern States -- Drama
• Man-woman relationship -- Southern States -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships
• Man-woman relationships -- Southern States -- Drama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama -- Feature
• Melodrama, American
• Musical -- Feature
• Musical films
• Musical films
• Musical films
• Night clubs, cabarets, etc. -- Southern States -- Drama
• Night clubs, cabarets, etc. -- Southern States -- Drama
• Nightclubs
• Nightclubs -- Southern States -- Drama
• Relaciones humanas -- Estados del Sur (Estados Unidos) -- Teatro
• Southern States
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Melodrama
• Melodrama, American
• Musical
• Musical films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng

Summary

In the Prohibition-era American South, speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend not only with gangsters who have their eyes on the club, but also his piano player and partner Percival. Percival, meanwhile, must choose between his love for Angel and his obligations to his father

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Pascal Rabaud ; editor, Anne Goursaud ; music supervisors, André 3000, Big Boi ; musical score, John Debney with trumpet solos by Arturo Sandoval ; choreographer, Hinton Battle ; costume designer, Shawn Barton ; production designer, Charles Breen

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for violence, sexuality, nudity and language

Language note

Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing; dialogue in English or dubbed Spanish with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles

LC call number

PN1995.9.M86

LC item number

I3549553 2006

PerformerNote

André Benjamin, Antwan A. Patton, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Ben Vereen, Paula Jai Parker, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames

Runtime

121

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action