Idlewild

Aug 25, 2006

2h 1m

★ 5.6

Overview

A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Music

Production Companies

HBO Films

Forensic Films

Atlas Entertainment

Universal Pictures

Idlewild Trailers

Cast

Percival

André 3000

Rooster

Big Boi

Angel

Paula Patton

Trumpy

Terrence Howard

Ace

Faizon Love

Zora

Malinda Williams

Mother Hopkins

Cicely Tyson

Taffy

Macy Gray

Percy Senior

Ben Vereen

Nathan

Bruce Bruce

Rose

Paula Jai Parker

Young Rooster

Bobb'e J. Thompson

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