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	Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Ray's idol for his talent as well as his persona, Reinhardt was known to sometimes not show up for his performance at all, much like the unpredictable Ray.
		Ray's indignant treatment of Hattie (Samantha Morton), a mute New Jersey laundress -- his (and for that matter, Allen's) complete antithesis, with whom he travels to California and with whom he feels comfortable -- is epitomized by his inability to bear his true feelings, for fear of becoming vulnerable and losing his gift.
		Ray's utter disregard for Hattie's feelings is evinced in two particular scenes -- one in which he strums his guitar while Hattie changes a flat tire on his car, and another in which he suddenly abandons her one morning, leaving nothing but money on the table.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /american/films/journal/bookrev/sweet-and-lowdown.htm (736 words)

	Sweet and Lowdown
		Penn stars as Emmet Ray, a 1930s jazz guitarist whose impeccable artistry, as is usually the case in Allen's films, is his sole virtue as a human being.
		Emmet, of course, is so elaborately self-absorbed that he takes no notice of his colleagues, and perhaps the film's structure as an attempted recovery of Emmet's forgotten biography leaves little room for attending to figures such as those played by LaPaglia and Urbaniak.
		When Emmet is not with her—and given the outrageous coarseness with which he speaks to and interprets her, it is inexplicable why she allows the relationship to develop—the activity in which we most often perceive Hattie is the ceaseless, day-long consumption of desserts.
	www.nicksflickpicks.com /sweetlow.html (1028 words)

	the samantha morton lowdown // characters
		Emmet picks her up on the boardwalk and takes her out boat riding, to dinner, games.
		People like Emmet and Gracie always think that people who don't care about the things they do or have a huge ego are stupid.
		Emmet isn't happy when Hattie lands a part in a movie.
	www.miserablelie.com /morton/hattie.html (235 words)

	Sony Pictures Classics: Sweet And Lowdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Woody Allen's latest film is the fanciful biography of a legendary jazz guitarist, Emmet Ray, who clashed with lovers, gangsters, musicians and success itself in the 1930¼s Jazz scene.
		Emmet forever stands in the shadow of his singular hero, the profoundly passionate Django Reinhardt.
		Emmet Ray's travels take him from New Jersey to Chicago, Detroit and even the bright lights of a Hollywood film studio - and took the production to some 85 period-dressed locations.
	www.sonyclassics.com /buyitonvideo/1999/sweetandlowdown.html (180 words)

	In newest Allen, not everyone says 'I love you' \| Feb 11, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Ray, who flourished briefly in the '30s before fading into obscurity, was considered by jazz aficionados to be second only to the magnificent gypsy guitarist, Django Rineheardt.
		Ray, with his severe limitations, must have been a difficult character for Penn to master, but he plays it convincingly and, at times, heart rendingly; he is a man who is struggling, yet unable to express his feelings.
		Hattie is a mute halfwit, and because of her silence, Ray is forced to listen to himself.
	www.yaleherald.com /archive/xxix/2000.02.11/ae/p20sweet.html (773 words)

	Sweet and Lowdown
		The hero is Emmet Ray (a terrific performance by Sean Penn), a fictional jazz guitarist from the 1930's, here given mocumentary treatment by Allen, complete with talking heads, speakers knowledgeable about jazz who relate bits of the history, deadpanning as if they were talking about, say, Duke Ellington on a PBS special.
		Ray, too, is a kleptomaniac, a pimp, and a drunk whose pleasures are shooting rats in the town dump and watching trains go by.
		Ray's emotional availability or lack thereof, is entwined with his artistry in a complicated way and that becomes a central theme of Sweet and Lowdown.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/SweetandLowdown.htm (561 words)

	SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: SWEET AND LOWDOWN
		Emmet is often late or shows up drunk for his shows, is known as a kleptomaniac and occasionally steals items (and then throws them away on the street), and he's a pimp for several prostitutes and is upset at the amount of money they bring him.
		Emmet has Hattie fire shots at a rat with his gun and when she misses, he fires and hits one, killing it (heard but not seen).
		Emmet pushes a man in a dance hall and later grabs his "date" and then throws her to the ground.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1999/sweet_and_lowdown.html (2002 words)

	Sweet and Lowdown
		Emmet's idea of showing a "dame" a good time is taking her to the local dump to shoot rats.
		In a marvelous scene boozer, Romeo, pimp, kleptomaniac, music prodigy, Emmet Ray and his buddy are out looking for babes when they stumble across Hattie (Samantha Morton) and her friend.
		Emmet, happy to be paired with "the small one" (Hattie), becomes uncontrollably fidgety when he learns Hattie is mute.
	www.rossanthony.com /S/swtlowdwn.shtml (351 words)

	Ghostbusters Fan Fic by Rem
		Emmet tumbles through the wall, down in to the kitchen, where he has luckily fallen free of Chow’s bite, and tumbles across boxes shelves and tables of ingredients, and finally landing on a bag of flour, dusting the room (and himself) completely in fine white powder.
		Emmet creaks his back in slight pain, saying “Well, if I was a dead sumo wrestler, where would I be?” He then thinks for a moment, and says to himself with sharp cynicism “I’d be in the kitchen--” Emmet’s words were interrupted by a booming thud throughout the kitchen.
		Ray immediately heard this and ran toward the kitchen, and blasted Chow from behind, neither Emmet nor Ray’s aim remained true enough to hold steady, and chow panicked, and retreated through the wall adjacent to the dining room—holding towing Emmet along with him with one hand.
	www.freewebs.com /thenexus/stories/gbfic.html (1708 words)

	Comedy
		Ray's life is told through anecdotes narrated by Woody Allen and jazz experts, commenting on a few episodes in his life.
		Emmet is kind of a wanderer, and he doesn't even know what he wants.
		It's amazing to watch Emmet because he is so lonely and doesn't even realize it and doesn't know what to do when he finally does fall in love.
	www.geocities.com /critiqueboutique/comedy.html (442 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Wandsworth Guardian
		Emmet Ray is a man on his way up, touring the clubs of East and West coast America but he is a man who can never settle down.
		As we watch Emmet's career progress we also witness his love affair with the mute Hattie, played by Samantha Morton, best known in Britain for her television appearances as Harriet in Emma and in the BBC's The History of Tom Jones.
		A would-be author, her constant attempts to analyse Emmet serve clearly to show their incompatibility but create the basis for an interesting comic twist to the plot.
	www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=98195 (725 words)

	Show #220 of Reeling: The Movie Review Show with Robin & Laura Clifford
		Emmet is remarkably talented and he is one of the greatest living guitarists.
		Emmet falls for the silent girl, but his inability to commit to another, coupled with his emotionally retarded personality, causes him to lose the one person whom, silently, loves him.
		Emmet realizes that Hattie was the woman for him only when it's too late - his art transcends his second tier status as he suffers and opens up emotionally - then he disappears into oblivion.
	www.reelingreviews.com /reel220.htm (7812 words)

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		Sean Penn, whose acting of late has blossomed exponentially, portrays the talented, hapless, boozing, womanizing, irresponsible spendthrift Emmet Ray with an impeccable mix of unwitting charm and unimpressive danger.
		The British actress Samantha Morton is equally fine as Hattie, a mute laundress who captures Emmet's attention for a while, and whose inability to speak allows Morton to perform exclusively with her expressive gamine face.
		As Emmet bellows about his greatness, getting drunk and blowing off gigs because he decides he'd rather be someplace else, it seems like Allen wants us to believe a great artist doesn't necessarily have to be a good human being.
	www.pitt.edu /~kloman/lowdown.html (672 words)

	Jazz Guitar ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Emmet is cocky and abusive with a self-destructive streak a mile wide.
		Emmet Ray's musical alter ego is none other than Howard Alden, one of the true virtuosi of jazz guitar today.
		The character of Emmet Ray is an American and would be expected to play in the style of, for example, Eddie Lang or Lonnie Johnson.
	www.jazzguitar.com /features/sweetlow.html (834 words)

	A Movie Parable: Sweet and Lowdown
		Emmet Ray was the second greatest guitar player in the world.
		Emmet Ray is like a composite of various musicians known and revered by jazz aficionados.
		Emmet is so awed by the playing of Django Reinhardt, he cries while listening to him play and even faints whenever in the great musician's presence.
	www.christiancritic.com /mov1999/sweetnlo.asp (627 words)

	Sweet and Lowdown
		Emmet "Ray of Truth" Ray is a genius with a head-full of neuroses and maladjustments.
		Emmet Ray is a great jazz guitarist, but he's also a drunk, a kleptomaniac, and the quintessential flake.
		Ray's subsequent romances are doomed, and it's not until the end of his musical career that he's willing to unleash his emotions and feel grief.
	www.bigempire.com /gooden/sweetandlowdown.html (592 words)

	Welcome to the Best of New Orleans!
		Ray is a supreme egotist, but he's nonetheless haunted by the knowledge that there's a guitarist better than he is, the (real-life) French gypsy Django Reinhardt.
		Still, because Emmet is such a gifted artist, he considers himself privileged when it comes to human relations, particularly relations with women.
		Emmet treats Hattie so badly that we never understand why she cares about him.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /mov/revarch/sweetlowdn.html (757 words)

	Allen back on top with 'Sweet and Lowdown'
		Emmet Ray is all of these things, and Sean Penn is Emmet Ray.
		Ray carries his guitar like a baby, the way Kirk Douglas handled his horn in "Young Man With a Horn." It is his Ramona, his Lara, his troubled soul.
		Emmet picks up his guitar and flows into a heartbreaking rendition of Django Reinhardt's "When Day Is Done." Heady beers are flattened with the tears of the new believers.
	www.centralmaine.com /happening/movies/rev0204.shtml (975 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Entertainment Guide
		Yes, Emmet's idea of a good time – when not playing guitar or strutting around with his latest female conquest – is going to the dump with his revolver and plugging rodents.
		What we get is an engaging mixture of period authenticity and sheer fun, as we follow the fictitious ups and downs of Emmet, who's torn between two impulses: his obsession to outplay Reinhardt and his love for Hattie (Samantha Morton), the only woman to steal his rakish heart.
		And there have been few moments funnier in the movies this year than the spectacle of Emmet trying to maintain his balance and dignity on that rickety moon, as he swoops towards the dizzying stage.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/entertainment/movies/reviews/sweetandlowdownhowe.htm (564 words)

	DVD Review - Sweet And Lowdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		He continues the tradition with "Sweet and Lowdown", the story of fictional jazz guitarist Emmet Ray, that is both heartfelt and funny.
		Actually, Emmet professes to be the best, but is quick to qualify the statement, saying that "there’s a gypsy in France who may be better".
		Emmet’s ego knows no bounds, and he justifies any questionable actions by invoking his status as a "Great Artist", as though that gives him the right to act with impunity.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/sweet_and_lowdown.shtml (1050 words)

	Shadows on the Wall: SWEET AND LOWDOWN
		It's the 1930s, and the central figure is jazz musician Emmet Ray (Penn), the second best guitarist in the world who quakes at the thought of his idol, Django Reinhardt.
		The film is a comedy of sorts recounting the larger than life story of Emmet, a man whose idea of a good time is to take women down to the dumpster to shoot rats with his gun or to sit by the train tracks to watch the trains pass by.
		Emmet, a literal trainspotter a good half century before Irvine Welsh came into the scene, turns out to be quite a character, fancying himself as an 'artiste' whose work seems always to get tangled up with his never-ending lady problems.
	www.shadowsonthewall.co.uk /swswelow.htm (690 words)

	Jazzoids: Jazz scene for Pacific Northwest, Seattle, including club and tour calendars, festivals, reviews and musician ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The time frame of Sweet and Lowdown is never made clear, but by its looks and sound, this story of Emmet Ray, possibly the world's second greatest jazz guitarist (after Django Reinhardt) seems to be set in the 1930's.
		Ray invariably gets fired for arriving at his gigs late, drunk or both.
		The performances of Sean Penn as Ray, Samantha Morton as his girlfriend Hattie and Uma Thurman as his wife Blanche are all terrific.
	www.jazzoids.com /reviewssweetandlow.htm (314 words)

	Lotta Reviews: Drama & Comedy Movies, Film Stars, Film Directors, Hollywood Movies, Film Actors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Ray's character is introduced by jazz fanatic Woody Allen in a mock- documentary style interview with Allen himself and intercut with comments and stories from jazz critics and writers to complete the joke.
		The running gag about Ray is that he acknowledges only one man superior to himself and that would be the real life jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt who hailed from France.
		As crass as Ray is, Penn makes him extraordinarily likable; he's a kleptomaniac; he's late to club dates, shows up drunk or not at all; he's a ladies man and sometimes pimp and he's always, always in debt.
	www.lottareviews.com /archives/arc_movies/sweetnlow.html (388 words)

	the samantha morton lowdown // filmography
		Hattie is a sweetheart and Emmet does love her in his own way but can't get too close to her.
		The "no this is what really happened" part where Emmet holds a gun to his head and a tire backfires, making you think he shot himself in the head.
		At first Emmet didn't want anything to do with her when he met her on the boardwalk and then he really started to like her.
	www.miserablelie.com /morton/lowdown.html (466 words)

	Mixed Reviews - Sweet and Lowdown - reviewed by Jill Cozzi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Emmet Ray is brought to fascinating life by Sean Penn. This actor's weaselly face is perfect for this sleazy character, who still has a romantic enough soul to envision himself being lowered to the stage seated with his guitar on a huge crescent moon.
		Yet for all that Emmet Ray has talent, and Penn portrays him with an affectionate derision, he is still the Woody Allen alter-ego, and his treatment of women is abominable.
		Yet for all that she allows Emmet to treat her as a doormat, she ultimately demonstrates the greater strength, and arguably has the last laugh.
	www.mixedreviews.net /maindishes/2000/lowdown/sweetandlowdown.shtml (811 words)

	Film & TV: Portrait of the Artist as a Jazz Man (Weekly Alibi . 02-21-00)
		Turns out ol' Emmet's negotiating with chicks he pimps for extra cash; quicker than you can say "it seems to me I've heard that song before," all is forgiven with a few angelic strains from the guitarist.
		Ray is also prey to a maestro's Don Juan tactics with the ladies as well, for through the reels no fewer than three women will share his affections on long-term bases: long-suffering Ellie (Gretchen Mol), absolutely charming Hattie (Samantha Morton) and society sycophant Blanche (Uma Thurman).
		We know inside of thirty minutes that Emmet shoots rats at the dump, hangs out at trainyards, stifles his emotions and is unhealthily intimidated by the great Django Reinhardt.
	weeklywire.com /ww/02-21-00/alibi_filmreview2.html (670 words)

	Outpost.com \| Columbia TriStar (DVD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Emmet Ray (Sean Penn) is a 1930s jazz guitarist considered one of the finest musicians ever to touch a fretboard, second only to the legendary Django Reinhardt.
		For all the passion and sensitivity of his music, Emmet is a louse off-stage; he earned his living as a pimp before gaining fame, and he throws his money away on flashy clothes and big cars, going through women like guitar picks.
		Emmet later marries Blanche (Uma Thurman), a beautiful and refined woman with a career as an author, but she is no more interested in fidelity than he is, and in time he realizes how foolish he was to give up Hattie.
	www.outpost.com /product/2933525 (466 words)

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