Idlewild
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bryan Barber
Bill Nunn
Elton Laron
Carlos Sierra
Ayesha Orange
Jack Long
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the 1930s American South, there was one spot that served as a haven. All were welcome to come and find the Lord as they walked into church on Sunday mornings. When the good and righteous built these houses of worship, however, they did ask guests to leave a few things at the door, namely: cussing, liquor, fast women, gambling and guns. And that was the part of the sermon to which Rooster just didn't pay attention. Welcome to Idlewild, Georgia. Welcome to Church. Players gather nightly at the Church, with childhood friends--who grew up on opposite sides of the tracks--Rooster and Percival playing two key roles at the club. Soft-spoken and reserved mortician Percival sees playing piano at the nightclub as welcome respite from the doldrums of working in his overbearing father's funeral home. One night in Church, Percival meets the latest celebrity to tour the South, the ethereal Angel. Percival falls head over heels in love with the ingénue and is faced with a choice: stay or leave his oppressive father behind and pursue his dreams of becoming a song-and-dance man in the big cities of which he's only dreamed. Church's manager, Rooster, is the son of a moonshine runner, a man who has grown into his flashy clothes and role as a wheeler-dealer--juggling both his suspicious wife, Zora, and a cast of characters who make their money off the place's illegal dealings. But Rooster's problems multiply after he witnesses a shooting that places Trumpy--one of the mob men--into control of the influx of liquor into his juke joint. While on the run from the mob, the good-hearted scoundrel realizes his life of petty crime is taking him nowhere and must now fight his way back to his family while his best friend Percy tries to escape the hold Idlewild has on him--and start a new life performing in a faraway city.
Director
Bryan Barber
Cast
Bill Nunn
Elton Laron
Carlos Sierra
Ayesha Orange
Jack Long
Malinda Williams
John Norwood Fisher
Bruce Bruce
Rodney Johnson
Ryan Francois
China Anderson
Kenna Morris
Torya Beard
Marielys Molina
Esau Ali Caldwell
Paula Jai Parker
Karen Dyer
Carol Mitchell-leon
Victoria Parsons
Terrance Harrison
Josette Wiggan
Jalil Lynch
Nadine Ellis
Debra Killings
Lillian Jones
John Dexter Steward
Janice Lorraine
Ilia Jessica Castro
Cicely Tyson
Dannon Bryant
Erika Johnson
Macy Gray
Kevin Kendrick
Quinn Bass
Kyra Freeman
Paula Patton
Patrick Brown
Adesola A Osakalumi
Oscar Dillon
Jennifer D Johnson
Danielle Polanco
Ving Rhames
Patti Labelle
Andrt Benjamin
Faizon Love
Lakesha Lee
Cali Casino
Jason Samuels Smith
Big Boi
Isis Faust
Kabrina Truesdale
Stephanie Moseley
Chanel Malvar
Ivan Velez
Charlie Lucas
Henry Platt
Andrew Krish
Afemo Omilami
Angelo Moore
Annalisia Simone
Ben Vereen
Kevin Rowe
Cynthia Covington Blash
Autavia Bailey
Liwaza Green
Jennifer Edmonds
Michah James
Bre'wan Waddell
Terrence Howard
Tracie Burton
Edgar Godineaux
Crew
Milton Ager
Ulrika Akander
Christine Albers
William R Albright
Phalon Alexander
Phalon Alexander
Wolfgang Amadeus
Taylor Ammons
Coni Andress
Harold Arlen
Tammy Arnold
Dean Bailey
Bryan Barber
Bryan Barber
Kerry Barden
Kip Bartlett
Laura P Bartlett
Ron Bartlett
Shawn Barton
Hinton Battle
Jamie Baxter
Neil Beard
David Beavis
Wendy Bell
Andrt Benjamin
Andrt Benjamin
Andrt Benjamin
Andrt Benjamin
Frank Bennett
Ryan Bennett
Rufus Best
Don Bixby
Big Boi
Big Boi
Big Boi
Big Boi
Chris Bond
Susan J. Bonno-buckner
Patrick Borowiak
Larry Wayne Boswell
Steve Bowen
Ida Bozeman
David Brandt
Charles Breen
Jennifer Brett
Matthew Broeska
David Brown
Myrna Brown
Patrick Brown
Zack Brown
Tym Buacharern
Scott Buckwald
Susan Buffington
Kate Butler
Jeff Cadiente
Scott Callison
Cab Calloway
Rick Canelli
Jessica Cardinale
Neil Castles
Neil Castles
Karen Chalk
Cynthia L Chapman
Sasha Charlemagne
David Checel
Marty Cherrix
Alex Cherry
Ty Church
Vincent Cirilli
Linda Clark-thompson
Richard H Conkling
Erika Conner
John Copeman
Scott Corgan
Christopher C Courter
Rose Cox
Jay Coyle
Scott Crabbe
Jason Cramer
Peter T Crosman
Jon Crowder
Barbara D'alessandro
Joe D'alessandro
Andrea D'amico
Chris Dambra
Steve Danton
Dawn Darfus
Bill Glenn Davis
Kevin Davis
Scott R Davis
Sandy De Crescent
Eddie De Lange
John Debney
John Debney
Lola Debney
Brad Dechter
Cosmas A. Demetriou
Gary C Diamond
Deborah Maxwell Dion
Kathleen Cameron Doyle
Peter Enneking
David Esparza
Matt Fann
Robert Fernandez
Julian Filiberti
Eric Flickinger
Daniel B Foster
Elizabeth Fox
Anthony Franco
Anthony Franco
Cameron Frankley
Cameron Frankley
Yvonne Fraser
Scott Frye
George Robert Fuller
Kert Gartner
Julia Gaudette
Christine Gentry
Anthony Gerace Iii
Daniel Giannattasio
Joi Gilliam
Edgar Godineaux
Anne Goursaud
Laura Graham
Rufus Granger
Colin Grant
Macy Gray
William Green
Beejay Grob
John F Gross
Robert Guralnick
David Halsey
Terry Ham
Kristien Hamilton
Al Handler
George Harding
Kevin Hardison
Herbert Harrell
Vernon Harrell
Barbara Harris
Jason Harris
Jim Harrison
Matthew Heath
Carl Hector
Chester Lee Henderson
Joe Henke
David Allen Hill
Adam Hinson
Bryan Hirota
Billy Hopkins
John Paul Horstmann
Sasha Houdek
Melanie Hoyson
Michael J Hudson
Will Hudson
Kevin Huver
William Jacobs
Jamie S Johnson
Darcy M Jones
Michael A Jones
Norah Jones
Jacques Jouffret
Ryan Juggler
Linda Kamp
Kevin Kaska
Patrick Kavanaugh
Adam Kay
Marybeth Kelly
David Kelson
Kevin Kendrick
Kevin Kendrick
Erika J Kennedy
Karen Keyes
Keva Keyes
Jason King
Henry M. Kingi Jr.
Evyen Klean
Ted Koehler
Connie Kunz
Robert Labonge
Robert Labonge
Robert Lane
Mary Jo Lang
Andrew Lanier
Edward Leviseur
Stephen Lim
Larry Long
Skip Long
Veronica Lorenz
Alicia Lowe
Sarah Lucky
Larry Lunetta
David Lyons
Scott Macaulay
Donnie Macdonald
Lisa Maher
Carlton Mahone
Matt Malloy
Kevin Martinek
Nicole Martinez
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Began shooting August 23, 2004, and completed shooting October 26, 2004.
Released in United States Summer August 25, 2006
Released in United States on Video December 5, 2006
Released in United States on Video December 5, 2006
Released in United States Summer August 25, 2006
Project will feature music from Outkast's Grammy winning album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" as well as new, original songs to be released on a future album.
Longform directorial debut for Bryan Barber.
Project was originally slated as an HBO network project, but was picked up by Universal Pictures as a theatrical release.
