Idlewild (2006)
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.
Top billed cast
André 3000Percival
Big BoiRooster
Paula PattonAngel
Terrence HowardTrumpy
Faizon LoveAce
Malinda WilliamsZora
Cicely TysonMother Hopkins
Macy GrayTaffy
Ben VereenPercy Senior
Bruce BruceNathan
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