Idlewild Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

Set amidst the backdrop of a 1930s southern speakeasy, the film follows two characters, Percival (Andre Benjamin), the club's piano player, and Rooster (Antwan Patton), the club's lead performer and manager, through intersecting stories of love and ambition.

Drama Musical

• A
  Andre Benjamin

  Charlotte's Web, Four Brothers

• A
  Antwan Patton

• 
  Ving Rhames

  Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

• T
  Terrence Dashon Howard

  Crash, Four Brothers

• F
  Faizon Love

  Life As We Know It, Zookeeper

• M
  Malinda Williams

  First Sunday, Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls

• P
  Paula Jai Parker

  Animal, My Baby's Daddy

• J
  Jackie Long

  Bodied, Lovewrecked

• 
  Paula Patton

  WarCraft, 2 Guns

• P
  Patti LaBelle

• M
  Macy Gray

  Sneaks, For Colored Girls

• B
  Ben Vereen

  Time Out of Mind

Who is making Idlewild – Crew List

A look at Idlewild behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Bryan Barber last helmed Gigantor. The film's writer Jeff Whitty last penned Can You Ever Forgive Me?.

Director

Bryan Barber

Screenwriter

Jeff Whitty

Producers

Robert Guralnick
Charles Roven

Production – What we know about the Idlewild

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Key Facts

• • "Seeing a very rough cut of this film was an incredibly exciting experience," announced Adam Fogelson, President, Universal Pictures Marketing and Eddie Egan, Co-President, Universal Pictures Marketing. "We very much wanted to be part of bringing this film to a wide audience, and we're delighted to be partnering with HBO Films and Charles Roven."
  • The film's soundtrack will feature all new songs by OutKast and will be released on LaFace/Zomba Label Group in the fourth quarter of 2005.
  • The dance sequences are choreographed by legendary performer and three-time Tony winner Hinton Battle.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed Idlewild movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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