Idlewild (film)

Idlewild is an American musical film, released August 25, 2006, written and directed by Bryan Barber. The film stars Andr 3000 and Big Boi of the hip hop duo Outkast, and Idlewild features musical numbers written, produced, and chiefly performed by Outkast. Idlewild contrasts Outkasts hiphopfunksoul sound against a story based on a juke joint in the fictional Depressionera town of Idlewild, Georgia in 1935.

Percival 3000 and Rooster Boi have been good friends since childhood. However, as they grow up, they each begin to live separate lives. Percival works at his father Percy Seniors Vereen morgue preparing dead bodies during the day, and works at a local club called Church owned by Ace Love at night playing the piano. Rooster grows up and involves himself in gambling, partying and business deals he also gets married to Zora Williams and has a family. In addition, Rooster also works at the Church club as a performer. Another performer at the club is Taffy Gray who is a drunk, loudmouth, jealous diva, who is slowly falling out of the limelight.One night when Rooster shows up late to the club, due to an argument with his wife Zora, everyone becomes upset and rowdy including gangsters Spats Rhames, Trumpy Howard, Ace and Rose Paula Jai Parker who have a business deal with the club and Rooster. Finally Rooster shows up and performs Rooster, Spats, Trumpy and Ace talk about their deal. Spats wishes to get out of the business of rumrunning, and is willing to sell out to Ace. Meanwhile, backstage, a singer from St. Louis named Angel Davenport Paula Patton comes into the club and starts to complain about her train ride and her contract with the club Angel also begins to flirt with Percival. Rooster and Rose have sex in a car in a warehouse until they hear people coming into the warehouse, Rose jumps out of the car, gets dressed and confronts Spats, Trumpy and Ace who have just arrived. Rose then runs off, Trumpy then shoots and kills Spats and Ace in order to get the business for himself and eliminate the only witness he knew about. ........

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