Idlewild

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Idlewild

2006

2h 1m

5.6(63 votes)

Crime

Drama

Music

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

29 members

Acting

André 3000

Percival

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Big Boi

Rooster

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Paula Patton

Angel

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Terrence Howard

Trumpy

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Faizon Love

Ace

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Malinda Williams

Zora

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Cicely Tyson

Mother Hopkins

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Macy Gray

Taffy

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Ben Vereen

Percy Senior

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Bruce Bruce

Nathan

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Paula Jai Parker

Rose

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Bobb'e J. Thompson

Young Rooster

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Patti LaBelle

The Real Angel Davenport

Acting

Ving Rhames

Spats

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Jackie Long

Monk

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Oscar Dillon

Bobo

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Crew

Jalil Jay Lynch

Cliff

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Esau McGraw

Sonny

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Bre'Wan Waddell

Young Percival

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Carol Mitchell-Leon

Auntie Belle

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China Anderson

Rooster's Daughter

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Isis Faust

Rooster's Daughter

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Kyra Freeman

Rooster's Daughter

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Kabrina Truesdale

Rooster's Daughter

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Camera

Rodney Johnson

Fatts

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Bill Nunn

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Nadine Ellis

Church Dancer

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Afemo Omilami

Walter

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Dabier

Voice-Over (uncredited)

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