Idlewild (2006) on Netflix
Percival plays piano at Church, a Georgia speakeasy, where his friend Rooster sings and bootlegs liquor. Gangsters press Rooster for money, and a woman arrives calling herself Angel Davenport.
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In 1935 in Idlewild, Georgia, Percival spends his days working at his father's funeral home and his nights playing piano in Church, the club where Rooster, his friend since childhood, sings and sells smuggled liquor. Gangsters arrive at Church to talk over the arrangement they have with the place, and one of them, Trumpy, tells Rooster that a debt has become his and must be paid by moving liquor bought from Trumpy's suppliers. An aspiring singer shows up at the club calling herself Angel Davenport. Needing money, Rooster sends her out to perform. Her nerves show, so Percival offers to play alongside her, and the two perform a number he composed.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Idlewild (2006)
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- Idlewild is essentially a jukebox musical: many of its songs had already appeared on the OutKast albums Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, and seven come from the group's Idlewild album, which LaFace Records released three days before the film.
