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Sweet and Lowdown

film by Allen [1999]

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In Woody Allen: The 1990s and sexual-abuse allegations
In the more-focused Sweet and Lowdown (1999) Sean Penn turned in a memorable performance as a mythic 1930s jazz guitarist.
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Penn

In Sean Penn
…later garnered Oscar nominations for Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and I Am Sam (2001). Another impressive directorial effort came with The Pledge. The drama featured Jack Nicholson as a police detective who vows to find a child killer. In 2003 Penn won the best actor honors at the Venice Film…
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Thurman

In Uma Thurman: Career
…in The Avengers (1998) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999). On the set of the science fiction film Gattaca (1997), Thurman met costar Ethan Hawke, and they married in 1998. (Thurman had previously been married to actor Gary Oldman, from 1990 to 1992.) Hawke and Thurman had two children, Maya (who…
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