Idlewild (2006), 6-

R | 2h 1min | Crime, Drama, Musical | 25 August 2006
A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player ... 
Writer/Director: Bryan Barber
Stars: André Benjamin, Big Boi, Terrence Howard.
Hinton Battle ... choreographer

Edgar Godineaux ... second assistant choreographer

Maria Torres O'Connor ... assistant choreographer 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417225/

disc arrived recently; this was mentioned in Hollywood Singing and Dancing, the 1980s-2000s.

25 songs in the Soundtracks (many labeled Explicit on the album listing). Mostly hip-hop; very little is from the period.

Reminds me of The Cotton Club ('84): too much violence, not enough musical performances. Here we get a lot of death by handgun. TH plays a sadistic killer-for-pleasure who happens to be a gangster too.

Of the non-violent characters, no one made me want to follow their story.

I did enjoy the animated rooster on the flask, and the animated musical notes on the sheet music, but I'd recommend ffwd'ing to get to musical numbers only. Don't miss the one under the endcredits.

Rated 6.3 (4,957)

HBO Films & more, dir. Barber; 6-