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Sweet and Lowdown mm 0000 (\Vnndy Allcn. l'S. 2000i Scan l’cnn. Samantha Mnrtnn. l'nia 'l‘hurman. 95min. Pcnn ix ximply ayycxnmc ax l‘)3()x muxician limmct Ray. thc scll-pt’nclitllllcd xccnnd hcxt guitar playcr in thc \ynrld. RCxpcct l‘nr thc ‘gypxy guitar nian' Dianin Rcinhardt ix Ray 'x xnlc clcincnt nl humility; hc i.x rudc. cgnnianiacal and utterly .xcllixh and thc nnc \\'lltl xul'l'crx innxt ix thc mutc llattic (thc xplcndid Mnrtnn). Vixually. inuxically. dramatically and cnmcdically. .S‘uu'! xlml l.nmlnirn can xit cnml'nrtahly ainnng \\'nntl_\' .-\llcn‘x hc.xt \ynrkx. And with the paxxing nl‘ cincmatic time. they will xurcly hc rcllcctcd upnn ax liix lcad pair's liant hnur and a hall'. (til. (ilusgmt:
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