Godfathers and Sons

2003 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 157 VOTES · DIR. Marc Levin

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Overview

Director Marc Levin travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend Chuck D (from Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the legacy of Chess Records) to explore the heyday of the Chicago blues and how they come together to produce an album that seeks to bring veteran blues players along with contemporary hip hop musicians. Along with never before seen footage from Howlin 'Wolf, Muddy Waters and Paul Butterfield Blues Band, they are original performances by Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner and Sam Lay.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,316 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:16 Once I had a pretty little girl
00:05:51 Yet so few of them know the roots.
00:09:23 and Muddy Waters, I think, liked it a lot...
00:13:11 I was on the whipping post with Electric Mud...
00:16:05 - Oh that's right. - We had Spann...
00:21:55 and then you have pretty much everybody and immigrants...
00:24:58 And that's what Maxwell St. Is about. People coming together...
00:29:08 But I feel much better doing wrong
00:33:28 He used to sit down and tell me tall stories...
00:37:22 When daddy gonna give you That 8 acres of land
00:40:33 Well since I'm not rich
00:44:38 I got it
00:48:25 It just means that, you know, that I'm trying to tell them something.
00:53:00 Pinetop Perkins at ninety four, whatever...
00:56:15 These were people that Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf listened to.
00:59:39 - That was hot. - That was the good old days.
01:03:57 got pulled into the electric blues.
01:07:36 I can't believe we're all sitting here. It feels good.
01:11:05 I've always figured that critics were probably...
01:14:54 I've gotta give you a copy of Special Red's Dirty Dozens.
01:18:57 I gotta pay homage.
01:22:27 Oh I felt so sad, so Ionesome
01:26:14 Knowing that his body Is worth more than wealth
01:30:14 I'm a man!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,316
Dialogue density13.7 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line01:30:14

Production Record

DirectorMarc Levin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes157