Sean Penn plays Emmet Ray, the "second best guitar player in the world", Samatha Morton plays his mute girlfriend and Uma Thuman plays a socalite.

Don't have long, but wanted to mention Sweet and Lowdown, the Woody Allen movie on last night. There is a reason why Woody Allen is great, and the reason is that he can make virtually a film a year (normally writting and directing, if not starring) and make them as good as this.