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Set against the prohibition in Harlem where a rundown trumpeter saves a powerful gangster's life and subsequently becomes involved with the New York criminal element.

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ProducerRobert Evans, Sylvio Tabet, Fred Roos

EAN5060049140605

eBay Product ID (ePID)3959087

Product Key Features

ActorTom Waits, Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines, Lisa Jane Persky, Diane Lane, James Remar, Julian Beck, Jennifer Grey, Lonette Mckee, Bob Hoskins, Richard Gere, Fred Gwynne, Gwen Verdon, Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne, Allen Garfield

Film/TV TitleThe Cotton Club

DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola

LanguageEnglish

Run Time123 Mins

Release Year2003

FormatDVD

FeaturesTrailers-1. Original Theatrical Trailer

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerJohn Barry

Production DesignerRichard Sylbert

Executive ProducerDyson Lovell

Additional InformationBeautiful music and striking dance performances are the highlight of Francis Ford Coppola's musical/mobster flick centered around the legendary Harlem nightclub. The club's black dancers and musicians entertain the exclusively white audience made up of gangsters and Hollywood stars. Local boy Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere) saves the life of crime boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar) and reluctantly enters the world of racketeering. Talented tap dancer Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines) struggles to get ahead in the segregated world of 1920s nightlife. Authentic costuming and sets help make THE COTTON CLUB a stylistic homage to the Jazz Age and gangster films of old.

ReviewsVariety - ...Coppola and Kennedy have taken great pains to research the era and come up with an interesting mix of real and created characters of great authority..., Sight and Sound - ...[Coppola] makes extremely striking use of the formalised talents of Gregory and Maurice Hines...

ScreenwriterFrancis Ford Coppola, William Kennedy

Art DirectorGregory Bolton, David Chapman

Costume DesignerMilena Canonero

AuthorFrancis Ford Coppola, William Kennedy, Mario Puzo

EditorRobert Q. Lovett, Barry Malkin

Movie/TV TitleThe Cotton Club

Director of PhotographyStephen Goldblatt