The Cotton Club / an Orion Pictures release ; Robert Evans presents ; executive producer, Dyson Lovell ; story by William Kennedy & Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo ; screenplay by William Kennedy & Francis Coppola ; produced by Robert Evans ; directed by Francis Coppola.

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In 1928 New York, spirits are high and jazz, dancing and gangsters rule supreme. Harlem's Cotton Club is in the center of it all, where rich upper-eastsiders mix with dressed-up mobsters. On stage is gifted coronet player Dixie Dwyer, who dreams of the big time, and tap sensation Sandman Williams wh...

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Uniform Title:Contemporary classics (Culver City, Calif.)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Main Author: Barry, John, 1933-2011 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Orion Pictures
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Evans, Robert, 1930-2019 (Producer)
Lovell, Dyson (Producer)
Kennedy, William, 1928- (Screenwriter)
Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- (Screenwriter, Director)
Puzo, Mario, 1920-1999 (Screenwriter)
Wexler, Jerry (Musical director)
Malkin, Barry (Film editor)
Lovett, Robert Q. (Film editor)
Sylbert, Richard (Designer)
Canonero, Milena (Costume designer)
Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945- (Cinematographer)
Gere, Richard, 1949- (Actor)
Hines, Gregory (Actor)
Lane, Diane (Actor)
McKee, Lonette (Actor)
Hoskins, Bob (Actor)
Remar, James (Actor)
Cage, Nicolas, 1965- (Actor)
Garfield, Allen, 1939-2020 (Actor)
Gwynne, Fred (Actor)
Haskins, James, 1941-2005
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, also dubbed into French; optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
Edition:Widescreen [edition].
Series:Contemporary classics (Culver City, Calif.)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Cotton Club > Drama.
Cotton Club.
Jazz > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Jazz musicians > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Jazz.
Jazz musicians.
New York (State) > New York.
Musical films.
Gangster films.
Homage films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Musical films.
Gangster films.
Homage films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (2 hr., 9 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
In 1928 New York, spirits are high and jazz, dancing and gangsters rule supreme. Harlem's Cotton Club is in the center of it all, where rich upper-eastsiders mix with dressed-up mobsters. On stage is gifted coronet player Dixie Dwyer, who dreams of the big time, and tap sensation Sandman Williams who can't touch his girl, the lovely singer Lila Rose Oliver, because of strict club rules. As tension rises, so do tempers, and the nightclub becomes a pressure-cooker of jilted loves and mob jobs.
Note:Suggested by James Haskins' pictorial history, The Cotton Club.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
Special feature: Theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF6 D0005982 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rated R.
ISBN:0792850254
9780792850250
Credits:Music consultant, Jerry Wexler ; original music composed and conducted by John Barry ; edited by Barry Malkin & Robert Q. Lovett ; production designed by Richard Sylbert ; costumes designed by Milena Canonero ; director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, 16:9 widescreen, 1.85:1; Dolby digital, 5.1 surround (English), mono. (French).
Cast:
Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Fred Gwynne.