Ragtime / Dino De Laurentiis presents a Milos Forman film ; a Sunley production ; screenplay by Michael Weller ; produced by Dino De Laurentiis ; directed by Milos Forman.

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A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Ragtime (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Newman, Randy (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Dino de Laurentiis Corporation (Production company) Techno Sunley Leisure Limited (Production company) Paramount Pictures Corporation (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Forman, Miloš (Director) De Laurentiis, Dino (Film producer) Weller, Michael, 1942- (Screenwriter) Tharp, Twyla (Choreographer) Ondříček, Miroslav, 1934-2015 (director of photography.) Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (Actor) Coates, Anne V. (Editor of moving image work) Dourif, Brad, 1950- (Actor) Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993 (Actor) McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961- (Actor) McMillan, Kenneth, 1932-1989 (Actor) O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983 (Actor) O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003 (Actor) Olson, James, 1930- (Actor) Patinkin, Mandy (Actor) Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996 (Actor) Steenburgen, Mary (Actor) Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2015
Language:	English
Published:	[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Paramount Pictures, [1981]
Series:	Swank Motion Pictures.
Subjects:	Doctorow, E. L., > 1931-2015. > Ragtime > Film adaptations. New York (N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Drama. Ragtime music > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Racism > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Fiction films. Feature films. Film adaptations.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Fiction films. Feature films.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource via Swank - MSU authorized users
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 35 min.)) : sound, color.
Format:	Electronic Video