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)
Swank Motion Pictures.
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:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 35 min.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
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.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow.
Call Number:PN1995.9.N49 R34 1981 Online
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG.
Credits:Music by Randy Newman ; executive producers, Michael Hausman and Bernard Williams ; associate producer, Fredric M. Sidewater ; director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; production designer, John Graysmark ; costume designer, Anna Hill Johnstone ; art directors, Patrizia Von Brandenstein (USA), Anthony Reading (UK) ; film editors, Anne V. Coates and Antony Gibbs (UK), Stanley Warnow (US) ; Choreographer, Twyla Tharp.
Cast:
James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Pat O'Brien, Donald O'Connor, James Olson, Mandy Patinkin, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Mary Steenburgen.
Source of Description:
Online resource; title from title screen (Swank Digital Campus, viewed July 31, 2017).