Movie Description Beautiful 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.
| Credits | | Producer: | Robert Evans | | Cast: | Bob Hoskins, Gregory Hines, Jennifer Grey, Julian Beck, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Waits |
| Details | | Sound: | Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital Mono - French Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical, Theatrical release: December 14, 1984.
Richard Gere played the cornet himself in all the film's musical scenes.
William Kennedy, who cowrote the script with Coppola, was familiar with the era of the film from writing his novels IRONWEED and LEGS, based on the life of gangster Legs Diamond.
Editorial Reviews "...[Coppola] makes extremely striking use of the formalised talents of Gregory and Maurice Hines..." Sight and Sound - p.143-4 - Tom Milne (03/01/1985)
"...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..." Variety - Klad. (12/12/1984)
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