The Cotton Club Movie Review 1984

With $50 million in his pocket, Francis reaches for an epic and delivers: handsome production, lots of dance, bit of singing, confused plot, uneven performances, tad too long. A musician playing at The Cotton Club falls in love with gangster Dutch Schultz's girlfriend. A black tap dancer falls in love with a member of the chorus line who can pass for white. These two love stories are told against a background of mob violence and music. Excellent performances by Hoskins and Gwynne.

Distribution

Renegade Movies, 1930 Village Center Cr. No. 3, Ste. 448, Las Vegas, NV 89134, Email: videos@renegademovies.com, URL: http://www.renegademovies.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 121 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Drama, Nightclubs, Organized Crime, Big-Budget Bombs, Price of Fame, New York, New York, Period Piece: 1920s, Not-So-True Identity, Harlem, Jazz & Blues

Screenplay

Francis Ford Coppola, William Kennedy, Mario Puzo

Cast

Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, Fred Gwynne, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Lisa Jane Persky, Allen (Goorwitz) Garfield, Gwen Verdon, Joe Dallesandro, Jennifer Grey, Tom Waits, Diane Venora, Robert Earl Jones

Cinematography

Stephen Goldblatt

Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Music

John Barry

Other

Robert Q. Lovett, Barry Malkin

Producer

Robert Evans, Zoetrope Studios, Orion Pictures