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The Cotton Club

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The Cotton Club

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Summary

Francis Coppola's vivid evocation of Prohibition America, set around Harlem's dazzling nightclub scene. In 1928, jazz musician Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere) saves the life of Dutch Schultz and suddenly becomes part of the mobster's world of bootleg liquor, racketeering and escalating violence.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

John Marriott

Richard Gere gets a chance to reveal his cornet-playing abilities in this tale of music and the Mob in toe-tappin' 1920s Harlem. Sadly, Gere's musical talents far outshine his performance, which seems almost trance-like in places, while Diane Lane often appears to be thoroughly bored in her role as Dutch Schultz's moll. The blame must lie with director Francis Coppola, who, in expending his energy on visual clout and showbiz set pieces (some of which are fabulous), under-directs his actors and forgets about the plot. Nevertheless, Bob Hoskins as the club owner and Fred Gwynne as his henchman certainly make their mark, while the Duke Ellington soundtrack is sheer bliss.

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6.6/10

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Cast

rolenameDixie DwyerRichard GereSandman WilliamsGregory HinesVera CiceroDiane LaneOwney MaddenBob HoskinsLila Rose OliverLonette McKeeDutch SchultzJames RemarVincent DwyerNicolas CageAbbadabba BermanAllen GarfieldFrenchy DemangeFred GwynneTish DwyerGwen VerdonFrances FlegenheimerLisa Jane PerskyClay WilliamsMaurice HinesSol WeinsteinJulian BeckMadame St ClairNovella NelsonBumpy RhodesLaurence FishburneJoe FlynnJohn P RyanIrving StarkTom WaitsMike BestRon KarabatsosEd PopkeGlenn WithrowPatsy DwyerJennifer GreyWinnie WilliamsWynonna SmithCab CallowayLarry MarshallCharles "Lucky" LucianoJoe DallesandroGloria SwansonDiane VenoraHolmesWoody Strode

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rolenameDirectorFrancis Ford Coppola

Details

Theatrical distributor

Rank Film Dists Ltd

Released on

1986-05-02

Languages

English | Italian

Guidance

Contains violence, swearing and nudity.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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