Movie
Ragtime
1981PG2h 35m7.0 / 10
The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about Ragtime
Cast
James CagneyNew York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Brad DourifYounger Brother
Moses GunnBooker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovernEvelyn Nesbit
Kenneth McMillanWillie Conklin
Pat O'BrienDelmas
Donald O'ConnorEvelyn's Dance Instructor
James OlsonFatherCredits
- Directed by
- Miloš Forman
- Written by
- Michael Weller, E. L. Doctorow
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
The De Laurentiis CompanyUnited States- Sunley Productions Ltd.
Themes
1900sbased on novel or bookclass differencesjazz singer or musiciannew york citynew york city historypianistpiano
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