Ragtime

The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

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Drama
History

Overview

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.

Keywords

new york city
based on novel or book
racism
class differences
pianist
jazz singer or musician
piano
1900s
ragtime
public murder
revenge killing
social scandal
political scandal
radical politics
racial injustice
new york city history

Details

Status: Released
Release date: November 20, 1981
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount,Dino De Laurentiis Company,Sunley Productions Ltd.,The De Laurentiis Company
Cast: James Cagney,Brad Dourif,Moses Gunn,Elizabeth McGovern,Kenneth McMillan,Pat O'Brien,Donald O'Connor,James Olson,Mandy Patinkin,Howard Rollinsand 102 more
Director: Miloš Forman
Writer: E. L. Doctorow,Michael Weller
Producer: Michael Hausman,Bernard Williams,Dino De Laurentiis
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondříček
Music: Randy Newman
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0082970