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Ragtime (1981) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 16, 2004
• R2: 15 Oct 2001
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
2 hours, 35 minutes
Country USA
Studio Paramount
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Other Titles
• Ragtime (1981)
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Genre: Drama, Period Piece, Murder, Tragedy, Law, Marriage, True Story, Police, Society
Tagline: The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.
Plot: Based on the acclaimed and popular E.L. Doctorow novel, RAGTIME tells the intricate story of four New York families--three of which are fictional--at the turn of the 20th century, each indicative of that time in American history, and highlighting some of the downsides of following the American Dream. Starving immigrant artist Tateh (Mandy Patinkin) will eventually set off to make his fortune in Hollywood, but not without a chance encounter with Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern in the role of the real-life showgirl). Nesbit was the center of the infamous (and, in the film, the very compelling) Thaw-White murder case, in which her mentally unstable millionare husband Harry K. Thaw (Robert Joy) murdered her lover, the famed architect Standford White (Norman Mailer). Another storyline follows the disintegration of an upper-class American family headed by Mary Steenburgen (simply named Mother) and James Olson (Father). Their seemingly perfect existence is shattered when black ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker (Howard E. Rollins), loosely modeled on Scott Joplin, begins to romance a pregnant young woman living in their home (Debbie Allen). Walker, a dignified man, turns to rage when he is tormented by local racists. One of the most impressive moments in this ambitious film is the
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Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Man on the Moon |
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Brad Dourif
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Alien: Resurrection |
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 | Debbie Allen
Fame, Blank Check, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling |
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