The Cotton Club (film)
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| Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Produced by | Robert Evans |
| Screenplay by |
William Kennedy Francis Ford Coppola |
| Story by | William Kennedy Francis Ford Coppola Mario Puzo |
| Based on |
The Cotton Club by James Haskins |
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| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Edited by |
Barry Malkin Robert Q. Lovett |
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| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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128 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $58 million |
| Box office | $25,928,721 |
The Cotton Club is a 1984 American crime-drama film centered on a Harlem jazz club of the 1930s, the Cotton Club.
The film was co-written (with William Kennedy) and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, choreographed by Henry LeTang, and starred Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Lonette McKee. The supporting cast included Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Laurence Fishburne, Gwen Verdon and Fred Gwynne.
Despite performing poorly at the box office, the film was nominated for several awards, including Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture (Drama) and Oscars for Best Art Direction (Richard Sylbert, George Gaines) and Film Editing. The film, however, also earned a Razzie Award nomination for Diane Lane as Worst Supporting Actress.
A musician named Dixie Dwyer begins working with mobsters to advance his career but falls in love with the girlfriend of gangland kingpin Dutch Schultz.
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