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The Cotton Club is a 1984 American musical crime drama film co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on James Haskins' 1977 book of the same name. The story centers on the Cotton Club, a Harlem jazz club in the 1930s.
Dec 14, 1984 · A film by Francis Ford Coppola about the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests of a famous Harlem nightclub in the 1920s and 1930s. Nominated for two Oscars, the film features Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Nicolas Cage, among others.
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- Crime, Drama, Music
- Francis Ford Coppola
- 1984-12-14
The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, the people that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made the venue famous. MGM...
- 4 min
- 263.4K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
A musical drama set in 1920s and 1930s Harlem, featuring gangsters, jazz, and romance. Coppola's film is a cynical and entertaining portrait of a racially divided era, with brilliant casting and music.
The lives of various characters intersect at Harlem's renowned Cotton Club. Handsome horn player Dix Dwyer (Richard Gere) falls for Vera Cicero (Diane Lane), the stunning girlfriend of famous...
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- Francis Ford Coppola
- R
- Richard Gere
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
The Cotton Club is a 1984 crime-drama, 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.
