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Ragtime DVD 1981 / Directed by Miloš Forman / Starring: James Cagney / Based on the 1975 novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow

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Ragtime DVD 1981 / Directed by Miloš Forman / Starring: James Cagney / Based on the 1975 novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow

UPC 5999010451498

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 156 minutes

 

English Summary:

Ragtime is a 1981 American drama film, directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1975 historical novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow. The action takes place in and around New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City early in the 1900s, including fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time.[2] The film features the final film appearances of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien,[3] and early appearances, in small parts, by Jeff Daniels, Fran Drescher, Samuel L. Jackson, Ethan Phillips, and John Ratzenberger. The music score was composed by Randy Newman. The film was nominated for eight Oscars.

A newsreel montage depicts turn-of-the-20th-century celebrities including Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt, architect Stanford White (Norman Mailer), and life in New York City, accompanied by ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.). Millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw (Robert Joy) makes a scene when White unveils a nude statue atop Madison Square Garden, modeled after former chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), Thaw's wife. Convinced White has corrupted Evelyn, Thaw publicly shoots him dead.

An upper-class family resides in New Rochelle, New York, where Father (James Olson) owns a factory where his wife's Younger Brother (Brad Dourif) makes fireworks. An African American baby is abandoned in their garden, and upon learning the police intend to charge the child's mother, Sarah (Debbie Allen), with child abandonment and attempted murder, Mother (Mary Steenburgen) takes Sarah and her child in, despite Father's objections. Coalhouse arrives in search of Sarah, driving a new Ford Model T, and realizing he is the baby's father, announces his intention to marry Sarah.

 

Hungarian Summary:

A színes bőrű ragtime-zongorista, ifj. Coalhouse Walker szembeszáll a faji előítéletekkel és a fajgyűlölet durva megnyilvánulásaival, s alulmarad a jogaiért folytatott, egyenlőtlen küzdelemben. Amikor egy rendőr brutálisan megöli a feleségét, személyes bosszút akar állni, látván, hogy nem kap igazságot. Kétségbeesett harca a polgári társadalom intézményei ellen azonban sikertelenül végződik, s végül őt is lelöveti Waldo rendőrfőnök.

 

Cast / Szereplők:

  • James Cagney as Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
  • Brad Dourif as Younger Brother
  • Moses Gunn as Booker T. Washington
  • Elizabeth McGovern as Evelyn Nesbit
  • Kenneth McMillan as Fire Chief Willie Conklin
  • Pat O'Brien as Delmas
  • Donald O'Connor as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
  • James Olson as Father
  • Mandy Patinkin as Tateh
  • Howard E. Rollins, Jr. as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
  • Mary Steenburgen as Mother
  • Debbie Allen as Sarah
  • Jeffrey DeMunn as Harry Houdini
  • Robert Joy as Harry Kendall Thaw
  • Norman Mailer as Stanford White
  • Edwin Cooper as Grandfather
  • Jeff Daniels as P.C. O'Donnell
  • Fran Drescher as Mameh
  • Frankie Faison as Gang Member
  • Alan Gifford as Judge
  • Richard Oldfield as Stock Reporter
  • Richard Griffiths as Delmas' Assistant
  • George Harris as Clef Club Bandleader
  • Samuel L. Jackson as Gang Member
  • Michael Jeter as Special Reporter
  • Andreas Katsulas as Policeman #3
  • Joe Praml as Policeman No. 8
  • Calvin Levels as Gang Member
  • Bessie Love as Old Lady (T.O.C.)
  • Christopher Malcolm as Police Captain
  • Stuart Milligan as the Marksman
  • Zack Norman as Manager
  • Ethan Phillips as Guard at Family House
  • Barry Dennen as Stage Manager
  • Jack Nicholson as Pirate on Beach (uncredited)

 

Directed by Miloš Forman
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis
Screenplay by Michael Weller
Bo Goldman (uncredited)
Based on Ragtime (novel)
by E. L. Doctorow
Starring
  • James Cagney
Music by Randy Newman
Cinematography Miroslav Ondříček
Edited by Anne V. Coates
Antony Gibbs
Stanley Warnow
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • November 20, 1981
Running time
156 minutes
Country United States
Language English

 

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