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7.0A 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.
Released: 1981-11-20155 minDir: Miloš FormanDrama, History
Cast
- James Cagney as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
- Brad Dourif as Younger Brother
- Moses Gunn as Booker T. Washington
- Elizabeth McGovern as Evelyn Nesbit
- Kenneth McMillan as Willie Conklin
- Pat O'Brien as Delmas
Themes
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- jazz singer or musician
- public murder
- racism
- class differences
- pianist
- ragtime
- revenge killing
- radical politics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Ragtime
- Director
- Miloš Forman
- Screenwriter
- Michael Weller
- Cast member
- John Alderson
- Composer
- Randy Newman
- Producer
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Miroslav Ondříček
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 150
- FilmAffinity ID
- 651395
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-01-21
- film editor
- Anne V. Coates
- title
- Ragtime
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- production designer
- John Graysmark
- after a work by
- E. L. Doctorow
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Anna Hill Johnstone
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 84%
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