Ragtime (1981)

Ragtime | United States of America

A 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.

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Description

A 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.

Director

Miloš Forman

Stars

James Olson
Father

Elizabeth McGovern
Evelyn Nesbit

Howard Rollins
Coalhouse Walker Jr.

James Cagney
Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Moses Gunn
Booker T. Washington

Brad Dourif
Younger Brother

Kenneth McMillan
Willie Conklin

Pat O’Brien
Delphin

Donald O'Connor
Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Mandy Patinkin
Tateh

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Keywords

based on novel, racism, new york, piano, pianist, class differences, early 1900s, racial injustice

Production

Paramount, Dino De Laurentiis Company

Actor

James Olson, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard Rollins, James Cagney, Moses Gunn, Brad Dourif, Kenneth McMillan, Pat O’Brien, Donald O'Connor, Mandy Patinkin, Mary Steenburgen, Debbie Allen, Jeffrey DeMunn, Robert Joy, Norman Mailer, Jeff Daniels, Frankie Faison, Samuel L. Jackson, John Ratzenberger, Jack Nicholson, Richard Griffiths, Bruce Boa, Hoolihand Burke, Norman Chancer, Edwin Cooper, Fran Drescher, Hal Galili, Alan Gifford, Michael Jeter, Calvin Levels, Bessie Love, Christopher Malcolm, Herman Meckler, Billy J. Mitchell, Jenny Nichols, Max Nichols, Zack Norman, Eloise Taylor, Don Plumley, Ted Ross, Dorsey Wright, Robert Arden, Robert Boyd, Thomas A. Carlin, John Clarkson, Brian F. Dean, Harry Ditson, Derek Martin, Al Matthews

Creators

Miloš Forman (Director), Miroslav Ondříček (Director of Photography), Dino De Laurentiis (Producer), Anne V. Coates (Editor), Patrizia von Brandenstein (Production Design), Tony Reading (Production Design), Randy Newman (Music), John Graysmark (Production Design), Antony Gibbs (Editor), E.L. Doctorow (Novel), Stanley Warnow (Editor), Michael Weller (Writer)

Release dates

06.01.1982 (FR)
20.11.1981 (US)
23.09.1982 (NL)
19.07.2003 (NL)