Ragtime

Titolo originale: Ragtime
Regia: Miloš Forman |
Anno: 1981
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Storia
Tag: new york city | based on novel or book | jazz singer or musician | public murder | racism | class differences | pianist | ragtime | revenge killing | radical politics | piano | political scandal | racial injustice | 1900s | social scandal | new york city history |
Cast: James Cagney | Brad Dourif | Moses Gunn | Elizabeth McGovern | Kenneth McMillan | Pat O'Brien | Donald O'Connor | James Olson | Mandy Patinkin | Howard Rollins | Mary Steenburgen | Debbie Allen | Jeffrey DeMunn | Robert Joy | Norman Mailer | Bruce Boa | Hoolihand Burke | Norman Chancer | Edwin Cooper | Jeff Daniels | Fran Drescher | Frankie Faison | Hal Galili | Alan Gifford | Richard Griffiths | Samuel L. Jackson | 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 | Robert Dorning | Geoffrey Greenhill | Ray Hassett | Robert Hitt | Rodney James | George Harris | George J. Manos | Val Pringle | Ron Weyand | Sonny Abagnale | John Alderson | Nesbitt Blaisdell | Chaim Blatter | Donald Bisset | Josh Clark | Robert Coffin | Patrick Connor | Joel Cutrara | Jake Dengel | Barry Dennen | Natalia Dobrer | Daniel Foley | Gretchen Franklin | Pat Gorman | Guy Gregory | Dave Griffiths | Jeff Harding | Robert Henderson | Colette Hiller | Patrick M. Hughes | Elaine Ives-Cameron | Andreas Katsulas | Douglas Lambert | Pavel Landovský | Norris Mailer | Derek Martin | Al Matthews | Stuart Milligan | Richard Oldfield | Nelly Polissky | Mike Potter | Anthony Powell | Ethan Phillips | Joe Praml | John Ratzenberger | Bill Reimbold | Bob Sherman | Tony Sibbald | Stan Simmons | John Sterland | Jan Tříska | Burnell Tucker | Britt Walker | Peter Whitman | Edward Wiley | John Carrafa | Nancy Cohen | Harry Fielder | Jim Fitzpatrick | Robert Hallak | Derek Lyons | Louis Marino | Cathy Munroe | Chris Parsons | Frank Patton III | Billie Perkins | Ilana Rapp | Judi Trott |

La vicenda si svolge a New York tra il 1906 e il 1914. Sullo sfondo di numerosi avvenimenti reali, tra cui la vita della ballerina Evelyn Nesbit e dell'omicidio del suo ex amante, il celebre architetto Stanford White, da parte del marito Harry Kendall Thaw, si sviluppa la storia di una famiglia bianca benestante di New Rochelle di cui non si dice il cognome e neppure i nomi di battesimo dei componenti, del neonato nero che viene trovato un giorno davanti alla casa di famiglia, della madre del neonato, Sarah, e di Coalhouse Walker, un pianista nero di ragtime che corteggia Sarah. Dopo che Sarah accetta la proposta di matrimonio di Coalhouse, succedono tragici eventi che sconvolgono la vita di tutti i personaggi.

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A ten-minute sequence on the Lower East Side featuring real-life social activist Emma Goldman was cu [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...] D
Coalhouse Walker, Jr., and his mistreatment by the fire chief, is a remake the 19th-century German n [...] D
Mary Steenburgen was pregnant during filming. Her turn-of-the-century clothes concealed it. D
First Film to feature music composed and conducted by Randy Newman. D
Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz facilitated the filmmakers' use of the Mount Kisco (New York) Mutual F [...] D
James Cagney objected to saying "nigger" in reference to Walker, so "buck" was substituted. D
Jack Nicholson had to drop out of the film less than a month before filming began, leaving the produ [...] D
Nastassja Kinski wanted to play the role of Evelyn Nesbit, but she couldn't get Nesbit's accent. D
Brad Dourif and Kenneth McMillan subsequently appeared in Dune (1984). D
Fred Grandy (Gopher from the Love Boat) makes an uncredited cameo appearance in this movie. D
Milos Forman hired Donald O'Connor at the request of James Cagney. O'Connor had been having personal [...] D
Scott Interrante was Jeff Demunn's stunt double who played Harry Houidini.and was in a straight jack [...] D
Of the movie's two-hour thirty-five-minute running time, 49 minutes feature music. The soundtrack al [...] D
The poster for the film shows a silhouette of Evelyn Nesbit, her hair with an American flag superimp [...] D
Howard E. Rollins Jr. was a schoolteacher before he took the role of Coalhouse Walker, Jr.. He lost [...] D
Jeffrey DeMunn performed his own stunts, including a scene in which he tries to get out of a straigh [...] D
This film reunited James Cagney, coming out of a 20-year retirement, with Pat O'Brien, his frequent [...] D
Both Fred Grandy and Debbie Allen would make appearances in this movie. Ironically, both of them wer [...] D
Meryl Streep stated in an interview from 2015 that she had been cast in this film, but ultimately dr [...] D
Hal Galili claimed that, in addition to playing a small role in the film, he was retained by Milos F [...] D
The woman who plays Thaw's mother, and who is present during the questioning by Pat O'Brien, is O'Br [...] D
The film is notable for introducing numerous actors for whom this was one of their first appearances [...] D
Mariclare Costello spent three weeks filming as Emma Goldman in a sequence that was cut from the fil [...] D
James Cagney had been advised by his doctors and caregivers that making a film at this point in his [...] D
Because of the presence of the ailing James Cagney, in what became his final big screen appearance, [...] D
Milos Forman originally wanted E.L. Doctorow to collaborate on the screenplay, but the novelist thou [...] D
The silhouettist and his wife are listed in the credits as "Tateh" and "Mameh", the Yiddish words fo [...] D
Robert Altman was replaced by Milos Forman as director. D
Evelyn Nesbit was one of the true beauties in turn-of-the-century America. With her Gibson-style hai [...] D
Harvey Keitel and John Belushi were both considered for the role of Harry Houdini that was played by [...] D
Because she had a nude scene in this movie, Elizabeth McGovern was naturally concerned about what he [...] D
Mandy Patinkin's daughter is played by Jenny Nichols, while Mary Steenburgen's son is played by Max [...] D
O.J. Simpson lobbied hard for the role of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. As presented in the documentary O.J. [...] D
Featured Howard E. Rollins Jr. and Elizabeth McGovern's only Oscar nominated performances. D
James Cagney was 81 when he filmed this movie. Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo was 32 at the time in [...] D
Film debut of Jeff Daniels. D
James Cagney's memory was failing him, and cue cards had to be used. D
According to director Milos Forman, James Cagney initially agreed to play New York City Police Commi [...] D
James Cagney used a wheelchair at the time of shooting. Most scenes show him sitting. A stand-in was [...] D

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