Cotton Club (1984)
In den „Roaring Twenties“ ist der „Cotton Club“ in Harlem einer der gefragtesten, aber auch skandalträchtigsten Jazz-Clubs New Yorks. Aber nicht nur der Rhythmus, sondern auch Prohibition und Wirtschaftskrise erhitzen die Gemüter. Gangster, Musiker, Polizei - die einen besuchen den Club, andere wiederum möchten ihn am liebsten schließen. Nachdem der Jazztrompeter Dixie Dwyer einem der großen Mafiabosse Dutch Schultz das Leben rettete, wird er von diesem nun protegiert. Schultz verschafft ihm einen Job als Bodyguard für sein Gangsterliebchen Vera. Doch Dixie verliebt sich in sie, und damit fangen seine Probleme erst richtig an.
Der Regisseur:
Francis Ford Coppola
Die Autor:
Francis Ford Coppola, William Kennedy.
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Richard Gere as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer |
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Gregory Hines as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams |
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Diane Lane as Vera Cicero |
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Lonette McKee as Lila Rose Oliver |
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Bob Hoskins as Owney Madden |
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James Remar as Dutch Schultz |
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Nicolas Cage as Vincent Dwyer |
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Allen Garfield as Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman |
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Fred Gwynne as Frenchy Demange |
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Gwen Verdon as Tish Dwyer |
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Lisa Jane Persky as Frances Flegenheimer |
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Maurice Hines as Clay Williams |
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Julian Beck as Sol Weinstein |
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Novella Nelson as Madame St. Clair |
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Laurence Fishburne as Bumpy Rhodes |
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John P. Ryan as Joe Flynn |
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Tom Waits as Irving Stark |
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Ron Karabatsos as Mike Best |
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Glenn Withrow as Ed Popke |
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Jennifer Grey as Patsy Dwyer |
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Wynonna Smith as Winnie Williams |
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Thelma Carpenter as Norma Williams |
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Charles "Honi" Coles as Suger Coates |
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Larry Marshall as Cab Calloway |
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Joe Dallesandro as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano |
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Diane Venora as Gloria Swanson |
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Tucker Smallwood as Kid Griffin |
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Marc Coppola as Ted Husing |
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Robert Earl Jones as Stage Door Joe |
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Sofia Coppola as Child in Street |
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Tracey Ross as Dancer |
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Mario Van Peebles as Dancer |
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Ed O'Ross as Monk |
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Frederick Downs Jr. as Sullen Man |
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Woody Strode as Holmes |
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Bill Graham as J.W. |
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Dayton Allen as Solly |
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Kim Chan as Ling |
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Ed Rowan as Messiah |
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Leonard Termo as Danny |
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Brian Tarantina as Vince Hood |
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Bruce MacVittie as Vince Hood |
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James Russo as Vince Hood |
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Giancarlo Esposito as Bumpy Hood |
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Rony Clanton as Caspar Holstein |
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Damien Leake as Bub Jewett |
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Bill Cobbs as Big Joe Ison |
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Joe Lynn as Marcial Flores |
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Oscar Barnes as Spanish Henry |
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Ed Zang as Hotel Clerk |
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Sandra Beall as Myrtle Fay |
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Zane Mark as Duke Ellington |
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Paul Herman as Policeman #1 |
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Randle Mell as Policeman #2 |
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Gregory Rozakis as Charlie Chaplin |
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Vincent Jerman-Jerosa as James Cagney |
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Rosalind Harris as Fanny Brice |
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Jackée Harry as Dancer |
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Sonya Hensley as Dancer |
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Valarie Pettiford as Dancer |
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Kimberly Dorsey as Joan Blondell (uncredited) |
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Anton Evangelista as Ownie Hood (uncredited) |
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Nicholas J. Giangiulio as Screen Test Thug (uncredited) |
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Suzanne Kaaren as The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited) |
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Robin Karfo as Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited) |
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Mark Margolis as Charlie Workman (uncredited) |
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Naylon Mitchell as Busboy (uncredited) |
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Ray Negron as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Kirk Taylor as Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited) |
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Rick Washburn as Hitman (uncredited) |
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Linda Gillen as voice (uncredited) |
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Rima Vetter as Dancer |
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Charles Young as Hoofer |
| Production | Robert Evans | Producer |
| Writing | Francis Ford Coppola | Screenplay |
| Art | Leslie Bloom | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Stephen Goldblatt | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Q. Lovett | Editor |
| Directing | Francis Ford Coppola | Director |
| Art | Richard Sylbert | Production Design |
| Production | Gretchen Rennell | Casting |
| Writing | William Kennedy | Screenplay |
| Art | Gregory Bolton | Art Direction |
| Production | Lois Planco | Casting |
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Art | George Gaines | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Barry Malkin | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milena Canonero | Costume Design |
| Art | David Chapman | Art Direction |
| Crew | Michael Haley | Other |
| Sound | David Carroll | Sound |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Producer |
| Sound | Jack C. Jacobsen | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Henry J. Bronchtein | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Jimmy Raitt | Property Master |
| Crew | Victor Magnotta | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Nathan Boxer | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Adger W. Cowans | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Norman Hollyn | Music Editor |
| Crew | Edward Swanson | Carpenter |
| Crew | Kerry Orent | Post Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Louis D'Esposito | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Margaret B. Hunnewell | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Robert V. Girolami | First Assistant Director |
| Production | David Golden | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Michael Stone | Camera Operator |
| Production | Christopher Cronyn | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Donald Sweeney | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | David Wagreich | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Lynn Lewis Lovett | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Craig Lyman | Key Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Francis Ford Coppola | Story |
| Writing | Mario Puzo | Story |
| Writing | William Kennedy | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judianna Makovsky | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Writing | James Haskins | Book |
