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Cotton Club DVD Cover

The Cotton Club
" Where crime lords rub elbows with the rich and famous! "

Synopsis: The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. An upscale homage to classic gangster films. Cornet player Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere, playing his own jazzy solos) drifting from one story to the next--loving a young, ambitious vamp (Diane Lane, with whom Gere shares precious little chemistry), enjoying the success of a hotshot hoofer (Gregory Hines), and protecting his brazen bother (Nicolas Cage) from the deadly temper of mob boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar). The Cotton Club is perhaps best appreciated for its meticulous re-creation of Harlem's Cotton Club heyday, and some great music by Ellington, Calloway, etc.

* Gregory Hines does some great Hoofing, AND THERE ARE AT LEAST A DOZEN LEGENDARY TAP DANCERS IN THIS FILM ... Yeah!, Old Skool Baby!
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 6 nominations
Cotton Club Lobby Card (MGM) Cotton Club Lobby Card (MGM) Cotton Club Lobby Card (MGM) Cotton Club Lobby Card (MGM)
More Film Information below

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Availability:
12/14/1984 M.G.M. Francis Ford Coppola [DVD] [VHS] [Try Ebay]

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Color:
127 MINUTES (R) U.S.A. English Color

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Featured Dancer:

Featured Dance:

Dance Rating:
Crime / Drama / Music / Dance Gregory Hines TAP! Very Good
 

noinfo Known Dancers:

noinfo Choreographers / Directors:

noinfo Actors / Actresses:
Alde Lewis (Dancer) Arthur Mitchell (choreographer)  
Alexis Wilson (Dancer) Claudia Asbury (choreographer) Allen Garfield (Abbadabba Berman)
Alice Anne Oates (Dancer) Ellie LeTang (Assist. Choreo) Bob Hoskins (Owney Madden)
Anne Duquesnay (Dancer) George Faison (choreographer ) Diane Lane (Vera Cicero)
Antonia Pettiford (Dancer) Henry LeTang (tap choreographer) Diane Venora (Gloria Swanson)
Benny Clorey (Dancer) Michael Meacham (choreographer) Fred Gwen (Frenchy Demange)
Bernard Manners (Dancer)   Gregory Hines (Sandman Williams)
Bernard Marsh (Dancer)   Gregory Rozakis (Charlie Chaplin)
Bubba Gaines (Tap)   Gwen Verdon (Tish Dwyer)
Carla Earle (Dancer)   James Remar (Dutch Schultz)
Charles 'Honi' Coles (Suger Coates)   Jennifer Grey (Patsy Dwyer)
Charles Young (Tap)   Joe Dallesandro (Charles 'Lucky' Luciano)
Christina Kumi Kimball (Dancer)   John P. Ryan (Joe Flynn)
Cisco Drayton (Dancer)   Julian Beck (Sol Weinstein)
Dave Jackson (Dancer)   Laurence Fishburne (Bumpy Rhodes)
David McHarris (Dancer)   Lisa Jane Persky (Frances Flegenheimer)
Debbie Fitts (Dancer)   Lonette McKee (Lila Rose Oliver)
Delores McHarris (Dancer)   Nicholas Cage (Vincent Dwyer)
Donald Williams (Dancer)   Norma Jean Darden (Elida Webb)
Ethel Beatty (Bandana Babies)   Novella Nelson (Madame St. Clair)
Gail Kendricks (Dancer)   Patricia LeTang (Child in Street)
Gary Thomas (Dancer)   Richard Gere (Dixie Dwyer)
George Hillmann (Tap)   Robert Earl Jones (Stage Door Joe)
Gregory Hines (Sandman Williams)   Rosalind Harris (Fanny Brice)
Gwen Verdon (Tish Dwyer)   Stan Tracy (Legs Diamond's Bodyguard)
Harold Cromer (Tap)   Vincent Jerosa (James Cagney)
Henry LeTang (Tap)    
Henry Phace Roberts (Tap)    
Howard 'Sandman' Sims (Tap)    
Ivery Wheeler (Dancer)    
Jackee Harree (Dancer)    
Jacquelyn Bird (Dancer)    
James 'Buster' Brown (Tap)    
Jan Mickens (Tap)    
Janet Powell (Dancer)    
Jhoe Breedlove (Dancer)    
Jimmy Slyde (Tap)    
Julie Pars (Dancer)    
Karen DiBianco (Dancer)    
Karen Wadkins (Dancer)    
Kiki Shepard (Dancer)    
Leslie Caldwell (Dancer)    
Luther Fontaine (Tip, Tap, Toe)    
Lydia Abarca (Dancer)    
Mario Van Peebles (Dancer)    
Mary Beth Kurdock (Dancer)    
Melanie Caldwell (Dancer)    
Maurice Hines (Clay Williams)    
Paula Lynn (Dancer)    
Ralph Brown (Tap)    
Renee Rodriguez (Dancer)    
Rima Vetter (Dancer)    
Robin Harmon (Dancer)    
Ruddy L. Garner (Ruddy Garner)    
Ruthanna Graves (Dancer)    
Sarita Allen (Dancer)    
Sheri Cowart (Sherri Cowart)    
Shirley Black-Brown (Dancer)    
Skip Cunningham (Tip, Tap, Toe)    
Sonya Hensley (Dancer)    
Terri Griffin (Dancer)    
Tracey Bass (Dancer)    
Tracey Ross (Dancer)    
Valarie Pettiford (Dancer)    
Vody Najac (Dancer)    
Vya Negromonte (Viewma)    
Wendy Edmead (Dancer)    

 

noinfo Known Dances done in Film:

noinfo Special Dance Interest:

noinfo Similar Films:
Ballroom   Legendary Tap Dancers * Bojangles
Charleston   Cab Calloway * Cotton Club Revue (1938)
Jazz Dance     * Cotton Club Steppers (1932)
Tap Dance     * Godfather, the
      * Ragtime
      * Tap
 

noinfo Music Titles In Film:

noinfo Musicians / Singers:

noinfo Soundtracks Available:

noinfo Sheet Music Covers:
Barbecue Bess (Goldsmith) Cab Calloway $ Cotton Club n/a
Best Beats Sandman Larry Marshall    
Copper Colored Gal (Davis) Lonette McKee    
Cotton Club Stomp #1 Tom Waits  

noinfo Film Posters:
Cotton Club Stomp #2 (Ellington) Sydney Goldsmith   $ Cotton Club Poster 1
Creole Love Call (Baskerville)     $ Cotton Club Poster 2
Daybreak Express ((Ellington)      
Depression Hits      
Dixie Kidnaps Vera      
Drop Me Off In Harlem      
East St. Louis Toodle-O      
ILL Wind (Koehler & Alan)      
Jitterbug      
Lady With The Fan      
Minnie The Moocher (Calloway)      
Mooche, the (Ellington)      
Mood Indigo (Ellington)      
       
       
 

noinfo Stage Versions of Film:

noinfo Stage Versions Date:

noinfo Cast Recordings:
n/a n/a n/a
     
     
 

noinfo Books / Magazines on this film:
noinfo Title: noinfo Author: noinfo Date: noinfo Publisher:
The Cotton Club Jim Haskins 1984 New Amer Library
       
 

noinfo Other / Notes:
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