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- The parallel and occasionally intersecting stories of Sandman Williams and Michael "Dixie" Dwyer, starting in 1928; the intersections mainly happen at the Cotton Club, a Harlem jazz club where the performers, like Sandman who has a dance routine with his brother Clay, are exclusively black and the patrons, like Dixie--personal musician (jazz cornetist and pianist) to married gangster Dutch Schultz whom he often accompanies to the club--are exclusively white.
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The Cotton Club is a 1984 American musical crime drama film co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on James Haskins' 1977 book of the same name. The story centers on the Cotton Club, a Harlem jazz club in the 1930s.
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Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
Dec 14, 1984 · The Cotton Club: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee. Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
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- Crime, Drama, Music
- Francis Ford Coppola
Feb 20, 2023 · Not too far from Dixie's home, dancer Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines) finds himself working at the iconic Cotton Club, a jazz club in Harlem that hosted plenty of legendary Black...
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Oct 8, 2019 · It’s a story that takes us through the 1929 crash, to Hollywood and back, and all around Harlem, with a special emphasis on the Jewish and Irish gang conflicts rattling the city. Yet the...
- K. Austin Collins
Handsome horn player Dix Dwyer (Richard Gere) falls for Vera Cicero (Diane Lane), the stunning girlfriend of famous gangster Dutch Schultz (James Remar).
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- Drama, Music
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Overview. Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide. Francis Ford Coppola. Director, Screenplay, Story. William Kennedy.