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Ragtime (film) Ragtime. (film) Ragtime is a 1981 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1975 historical novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow. The film is set in and around turn-of-the-century New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City, and includes fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time.
- $28.3 million
- Randy Newman
- November 20, 1981
- Dino De Laurentiis
The millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw (Robert Joy) makes a scene when White's latest creation, a nude statue on the roof of Madison Square Garden, is unveiled. The model for the statue is Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), a former chorus girl who is now Thaw's wife. Thaw becomes convinced White has corrupted Evelyn and humiliated him.
Ragtime Plot Synopsis & Character Descriptions . PLOT SYNOPSIS (provided by MTI): ACT ONE. We are introduced to the social and political climate of the United States in the early 20th century by meeting the all the characters in the show--famous celebrities of the time as well as fictional "private citizens."
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Miloš Forman. Director. E. L. Doctorow. Novel. Michael Weller. Screenplay. 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.
Nov 20, 1981 · Milos Foreman's cinematic adaptation of E.L. Doctrow's sprawling pop-culture epic Ragtime follows a variety of characters whose lives intertwine during the earliest years of the 20th century. Brad Dourif plays the meek young brother in a wealthy family who ends up helping Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Howard E. Rollins) when the proud black man stands ...
Synopsis. The passion, the violence, the birth of America’s Gilded Age. 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. Remove Ads. Cast.
