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The Cotton Club (1984). Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
Man, but Francis Ford Coppola knows how to direct a musical. The plot of this one’s a bit all over the place, but the sequences where he throws story to the wind and leans into the energy of performance and the pace of the music are some straight up movie magic. Also I kind of wish the entire movie had been about Gregory Hines and Lonette McKee’s characters. 7/10.
Date posted: 2023/07/29 14:07:19
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Date liked: 2024/07/25 00:07:38
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Liked from: The Oscars Project
Tagged:
american 19
1920s 16
drama 11
1984 11
america 5
gregory hines 2
francis ford coppola 2
william kennedy 1
the cotton club 1
richard gere 1
oscars 57 1
nom: editing 1
nom: art direction 1
nicolas cage 1
mario puzo 1
lonette mckee 1
laurence fishburne 1
gangster 1
diane lane 1
7/10 1