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Ragtime (1981)

PG · 1981-11-20 · 2h 35m · EN
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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.

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Miloš FormanDirectorMichael WellerWriter

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Elizabeth McGovernElizabeth McGovernEvelyn NesbitHoward RollinsHoward RollinsCoalhouse Walker Jr.Moses GunnMoses GunnBooker T. WashingtonBrad DourifBrad DourifYounger BrotherJames CagneyJames CagneyNew York Police Commissioner Rhinelander WaldoKenneth McMillanKenneth McMillanWillie ConklinPat O'BrienPat O'BrienDelmas, Thaw's LawyerJames OlsonJames OlsonFatherDonald O'ConnorDonald O'ConnorEvelyn's Dance InstructorMandy PatinkinMandy PatinkinTatehMary SteenburgenMary SteenburgenMotherDebbie AllenDebbie AllenSarah

Keywords

Based on novel or bookNew york cityClass differencesEarly 1900sRacismPianoPianistRevenge killingJazz singer or musicianRagtimeRacial injusticePolitical scandalPublic murderSocial scandalRadical politics

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Genre affinityDrama · HistoryTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · New York City · Class DifferencesDialogue densityDramaPacingLongDirector preference122588Actor preference168882 · 25148 · 247674

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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.

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Ragtime has a runtime of 155 minutes.

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