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Movie
Ragtime
Synopsis
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 up to the racism that surrounds him with a criminal act that leads to a standoff with a police commissioner (James Cagney - making his return to the big screen after fifteen years away). Secondary characters include a street artist (Mandy Patinkin) who gets his foot in the door of the nascent film business, and a flighty young woman (Elizabeth McGovern) who inspires men who desire her to violence. Randy Newman composed the score, which included a song that earned him his first Oscar nomination.
Cast
- James Cagney
- Howard E. Rollins Jr.
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Brad Dourif
- Moses Gunn
- Kenneth McMillan
- Pat O'Brien
- Donald O'Connor
- James Olson
- Mandy Patinkin
- Mary Steenburgen
- Debbie Allen
- Jeffrey DeMunn
- Robert Joy
- Norman Mailer
- Bruce Boa
- Hoolihan Burke
- Norman Chancer
- Edwin Cooper
- Jeff Daniels
- Fran Drescher
- Frankie R. Faison
- Hal Galili
- Alan Gifford
- Richard Griffiths
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Michael Jeter
- Calvin Levels
- Bessie Love
- Christopher Malcolm
- Herman Meckler
- Billy J. Mitchell
- Jenny Nichols
- Max Nichols
- Zack Norman
- Don Plumley
- Ted Ross
- Dorsey Wright
- Robert Arden
- Robert Boyd
- Thomas A. Carlin
- John Clarkson
- E. Brian Dean
- Harry Ditson
- Robert Dorning
- Douglas Lambert
- Geoffrey Greenhill
- Ray Hassett
- Nesbitt Blaisdell
- Joel Cutrara
- Robert Hitt
- Rodney James
- Jeff Harding
- George Harris
- George J. Manos
- Andreas Katsulas
- Val Pringle
- Joe Praml
- Ron Weyand
- Bill Reimbold
- Bob Sherman
- Josh Clark
- Jake Dengel
- John Ratzenberger
- Donald Bisset
- John Alderson
- Patrick Connor
- Derek Martin
- Britt Walker
- Pat Gorman
- Stan Simmons
- Barry Dennen
- Tony Sibbald
- Richard Oldfield
- Gretchen Franklin
- Robert Henderson
- Pavel Landovsky
- Al Matthews
- Elaine Ives-Cameron
- Ethan Phillips
- John Sterland
- Jan Triska
- Burnell Tucker
- Ed Wiley
- Anthony Reading
- Michael Weller
- Peter Howitt
- Fredric M. Sidewater
- Anne V. Coates
- Michael Hausman
- Antony Gibbs
- George de Titta Sr.
- Anna Hill Johnstone
- Steve James
- John Graysmark
- Miroslav OndrÃcek
- Twyla Tharp
- Stanley Warnow
- Bo Goldman
- Bernard Williams
- E.L. Doctorow
- George De Titta Jr.
- Tony Reading
- Patrizia von Brandenstein