The Cotton Club is a movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1984 and inspired by the book of the same name by James Haskins, first published in 1977. The movie features Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Nicolas Cage, Bruce McVittie, and others.
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Storyline
A musician named Dixie Dwyer begins working with mobsters to advance his career but falls in love with the girlfriend of gangland kingpin Dutch Schultz. A dancer from Dixie’s neighborhood, Sandman Williams, is hired with his brother by The Cotton Club, a jazz club where most of the performers are black and the customers are white.
Movie vs Book
Year
1984
Minutes
127
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Cotton Club
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Country: USA
Year: 1984
Length: 2h7m
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Year
1977
Pages
213
Book Rate
7.76
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Book
The Cotton Club
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TRENT REZNOR (Musician)
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