The Cotton Club (1984)
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins
Screenwriter: William Kennedy, Francis Ford Coppola
Story: William Kennedy, Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Producer: Robert Evans
Composer: John Barry
DVD Info
Release:
Jul 10, 2001
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailers - Original Theatrical
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Reviews
Lavish, interesting, evocative but strained and self-conscious, Cotton Club is all watchable curiosity.
It was the most assured film Coppola had made in a decade, full of casual wit and visual invention.
The narrative is a mess despite the simplistic twinning of tales.
Whatever it took to do it, Coppola has extracted a very special film out of the checkered history of this project.
Ambitious, but like many post-Apocalypse Coppola films, it doesn't quite hit the mark.
There are lots of good ideas, but none of them are really worked out or honed
Coppola’s claustrophobic fall from Eden is both fascinating and beautiful to watch.


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