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Ragtime
“The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.”
7.0 / 10• 1981• 2h 35m•PG• English
DramaHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
James Cagney
New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Lead
Brad Dourif
Younger Brother
Moses Gunn
Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovern
Evelyn Nesbit
Kenneth McMillan
Willie Conklin
Pat O'Brien
Delmas
Donald O'Connor
Evelyn's Dance Instructor
James Olson
Father
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Miloš Forman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ragtime is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
