The Cotton Club (1984)

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R | 2 hr 7 mins | Drama, Crime, Musical, Period, Music | Released: 12/1/1984

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Synopsis:

Multiple tales of the loves and lives of musicians, tap dancers, singers, gangsters and their molls at Harlem's legendary jazz joint, "The Cotton Club."

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/1/1984

Director	Credit
Francis Ford Coppola	Director
Gian-Carlo Coppola	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Richard Gere	Dixie Dwyer
Gregory Hines	Delbert "Sandman" Williams
Diane Lane	Vera Cicero
Lonette McKee	Lila Rose Oliver
Bob Hoskins	Owney Madden
James Remar	Dutch Schultz
Nicolas Cage	Vincent Dwyer
Allen Garfield	Abbadabba Berman
Fred Gwynne	Frenchy Demange
Gwen Verdon	Tish Dwyer
Lisa Jane Persky	Frances Flegenheimer
Maurice Hines	Clay Williams
Julian Beck	Sol Weinstein
Novella Nelson	Madame St Clair
Larry Fishburne	Bumpy Rhodes
John P Ryan	Joe Flynn
Tom Waits	Irving Stark
Ron Karabatsos	Mike Best
Glenn Withrow	Ed Popke
Jennifer Grey	Patsy Dwyer
Wynonna Smith	Winnie Williams
Thelma Carpenter	Norma Williams
Charles Coles ('Honi')	Sugar Coates
Larry Marshall	Cab Calloway
Joe Dallesandro	Lucky Luciano
Ed O'Ross	Monk
Frederic Downs	Sullen Man
Woody Strode	Holmes
Susan Mechsner	Gypsie
Glen Witherow	Ed Popke
Diane Venora	Gloria Swanson
Tucker Smallwood	Kid Griffin
Bill Graham	J W
Dayton Allen	Solly
Kim Chan	Ling
Edward Rowan	Messiah
Leonard Termo	Danny
George Cantero	Vince Hood
Brian Tarantina	Vince Hood
Bruce MacVittie	Vince Hood
James Russo	Vince Hood
Giancarlo Esposito	Bumpy Rhodes' Hood
Bruce Hubbard	Bumpy Rhodes' Hood
Rony Clanton	Caspar Holstein
Damien Leake	Bub Jewett
Bill Cobbs	Big Joe Ison
Joe Lynn	Marcial Flores
Oscar Barnes	Spanish Henry
Edward Zang	Hotel Clerk
Sandra Beall	Myrtle Fay
Zane Mark	Duke Ellington
Tom Signorelli	Butch Murdock
Steve Vignari	Trigger Mike Coppola
Susan Meschner	Gypsie
Gregory Rozakis	Charles Chaplin
Marc Coppola	Ted Husing
Norma Jean Darden	Elida Webb
Robert Earl Jones	Stage Door Joe
Vincent Jerosa	James Cagney
Rosalind Harris	Fanny Brice
Steve Cafiso	Street Child
John Cafiso	Street Child
Sofia Coppola	Street Child
Ninon Digiorgio	Street Child
Daria Hines	Street Child
Patricia LeTang	Street Child
Christopher Lewis	Street Child
Danielle Osborne	Street Child
Jason Papalardo	Street Child
Demetrius Pena	Street Child
James Brown ('Buster')	Hoofer
Ralph Brown	Hoofer
Harold Cromer	Hoofer
Henry Roberts ('Phace')	Hoofer
Bubba Gaines	Hoofer
George Hillman	Hoofer
Henry LeTang	Hoofer
Howard Sims ('Sandman')	Hoofer
Jimmy Slide	Hoofer
Charles Young	Hoofer
Skip Cunningham	Tip Tap and Toe Member
Luther Fontaine	Tip Tap and Toe Member
Jan Mickens	Tip Tap and Toe Member
Lydia Abarca	Dancer
Sarita Allen	Dancer
Tracey Bass	Dancer
Ethel Beatty	Dancer
Jacquelyn Bird	Dancer
Shirley Black-Brown	Dancer
Joe Breedlove	Dancer
Lester Brown	Dancer
Leslie Caldwell	Dancer
Benny Clory	Dancer
Sherry Cowart	Dancer
Karen DiBianco	Dancer
Cisco Drayton	Dancer
Anne Duquesnay	Dancer
Carla Earle	Dancer
Wendy Edmead	Dancer
Debbie Fitts	Dancer
Ruddy L Garner	Dancer
Ruthanna Graves	Dancer
Terri Griffin	Dancer
Robin Harmon	Dancer
Jackee Harree	Dancer
Sonya Hensley	Dancer
Dave Jackson	Dancer
Gail Kendricks	Dancer
Christina Kumi Kimball	Dancer
Mary Beth Durdock	Dancer
Alde Lewis	Dancer
Paula Lynn	Dancer
Bernard Manners	Dancer
Bernard Marsh	Dancer
David McHarris	Dancer
Delores McHarris	Dancer
Vody Najac	Dancer
Viewma Negromonte	Dancer
Alice Anne Oakes	Dancer
Anne Palmer	Dancer
Julie Pars	Dancer
Antonia Pettiford	Dancer
Valarie Pettiford	Dancer
Janet L Powell	Dancer
Renee Rodriquez	Dancer
Tracey Ross	Dancer
Kiki Shepard	Dancer
Gay Thomas Wilson	Dancer
Mario Van Peebles	Dancer
Rima Vetter	Dancer
Karen Wadkins	Dancer
Ivery Wheeler	Dancer
Donald Williams	Dancer
Alexis Wilson	Dancer
Rick Washburn
Production Credits	Credit
Robert Evans	Producer
Melissa Prophet	Associate Producer
Sylvio Tabet	Co-Producer
Dyson Lovell	Executive Producer
Fred Roos	Co-Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Zoetrope Studios	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
K-Tel Video	Video Distributor
Nelson Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Orion Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Rank Film Distributors Ltd	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
William J Kennedy	Screenplay
William J Kennedy	From Story
Francis Ford Coppola	Screenplay
Francis Ford Coppola	From Story
Mario Puzo	From Story
James Haskins	From Story - from pictorial history
Art Department	Credit
George Gaines	Set Designer
David Chapman	Art Director - art direction
Richard Sylbert	Production Designer
Leslie Bloom	Set Designer
Gregory William Bolton	Art Director - art direction
Casting	Credit
Gretchen Rennell	Casting
Lois Planco	Casting
Janet Hirshenson	Casting
Jane Jenkins	Casting
Julie Hughes	Casting
Barry Moss	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Michael L Stone	Camera Operator
Stephen Goldblatt	Director of Photography
Adgar Cowans	Photography - stills
Joe Coffey	Camera Operator - b-camera operator
Barry Harris	Camera Operator
Don Sweeney	Camera Operator - camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
DMG Entertainment	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
John Barry	Music
Priscilla Baskerville	Song Performer
Duke Ellington	Song - songs
Sy Johnson	Music Arranger
Sy Johnson	Orchestrations
Norman Hollyn	Music Editor
Richard Gere	Music Performer
Al Woodbury	Orchestrations
Bob Wilber	Music - music re-creations
Dorothy Fields	Song - songs
Ethel Beatty	Song Performer
Sy Johnson	Music - music associate supervisor
Larry Marshall	Song Performer
Jimmy McHugh	Song - songs
Sydney Goldsmith	Song Performer
Cab Calloway	Song - songs
Zane Weiner	Music - music production coordinator
Irving Mills	Song - songs
Tom Jung	Music - music recording
Julie Hughes	Music
Jeanne Burns	Song
Al Brackman	Song
Barry Moss	Music
Ed Swayze	Song
Ted Koehler	Song - songs
Harold Arlen	Song
Gene Austin	Song - songs
Roy Bergere	Song
Gus Kahn	Song
Ernie Erdman	Song
Billy Meyers	Song
Elmer Scoebel	Song
Nick Kenny	Song
Sunny Clapp	Song
Andy Razaf	Song
Fats Waller	Song
Harry Brooks	Song
Ned Washington	Song
H Eugene Gifford	Song
Carroll Loveday	Song
Helmy Kresa	Song
Clarence Gaskill	Song
Bub Miley	Song
Mitchell Parish	Song
Sam Lewis	Song
Joe Young	Song
Harry Akst	Song
Con Conrad	Song
J Russell Robinson	Song
Harry B Smith	Song
Francis Wheeler	Song
Ted Snyder	Song
Frank Warshauer	Song
Sylvester Sprigato	Song
Ray Klages	Song
Jack Meskill	Song
Vincent Rose	Song
Irving Gordon	Song
Juan Tizol	Song
Benny Davis	Song
J Fred Coots	Song
Rube Bloom	Song
John Hodge	Song
Harry Carney	Song
Albany Bigard	Song
Ballard MacDonald	Song
James F Hanley	Song
Grant Clarke	Song
Irving Caesar	Song
Joseph Meyer	Song
Roger Wolfe Kahn	Song
A Seymour Brown	Song
Nat D Ayer	Song
Dave Franklin	Song
Sam Stept	Song
Maceo Pinkard	Song
William Tracey	Song
Doris Tauber	Song
Louis Armstrong	Song
Percy Venable	Song
J Mayo Williams	Song
Aletha Robinson	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Vic Magnotta	Stunt Coordinator
Bill Burton	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Lillian Pyles	Production Coordinator
Lynn Lewis Lovett	Script Supervisor
Ed Dessisso	Location Manager
Robert Girolami	Assistant Director
David Golden	Unit Production Manager
Joseph Cusumano	Line Producer
Kerry Orent	Post-Production Supervisor
Grace Blake	Production Supervisor - executive production supervisor
Henry Bronchtein	Assistant Director
Gaetano Lisi	Location Manager
Harriette Kanew	Production Coordinator
Lillian Pyles	Production Supervisor - production office supervisor
Barrie M Osborne	Line Producer
Christopher Cronyn	Unit Production Manager
Charles Miller	Location Manager
Meg Hunnewell	Unit Production Manager
Louis D'Esposito	Assistant Director
Celia D Costas	Location Manager
Michael Rauch	Unit Production Manager - effects Unit production manager
Amy Sayers	Assistant Director
Paul Fitzmaurice	Assistant Director
Ronnie Mitchell	Assistant Director
Joseph Reidy	Assistant Director - assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Ann Egbert	Assistant Director - assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Michael Haley	Assistant Director
Lewis Gould	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Tom Miller	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Edward Beyer	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Harriet Fidlow	ADR Editor
Jack C Jacobsen	Sound
David Carroll	Sound - sound rerecording
Michael Kirchberger	Sound Editor
Tom Bellfort	ADR Editor
Richard Beggs	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Kevin Lee	Sound Editor
Lee Dichter	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Mark Rathaus	Sound Editor
Michael Minkler	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Maurice Schell	Sound Editor
Paul Trejo	Sound Editor
James Austin	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Stan Parks	Special Effects Coordinator
Conrad V Brink Jr	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Lyndell Quiyou	Hair - hairstyles
Craig Lyman	Makeup - key makeup
Milena Canonero	Costume Designer
Alfred Craine	Wardrobe - key wardrobe
Beverly Cycon	Wardrobe - key wardrobe
Richard Dean	Makeup
Frances Kolar	Makeup
Guy Tanno	Wardrobe
Melissa Stanton	Wardrobe
C Romania Ford	Makeup
Joseph Cuervo	Makeup
Mark Burchard	Wardrobe
John Caglione Jr	Makeup - key makeup
Arlene Coffey	Wardrobe
David Dumais	Wardrobe
Arlette Greenfield	Makeup
Barbara Rosenthal	Wardrobe

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