| The Cotton Club | |
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| Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Screenplay by | William Kennedy Francis Ford Coppola |
| Story by | William Kennedy Francis Ford Coppola Mario Puzo |
| Based on | The Cotton Club by James Haskins |
| Produced by | Robert Evans |
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| Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Edited by | Barry Malkin Robert Q. Lovett |
| Music by | John Barry |
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| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $58 million |
| Box office | $25.9 million[1] |
The Cotton Club is a 1984 American musical crime drama film co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on James Haskins' 1977 book of the same name. The story centers on the Cotton Club, a Harlem jazz club in the 1930s. The film stars Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Lonette McKee, with Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Gwen Verdon, Fred Gwynne and Laurence Fishburne in supporting roles.
The film was noted for going over budget on its production costs and taking a total of five years to complete. Despite being a disappointment at the box-office, the film received generally positive reviews and was nominated for several awards, including Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture (Drama) and Oscars for Best Art Direction (Richard Sylbert, George Gaines) and Best Film Editing.[2]