The Cotton Club

Summary: Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.

Release Date: December 14, 1984

Genres: Drama, Crime, Music

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: William Kennedy

, Francis Ford Coppola

, Mario Puzo

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: Zoetrope Studios, Producers Sales Organization (PSO), Totally Independent

Distributor: Embassy Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Nelson Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 58,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,928,721

Box office:

Budget:$58MDomestic:$25.9MWorldwide:$25.9M

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based on novel

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The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this -22% lower than the critics.

77%55%

The Metacritic audience rated this 12% higher than the critics.

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68/100

Metacritic User:

80/100

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28% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

22% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White72.22%Black22.22%Jewish5.56%

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racial segregation,prejudice,race relations,segregation,racism

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