Ragtime
A kaleidoscope of tales from E.L. Doctorow's eponymous novel evokes life in pre-World War I New York City. 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.
21 December 1948, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
30 November 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 April 1933, Bow, London, England, UK
13 May 1913, St. Helen's, England, UK
10 September 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6 August 1926, Margate, Kent, England, UK
19 August 1946, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
22 April 1936
30 September 1954, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18 March 1950, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
6 December 1928, New York City, New York, USA
10 June 1949, Newport News, Virginia, USA
11 September 1942, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 November 1899, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
10 July 1930, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
17 October 1950, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1942
23 June 1951, New York City, New York, USA
10 December 1928, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 September 1894, Genoa, Illinois, USA
19 June 1933, Wisconsin, USA
March 22, 2008
Great to see very late Cagney in solid Milos Forman film.July 10, 2011
Sporadically engaging, Milos Forman's chronicle of American society and culture in the beginning of the twentieth century is too sprawling and dramatically diffuse, though some of the acting is excellent.November 15, 2004
a jumbled and largely uninteresting messMay 12, 2003
Fine, sprawling period piece. A great swan song for Cagney.July 01, 2004
A robust screen adaptation of Doctorow's novel about class warfare, social change, and the gap between the rich and the poor