Ragtime
"The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age."
1981-11-20
7
en 155mDramaHistory
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.
Director
Miloš Forman
Novel
E. L. Doctorow
Screenplay
Michael Weller
Executive Producer
Michael Hausman
Associate Producer
Fred Sidewater
Executive Producer
Bernard Williams
new york city based on novel or book jazz singer or musician public murder racism class differences pianist ragtime revenge killing radical politics piano political scandal racial injustice 1900s social scandal new york city history
Status
ReleasedCountries
- United States of America
Companies
- Paramount Pictures
- The De Laurentiis Company
- Sunley Productions Ltd.
