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| Directed by | Miloš Forman |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Written by | Michael Weller Bo Goldman (uncredited) E.L. Doctorow (novel) |
| Starring | James Cagney Brad Dourif Moses Gunn Elizabeth McGovern Kenneth McMillan Howard E. Rollins, Jr. Mary Steenburgen Samuel L. Jackson Fran Drescher Debbie Allen Uncredited: Jack Nicholson |
| Music by | Randy Newman |
| Cinematography | Miroslav Ondříček |
| Editing by | Anne V. Coates |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 20, 1981 |
| Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $11,099,118 |
Ragtime is a 1981 American film based on the historical novel Ragtime (1975) by E. L. Doctorow. The action takes place in and around New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City in the first decade of the 1900s, and includes fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time. The film was directed by Miloš Forman. The music was the first full feature score composed by Randy Newman. This was the final feature film for both James Cagney and Pat O'Brien; Cagney was ailing during the shoot.
Although ambiguous about the year of action within the storyline, architect and socialite Stanford White was actually shot in 1906 and the trial(s) of Harry K. Thaw for the murder took place in 1907 and again in 1908. Thaw's wife, Evelyn Nesbit had a previous intimate relationship with White while she was a teenager. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, but lost to On Golden Pond.
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| Actor | Role |
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| Debbie Allen | Sarah |
| Donald Bisset | J. P. Morgan |
| Robert Boyd | President Theodore Roosevelt |
| James Cagney | NYPD Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo |
| Thomas A. Carlin | Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks |
| Jeff Daniels | P. C. O'Donnell |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | Harry Houdini |
| Fran Drescher | Mameh |
| Moses Gunn | Booker T. Washington |
| Brad Dourif | Younger Brother |
| Frankie Faison | Gang Member No. 1 |
| Robert Henderson | Elderly Man |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Gang Member No. 2 |
| Michael Jeter | Special Reporter |
| Robert Joy | Harry K. Thaw |
| Andreas Katsulas | Policeman who brings Sarah to the house |
| Bessie Love | Old T.O.C. Lady |
| Norman Mailer | Stanford White |
| Elizabeth McGovern | Evelyn Nesbit |
| Kenneth McMillan | Willie Conklin |
| Pat O'Brien | Mr. Delphin Delmas |
| Donald O'Connor | Evelyn's dance instructor |
| James Olson | Father |
| Mandy Patinkin | Tateh |
| Ethan Phillips | Guard at Family House |
| John Ratzenberger | Policeman |
| Howard E. Rollins, Jr. | Coalhouse Walker, Jr. |
| Ted Ross | Lawyer |
| Mary Steenburgen | Mother |
| Ron Weyand | Doctor Muller |
| Stuart Kirkwood | Policeman |
| Jack Nicholson | Pirate at Beach (uncredited) |
Ragtime was nominated for eight Academy Awards:[1]
One instrumental from the soundtrack, "Clef Club Number 2", was later used as the theme tune for ESPN's Inside Baseball weekly magazine program hosted by George Grande.
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