Ragtime DVD 1981 / Directed by Miloš Forman / Starring: James Cagney / Based on the 1975 novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow

UPC 5999010451498

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 156 minutes

English Summary:

Ragtime is a 1981 American drama film, directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1975 historical novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow. The action takes place in and around New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City early in the 1900s, including fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time.^[2] The film features the final film appearances of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien,^[3] and early appearances, in small parts, by Jeff Daniels, Fran Drescher, Samuel L. Jackson, Ethan Phillips, and John Ratzenberger. The music score was composed by Randy Newman. The film was nominated for eight Oscars.

A newsreel montage depicts turn-of-the-20th-century celebrities including Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt, architect Stanford White (Norman Mailer), and life in New York City, accompanied by ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.). Millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw (Robert Joy) makes a scene when White unveils a nude statue atop Madison Square Garden, modeled after former chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), Thaw's wife. Convinced White has corrupted Evelyn, Thaw publicly shoots him dead.

An upper-class family resides in New Rochelle, New York, where Father (James Olson) owns a factory where his wife's Younger Brother (Brad Dourif) makes fireworks. An African American baby is abandoned in their garden, and upon learning the police intend to charge the child's mother, Sarah (Debbie Allen), with child abandonment and attempted murder, Mother (Mary Steenburgen) takes Sarah and her child in, despite Father's objections. Coalhouse arrives in search of Sarah, driving a new Ford Model T, and realizing he is the baby's father, announces his intention to marry Sarah.

Hungarian Summary:

A színes bőrű ragtime-zongorista, ifj. Coalhouse Walker szembeszáll a faji előítéletekkel és a fajgyűlölet durva megnyilvánulásaival, s alulmarad a jogaiért folytatott, egyenlőtlen küzdelemben. Amikor egy rendőr brutálisan megöli a feleségét, személyes bosszút akar állni, látván, hogy nem kap igazságot. Kétségbeesett harca a polgári társadalom intézményei ellen azonban sikertelenül végződik, s végül őt is lelöveti Waldo rendőrfőnök.

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