Ragtime (film)
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For the silent film, see Ragtime (1927 film).
Ragtime is a 1981 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1975 historical novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow. The film is set in and around turn-of-the-century New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City, and includes fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time. The film stars James Cagney, Mary Steenburgen, Howard Rollins, Brad Dourif, James Olson and Elizabeth McGovern.
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Directed by | Miloš Forman |
Screenplay by | Michael Weller Bo Goldman (uncredited) |
Based on | Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow |
Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
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Cinematography | Miroslav Ondříček |
Edited by | Anne V. Coates Antony Gibbs Stanley Warnow |
Music by | Randy Newman |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $28.3–32 million[1][2] |
Box office | $21.2 million (rentals)[2] |
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Ragtime was Cagney and Pat O'Brien final film appearance. It also features early career appearances by Jeff Daniels, Fran Drescher, Samuel L. Jackson, Ethan Phillips, and John Ratzenberger in small roles.