The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

It was the jazz age. It was an era of elegance and violence. The action was gambling. The stakes were life and death.

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

12/14/1984

Runtime

129 mins

Overview

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$58,000,000

Revenue

$25,928,721

Homepage

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A stylish plunge into 1920s Harlem where dazzling jazz performances and elaborate musical numbers collide with the brutal machinery of organized crime and racial exploitation. The glamour and artistry are forever shadowed by danger and the moral compromises required to survive in that world.

Mood

ExhilaratingTenseBittersweet

Themes

RacePowerCorruptionArt and creation

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Steady

Look

Stylized genrePainterly

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

Graphic violenceRacial violence

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