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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. The film features the final film appearances of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, 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.
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Directed by | Miloš Forman |
Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
Screenplay by | Michael Weller Bo Goldman (uncredited) |
Based on | Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow |
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Music by | Randy Newman |
Cinematography | Miroslav Ond?í?ek |
Edited by | Anne V. Coates Antony Gibbs Stanley Warnow |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $32,000,000 |
Box office | $11,099,118 |
Screenplay
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The film begins with a newsreel montage, depicting celebrities of the turn of the 20th century such as Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt and the architect Stanford White (Norman Mailer), as well as life in New York City. The newsreel is accompanied by ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.). The millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw (Robert Joy), makes a scene when White's latest creation, a nude statue on the roof of Madison Square Garden, is unveiled. The model for the statue is Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), a former chorus girl who is now Thaw's wife. Thaw becomes convinced White has corrupted Evelyn and humiliated him, and publicly shoots White, killing him.
Meanwhile, an unnamed upper-class family resides in a comfortable suburban home in New Rochelle. The family's Father (James Olson) owns a factory, where his wife's Younger Brother (Brad Dourif) is employed as a fireworks maker. Their passive, sheltered existence is disturbed when an abandoned African American baby is found in their garden. The child's mother, an unmarried washerwoman named Sarah (Debbie Allen), is discovered and brought to their home. When she learns that the police intend to charge Sarah with child abandonment and attempted murder, Mother (Mary Steenburgen) intervenes and takes Sarah and her child into the home, despite Father's objections. Some time later, Coalhouse Walker arrives at the house in search of Sarah, driving a new model T Ford and acting in a brash manner unlike the subservient attitude expected of the African American community at the time. Realizing that he is the baby's father, he announces to a skeptical Father that he intends to marry Sarah.
Younger Brother witnesses White's murder and becomes obsessed with Evelyn, leaving home for long periods of time to follow her throughout the city. Thaw's lawyer, Delphin (Pat O'Brien), bribes Evelyn with a million-dollar divorce settlement (which she accepts) to keep silent about Thaw's mental instability at his trial and to testify that White had abused her. Passing through the tenements of the Lower East Side, Evelyn encounters a street artist known as Tateh (Mandy Patinkin) and sees him throw his wife (Fran Drescher) out of their home after learning of her infidelity. He takes their daughter and leaves New York, taking with him the flip book he has created, which he begins to sell successfully. Evelyn, who has become fond of the little girl, is troubled by their disappearance, but distracted when Younger Brother declares his love to her. She begins an affair with him as she begins to plan her return to the stage. He assumes that they will eventually marry and plans to introduce her to his family. However, after Thaw is found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity, his lawyers interrupt one of Evelyn's trysts with Younger Brother and inform her that Thaw will be suing her for divorce on the grounds of infidelity, offering her a much smaller divorce settlement, which she takes. The affair ends shortly thereafter, leaving Younger Brother alone and adrift.
In New Rochelle Coalhouse is targeted by a crew of bigoted volunteer firemen, led by fire chief Willie Conklin (Kenneth McMillan), who refuse to allow his automobile to pass by their firehouse. He leaves to find a policeman (Jeff Daniels), and returns to find his car's front seat soiled with horse manure. His protests end with the racist policeman placing him under arrest for parking his car illegally. Conklin is not arrested. After Father arranges for Coalhouse's release, they discover his car has been vandalized further. Coalhouse pursues legal action, but can find no lawyer willing to represent him. Father, who believes Coalhouse has no legal recourse open to him due to his race, and Younger Brother, who supports Coalhouse, have a confrontation in front of Sarah, who is informed by an infuriated Father that it is up to her to get Coalhouse to see sense. She sneaks out of the house to attend a presidential rally, where she attempts to tell President Roosevelt about Coalhouse's case but is pushed back and beaten by guards. She is severely injured, and soon after dies from her wounds.
After Sarah's funeral, Coalhouse and a group of supporters ambush the volunteer firemen, killing several of them. He sends a letter to the police and newspapers threatening to attack other firehouses, demanding that his car be restored and that Conklin be turned over to him for justice. Father is disgusted at Coalhouse's violence, but Younger Brother tracks him down and joins his gang, bringing with him his knowledge of explosives.
Ostracized by their own white community and hounded by reporters for their involvement in a black man's issues, Father and Mother leave New Rochelle for Atlantic City, where they encounter Tateh, who is now a film director working on a photoplay with Evelyn Nesbitt. Mother is attracted to him, and she and Father quarrel. Meanwhile, Coalhouse and his gang force their way into the Pierpont Morgan Library, holding the priceless collection hostage in exchange for Conklin and the car. The building is soon surrounded by police and National Guard units. Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo (James Cagney) arrives to take command of the siege. He sends men to retrieve Walker's child to use a bargaining chip, but Mother refuses to give him up. This angers Father, who demands she turn the child over, and he returns to New York alone to assist Waldo. In his absence Mother checks out of their hotel.
Noted black educator Booker T. Washington (Moses Gunn) is called in as a mediator but fails to persuade Walker to surrender, as does Father in a meeting at the library. Conklin, who has fled, is captured by the police, and forced to phone Coalhouse and apologize. Commissioner Waldo is disgusted by Conklin and his racist attitude, who he calls "a piece of slime," yet cannot submit to terrorist demands and has him arrested instead. Coalhouse ultimately agrees to surrender if Waldo will permit his supporters to safely depart in his restored car. Waldo agrees after Father volunteers to stay inside the library as a hostage. Coalhouse's supporters escape in the car, and he drives Father out the library. He prays, seeming ready to blow himself up, but instead surrenders to the police. As he steps out of the building with his hands raised, Waldo orders a sniper to shoot him. Coalhouse stumbles a short distance and falls dead.
The film ends with another newsreel montage: Evelyn dances in vaudeville, and Harry Thaw is released from an asylum. Harry Houdini escapes from a straight jacket while dangling several stories above the ground, while below him, the newspapers announce that war has been declared (presumably the start of World War I). Younger Brother returns to his job as a fireworks maker. In the final shot, Father watches from the house in New Rochelle as Mother departs with Tateh and Coalhouse's son.
The film is notable for introducing numerous actors for whom this was one of their first appearances in an American film: Samuel L. Jackson, Debbie Allen, Jeff Daniels, Andreas Katsulas, Ethan Phillips, Elizabeth McGovern, Stuart Milligan, and John Ratzenberger. Additionally, it was the final film of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. Cagney had not acted in a film for 20 years prior to his appearance in Ragtime.
- James Cagney as Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
- Brad Dourif as Younger Brother
- Moses Gunn as Booker T. Washington
- Elizabeth McGovern as Evelyn Nesbit
- Kenneth McMillan as Fire Chief Willie Conklin
- Pat O'Brien as Delmas
- Donald O'Connor as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
- James Olson as Father
- Mandy Patinkin as Tateh
- Howard E. Rollins, Jr. as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
- Mary Steenburgen as Mother
- Debbie Allen as Sarah
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Harry Houdini
- Robert Joy as Harry Kendall Thaw
- Norman Mailer as Stanford White
- Edwin Cooper as Grandfather
- Jeff Daniels as P.C. O'Donnell
- Fran Drescher as Mameh
- Frankie Faison as Gang Member
- Alan Gifford as Judge
- Richard Oldfield as Stock Reporter
- Richard Griffiths as Delmas' Assistant
- George Harris as Clef Club Bandleader
- Samuel L. Jackson as Gang Member
- Michael Jeter as Special Reporter
- Andreas Katsulas as Policeman #3
- Calvin Levels as Gang Member
- Bessie Love as Old Lady
- Christopher Malcolm as Police Captain
- Stuart Milligan as the Marksman
- Zack Norman as Manager
- Ethan Phillips as Guard at Family House
- Barry Dennen as Stage Manager
- Jack Nicholson as Pirate on Beach (Uncredited)
The film was shot on location in New York City; Mount Kisco, New York; New Jersey; and at Shepperton Studios, UK.
Awards | ||||
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Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
Academy Awards | March 29, 1982 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Howard E. Rollins Jr. | Nominated |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Elizabeth McGovern | |||
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Michael Weller | |||
Best Cinematography | Miroslav Ond?í?ek | |||
Best Art Direction – Set Decoration | Art Direction: John Graysmark, Patrizia Von Brandenstein, and Tony Reading Set Decoration: George DeTitta Sr., George DeTitta Jr., and Peter Howitt | |||
Best Costume Design | Anna Hill Johnstone | |||
Best Music, Original Score | Randy Newman | |||
Best Music, Original Song | Randy Newman For the song "One More Hour" | |||
BAFTA Awards | 1983 | Best Original Song | Randy Newman For the song "One More Hour" | |
Golden Globe Awards | January 20, 1982 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | ||
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture | Howard E. Rollins, Jr. | |||
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture | Mary Steenburgen | |||
Best Director – Motion Picture | Miloš Forman | |||
Best Original Song – Motion Picture | Randy Newman For the song "One More Hour" | |||
New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture | Howard E. Rollins, Jr. | |||
Elizabeth McGovern | ||||
Grammy Awards | February 23, 1983 | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special | Randy Newman | |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | December 14, 1981 | Best Music | Randy Newman | Won |
NAACP Image Awards | December 5, 1982 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Nominated | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Moses Gunn | Won | ||
New York Film Critics Circle | January 31, 1982 | Best Supporting Actor | Howard E. Rollins, Jr. | 4th place |
Writers Guild of America Awards | March 30, 1982 | Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | Michael Weller | Nominated |
Others
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