The Cotton Club Official Trailer #1 - Nicolas Cage Movie (1984) HD 

Masterpiece Of Cinematic Arts .

This is one of my absolute favorites! Having learned and read about everything I could get my hands on about Harlem, the Harlem Renaissance; and my culture...I never tire of this gem! Love old movies from 30s, 40's, and 50's; and this one, so reminiscent of that time...made in the 80s, with an absolute stellar cast! How could you not think of Clark Gable when you look at Richard Gere in this role?!❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👏👏👏

Tremendous movie about beautiful and great artists of Cotton Club........!!!! Brilliant.!!!!

I love this movie! Simply Brilliant!!!!

This is always been one of my favorite movies

I just ordered this movie on DVD through Amazon and I can't wait to see it again! Very good film!

RIP BOB HOSKINS, FRED GWYNE & GREGORY HINES

Well HELLOOO!! Never heard of this movie before now!! I will correct that asap. Thank you!!

None of Coppolas movies after the 70s matched The Godfather I and II, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now. And because of that, we don't think they are as good as they really are. But Coppola made many very good movies after the 70s. This is one of them.

I was working with one of it's writer's (William Kennedy) on something else at the time this came out so I received a printed invitation to this film's official premier. I wish I'd gone- I still have the invitation. I love the scenes with the two old gangster chums (played by Bob Hoskins and Fred Gwynne). Gwynne was also good in "Ironweed" (which was based on William Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning novel). I was invited to that premier too but it took place in Albany and I was living in NYC then.

This is a great film. It only suffers from trying to cram so many different characters and story arcs into two hours. It needed to be three or four hours long, a true epic. If streaming services existed back then it would have made an amazing miniseries.

One of my favorite movies! Diane Lane all day!:-)

I've never seen , always wanted to, and must!

I have the original movie on VHS and DVD... but I've got to get Ford-Coppola's re-mastered and re-issue of his original director's cut version, which extends the movie 139 minutes; inclusive of quite a few scenes that were cut from the initial theatrical release.

From what I remember seeing it I was disappointed however that was in 1985, 37 years ago. I would like to revisit it to see how it has aged. Absolutely fabulous soundtrack, however. I recently purchased a second hand copy on viny and am spinning it as I write.

I love this movie, pitty it is so underrated

It's absolutely criminal that this movie didn't do better at the box office. I think it was just a little too smart and a little too well done for the great unwashed.

Francis Ford Coppola’s most underrated movie. Shame that the only movies people know he directed are The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now. Those are his best without question, but he really has directed some truly good movies other than those. The Outsiders, Dracula, Rainmaker, and of course, this film.

underrated movie.

This is a great film. With great music. I love it

Very harshly treated film, which like Heavens Gate was gravely misunderstood at the time . A neglected modern classic

An incredible and human movie!I adore it.

No skimping when they made this movie. I don’t know if it got overshadowed by some xmas flicks or boomers were too you to be interested but it’s a fine piece of work.

great movie. a tribute to African American artists. gere, un actor subvalorado.....

If anyone can bring peace among the races, it's Dixie Dwyer and Delbert "Sandman" Williams!

RIP Stephen farry 1938 2022

Fantastic film so underrated its untrue

Oh, ich glaube, diesen Film muss ich mir unbedingt noch einmal ansehen!!

New York Times, December 14, 1984, by Vincent Canby-"THE COTTON CLUB'' may well be a tap-dancing ''Cleopatra'' for the 1980's, a period movie whose time and - apparently - script had not come when principal photography began in New York a couple of years ago. It obviously cost a bundle but, considering the rate of inflation since the early 60's, ''The Cotton Club'' probably didn't cost as much as ''Cleopatra,'' best remembered now for some of the post-production comments made by its exhausted writer-director, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, in his war with 20th Century-Fox: ''They could cut it into banjo picks if they want.'' Just as ''Cleopatra'' was somewhat better than its harshest critics said, and considerably worse than its supporters thought, ''The Cotton Club'' is not a complete disaster, but it's not a whole lot of fun. It just runs on and on at considerable length, doing obligatory things, being photographically fancy but demonstrating no special character, style or excitement. There is an air about it of expensive desperation that no one, not even Francis Ford Coppola, could ease. It was Mr. Coppola whom the producer Robert Evans initially called in as a ''script doctor'' to work on Mr. Evans's original inspiration, James Haskins's pictorial history of Harlem's famous Cotton Club in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Mr. Coppola stayed on not only to direct the film, but to create an entirely new story with William Kennedy and Mario Puzo and to write the screenplay with Mr. Kennedy. Like ''Cleopatra,'' the new movie calls attention to the defects of a system. ''The Cotton Club'' somehow found itself in production before anybody connected with it had any idea what kind of a movie it was supposed to be. Musicians may noodle, artists sketch and novelists fill notebooks with material they'll never use. When commercial movie makers attempt to do the same thing as they put their thoughts in order, heads roll and entire corporations totter. ''The Cotton Club,'' which opens today at Loew's State and other theaters, means to be a singing, dancing, melodramatic epic set in and around the old Cotton Club, which featured great black entertainers, plus a chorus line of light-skinned dancers described in ads as ''tall, tan, terrific,'' and which practiced its own brand of apartheid - a whites-only admissions policy. The film's narrative mixes up real- life characters like Dutch Schultz, the mobster; Owney Madden, the owner of the Cotton Club who hobnobbed with gang leaders; Cab Calloway, and Gloria Swanson, with fictitious characters that suggest such people as George Raft, Lena Horne, Texas Guinan and Vincent (Mad Dog) Coll. Just what the film might have been is evident in its closing moments when, in an expressionistic montage, it cross-cuts between a big Cotton Club production number and what's happening to various characters outside the club. However, the movie, though busy throughout, has created so little interest that this potentially fantastic finale seems designed not to tie up loose ends but to pick up lint. The story - and there's more than enough of it - principally concerns the fortunes of a handsome young cornet player named Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere), who unwittingly becomes a favorite go-fer for Dutch Schultz (James Remar), who's intent on cutting himself into the Harlem numbers rackets. Among his other duties, Dixie acts as Dutch's ''beard,'' that is, as the escort for Dutch's pretty, tough young mistress, Vera Cicero (Diane Lane), when Dutch's wife is around. Vera, who looks a lot like Tuesday Weld in ''Once Upon a Time in America'' and tries to behave like Texas Guinan, may love Dixie but her heart has been bought by Dutch, who has promised to set her up in her own nightclub. A parallel story concerns an ambitious young black tap-dancer, Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines), and his love for a beautiful young showgirl, Lila Rose Oliver (Lonette McKee), who is torn between her love for Sandman and her ability to ''pass'' for white and live in a world without facing discrimination. In the several years the film covers, Dixie breaks away from Dutch's control by becoming a big Hollywood movie star who plays gangster roles; his younger brother, Vinnie Dwyer (Nicolas Cage), becomes one of Dutch's hoods and eventually tries to cross Dutch as Dutch himself attempts to cross other mobsters in a gang war. Through it all, the Cotton Club prospers. The best things in the film are its musical numbers, but though ''The Cotton Club'' is loaded with period music, it becomes overwhelmed by the general sloppiness of everything that's going on. Several first-rate moments are a terrific ''Crazy Rhythm'' tap number danced by Gregory Hines and his brother Maurice, an impromptu tap demonstration by Gregory Hines, Charles (Honi) Coles and others at a black dancers' hangout called the Hoofers Club, and a rendition of the great standard ''Am I Blue?'' seemingly sung by Miss Lane, accompanied by Mr. Gere on his cornet, which, the credits say, he plays himself. Though the rest of the material is less than great, the performances are all more than O.K., especially those by Mr. Gere, Mr. Hines, Miss Lane, Mr. Remar and Miss McKee. In a class by himself is Britain's Bob Hoskins (''The Long Good Friday''), who is especially effective as Owney Madden. Noteworthy in a supporting role is Julian Beck, who plays an especially nasty mob member. Also playing supporting roles, but on and off so fast that their use seems to be profligate, are Gwen Verdon, Thelma Carpenter and Joe Dallesandro, the one-time Andy Warhol star, who has aged gracefully enough to stand out in his brief appearance as Charles ''Lucky'' Luciano. THE COTTON CLUB, directed by Francis Coppola; screenplay by William Kennedy and Mr. Coppola; story by Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Coppola and Mario Puzo; director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt; edited by Barry Malkin and Robert Q. Lovett; music by John Barry; produced by Robert Evans; released by the Orion Pictures Corporation. At Loews State, Broadway and 45th Street; Orpheum, 86th Street and Third Avenue; 34th Street Showplace, at Second Avenue, and other theaters. Running time: 121 minutes. This film is rated R. Dixie Dwyer . . . . . Richard Gere; Sandman Williams . . . . . Gregory Hines; Vera Cicero . . . . . Diane Lane; Lila Rose Oliver . . . . . Lonette McKee; Owney Madden . . . . . Bob Hoskins; Dutch Schultz . . . . . James Remar; Vincent Dwyer . . . . . Nicolas Cage; Abbadabba Berman . . . . . Allen Garfield; Frenchy Demange . . . . . Fred Gwynne.

Cotton Club is a very good Gangster/ Tap Dancing movie.

yesssss!

Increíble y espectacular pelicula

It's an invitation you *can't* refuse

“Rumble Fish” is still his best movie

Consiglio di vedere questo film. È bellissimo.

is this movie really 1984 ? feels so 90's

Bob Hoskins R.I P

Oh, I love this movie!!!

Harlem Nights

I didn't recognize Diane Lane and James Remar (I mostly know him as Dexter's adapted father) while watching it 😅

Trailers these days are like a PowerPoint slideshow and/or GIF with some licensed soundtrack playing in the background. Wtf happened?

Gracias.

Ajax always hitting the girls, COME ON LADY !!!

I don't understand the budget of this movies was 58 million that Blade Runner cost 40 million. This movies was shot in one ambient e than in a car around the city.

Just think how amazing Diane Lane looks in 2024.

ONDE EU ENCONTRO O FILME PRA VER ??!! 😮🇧🇷☝️

Some people Got murdered because of this movie

Where can I watch this??

Class Is Permanent! 💜

at 1:09 name of the song please

Todos al cotoon club,,?l

The Lawmaker (1984)

Vielleicht hatte ich auch eine ältere Film-Version den "Cotton Clubs" gesehen.

2/17/23 I saw this movie back when it first came out. Today 2/17/23 i saw this again through Roku. Yes the look and the song & dance is brilliant. Having pointed this out i got to say jazz is not my favorite kind of music. A little goes a long way for me. I do feel this movie had way to much of song & dance and not enough story to it. The amount of jazz & dance was overkill to me. The acting by all is excellent. Same goes for directing.

This all movie is an imitation of the Bessie Smith video in a restaurant for "St Louise Blues" (8 min on RU-vid). Romanization of criminal culture has nothing good. In my short movie, just submitted to Festival de Cannes, "Why: From Golden Age to New Renaissance", I say "When best of thieves earns $100 mln -- best of manufacturers earns $100 bln." They also stole Barbie from my text (sniffing the computer). I think in Europe the educational system has a huge gap, grown before I came to the West, smth they smtms call "My American Uncle". They severely underestimate their own culture, with the Renaissance started 200 years before the discovery of America by Columbus. Andrew Praiseword, April 18, 2024, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cotton Club... Nicolas Cage ????????

Porque no la ponen completa

MOVIE WITH THE MAIUSCLE M

what role did recently deceaseed East Coasat actor Allen Garfield play...a Cop? Obviously not a crook...He doesnt appear in the trailer... but must of yelled in Gere's face.

Hawkzzz

bhupi wife is jennifer katherine gates and lalit arya wife is suri cruise commonsense

Overacting on Roy Radin's part, if you ask me.

looks corny not as good as the godfather the murder story behind it is more interesting