The Cotton Club
Released: December 14, 1984Runtime: 129 minRated: MPA · R
Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
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- $58.0M($183.6M today)
- Domestic
- $25.9M($82.1M today)
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
- Negative format
- 35 mm
- Print format
- 70 mm (blow-up)
- Process
- Spherical
- Sound mix
- 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
- Cameras
- Camera Panavision Panaflex Gold, Panavision Super Speed MKII Lenses
- Shot on film
- Yes
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Supporting cast
138Julian Beck
Novella Nelson
Laurence Fishburne
as Larry Fishburne)
John P Ryan
as John Ryan)
Tom Waits
Ron Karabatsos
Glenn Withrow
Jennifer Grey
Wynonna Smith
Thelma Carpenter
Charles Honi Coles
Larry Marshall
Joe Dallesandro
Ed O Ross
Frederick Downs Jr
Diane Venora
Tucker Smallwood
Woody Strode
Bill Graham
Dayton Allen
Kim Chan
Ed Rowan
Leonard Termo
George Cantero
Brian Tarantina
Bruce Macvittie
James Russo
Giancarlo Esposito
Bruce Hubbard
Rony Clanton
Damien Leake
Bill Cobbs
Joe Lynn
Oscar Barnes
Ed Zang
as Edward Zang)
Sandra Beall
Zane Mark
Tom Signorelli
Paul Herman
Randle Mell
Steve Vignari
Susan Mechsner
Gregory Rozakis
Marc Coppola
Norma Jean Darden
Robert Earl Jones
Vincent Jerman Jerosa
as Vincent Jerosa)
Rosalind Harris
Steve Cafiso
John Cafiso
Sofia Coppola
as Domino)
Ninon Digiorgio
Daria Hines
Patricia Letang
Christopher Lewis
Danielle Osborne
Jason Papalardo
Demetrius Pena
Priscilla Baskerville
Ethel Beatty
Sydney Goldsmith
James Buster Brown
Ralph Brown
Harold Cromer
Bubba Gaines
George Hillman
Henry Phace Roberts
as Henry 'Phace' Roberts)
Howard Sandman Sims
Jimmy Slyde
as Jimmy Slide)
Henry Letang
Charles Young
Skip Cunningham
Luther Fontaine
Jan Mickens
Lydia Abarca
Sarita Allen
Tracey Bass
Jacquelyn Bird
Shirley Black Brown
Jhoe Breedlove
Leslie Caldwell
Melanie Caldwell
Benny Clorey
as Benny Clory)
Sheri Cowart
as Sherri Cowart)
Karen Dibianco
Cisco Drayton
Ann Duquesnay
Carla Earle
Wendy Edmead
Debbie Fitts
Ruddy L Garner
as Ruddy Garner)
Ruthanna Graves
Terri Griffin
Robin Harmon
Jack E Harry
Sonya Hensley
Dave Jackson
Gail Kendricks
Christina Kumi Kimball
Mary Beth Kurdock
Alde Lewis
Paula Lynn
Bernard Manners
Bernard Marsh
David Mcharris
Delores Mcharris
Vody Najac
Vya Negromonte
as Viewma Negromonte)
Alice Anne Oates
as Alice Anne Oakes)
Anne Palmer
Julie Pars
Antonia Pettiford
Valarie Pettiford
Janet Powell
Renee Rodriguez
Tracey Ross
Kiki Shepard
Gary Thomas
Mario Van Peebles
Rima Vetter
Karen Wadkins
Ivery Wheeler
Donald Williams
Alexis Wilson
George Coutoupis
Scott Crawford
Kimberly Dorsey
Anton Evangelista
Nicholas J Giangiulio
Linda Gillen
Sandra Gray
Bella Jarrett
Suzanne Kaaren
Robin Karfo
Mark Margolis
Naylon Mitchell
Ray Negron
D J Sharp
Directors
1Writers
4Producers
7Other crew
118Beth Kuhn
Art Department
Bruno Robotti
Art Department
Carl Landi
Art Department
Edward Swanson
Art Department
George Hugel
Art Department
Herbert F Mulligan
Art Department
James Halligan
Art Department
Linda Conaway Parsloe
Art Department
Polly Wood Holland
Art Department
Sharmagne Leland St John
Art Department
Adger W Cowans
Camera and Electrical Department
Angelo Di Giacomo
Camera and Electrical Department
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