Paramount Presents: Ragtime [Blu-ray]

Overview

Milos Foreman's cinematic adaptation of E.L. Doctrow's sprawling pop-culture epic Ragtime follows a variety of characters whose lives intertwine during the earliest years of the 20th century. Brad Dourif plays the meek young brother in a wealthy family who ends up helping Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Howard E. Rollins) when the proud black man stands up to the racism that surrounds him with a criminal act that leads to a standoff with a police commissioner (James Cagney - making his return to the big screen after fifteen years away). Secondary characters include a street artist (Mandy Patinkin) who gets his foot in the door of the nascent film business, and a flighty young woman (Elizabeth McGovern) who inspires men who desire her to violence. Randy Newman composed the score, which included a song that earned him his first Oscar nomination.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/16/2021
UPC:	0191329207871
Original Release:	1981
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	2:35:00
Sales rank:	1,406

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Cagney	Rheinlander Waldo
Howard E. Rollins Jr.	Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Elizabeth McGovern	Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Brad Dourif	Younger Brother
Moses Gunn	Booker T. Washington
Kenneth McMillan	Willie Conklin
Donald O'Connor	Evelyn's Dance Teacher
James Olson	Father
Mandy Patinkin	Tateh
Mary Steenburgen	Mother
Debbie Allen	Sarah
Jeffrey DeMunn	Harry Houdini
Robert Joy	Harry K. Thaw
Norman Mailer	Stanford White,Woman with Stanford White
Bruce Boa	Jerome
Hoolihan Burke	Brigit
Norman Chancer	Agent
Edwin Cooper	Grandfather
Jeff Daniels	O'Donnell
Fran Drescher	Mameh
Frankie Faison	Gang Member No. 1
Hal Galili	Police Captain No. 1
Alan Gifford	Judge
Richard Griffiths	Delmas Assistant No. 1
Samuel L. Jackson	Gang Member No. 2
Michael Jeter	Special Reporter
Calvin Levels	Gang Member No. 3
Bessie Love	Old Lady
Christopher Malcolm	Police Captain No. 2
Herman Meckler	Vernon Elliott
Billy J. Mitchell	Delmas Assistant No. 2
Jenny Nichols	Little Girl,Little Boy
Zack Norman	Gent No. 2 - Manager
Don Plumley	Inspector McNeil
Ted Ross	Black Lawyer
Dorsey Wright	Gang Member No. 4
Robert Arden	Foreman of the Jury
Robert Boyd	President Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas A. Carlin	Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks
John Clarkson	Plainclothes Detective No. 1
E. Brian Dean	Fireman No. 1
Harry Ditson	County Clerk
Robert Dorning	Gent with Stanford White
Geoffrey Greenhill	Police Guard
Ray Hassett	Policeman No. 12
Robert Hitt	Plainclothes Detective No. 2
Rodney James	Sleek Male Dancer
George Harris	Band Leader, Clef Club
George J. Manos	Novely Shop Storeman
Val Pringle	Clef Club Manager
Ron Weyand	Doctor Muller
Bill Reimbold	Gent No. 3 - Lawyer
Pat O'Brien	Delmas
Eloise O'Brien	Mrs. Thaw
Douglas Lambert	Police Sergeant
Nesbitt Blaisdell	Policeman
Joel Cutrara	Policeman
Jeff Harding	Policeman
Patrick M. Hughes	Policeman
Andreas Katsulas	Policeman
Anthony Powell	Policeman
Joe Praml	Policeman
Bob Sherman	Policeman
Brian E. Dean	Fireman
Josh Clark	Fireman
Jake Dengel	Fireman
John Ratzenberger	Fireman
Sonny Abagnale	Evelyn's Driver
Chaim Blatter	Rabbi
Donald Bisset	J.P. Morgan
John Alderson	Waldo's Aide
Patrick Connor	Waldo's Aide
Derek Martin	Waldo's Aide
Robert Coffin	Desk Clerk
Guy Gregory	Black Butler
Britt Walker	Black Butler
Pat Gorman	Thug
Dave Griffiths	Thug
Mike Potter	Thug
Stan Simmons	Thug
Barry Dennen	Stage Manager
Natalia Dobrer	Woman
Tony Sibbald	Stock Reporter
Peter Witman	Stock Reporter
Daniel Foley	Stock Reporter
Richard Oldfield	Stock Reporter
Gretchen Franklin	Elderly Woman
Robert Henderson	Elderly Man
Pavel Landovsky	Solomon Peretz
Al Matthews	maitre d'
Stuart Mulligan	Marksman
Colette Hiller	Lawyer's Female Companion
Elaine Ives-Cameron	Ina, Lawyer's Female Companion
Nelly Polissky	Woman in Window
Ethan Phillips	Guard at Family House
John Sterland	Library guard
Jan Triska	Special reporter
Burnell Tucker	Reporter
Edward Wiley	Conductor
Randy Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Weller

E.L. Doctorow

Heinrich Von Kleist

Bo Goldman

Milos Forman	Director
Dino De Laurentiis	Producer
Michael Hausman	Executive Producer,Producer
Bernard Williams	Executive Producer,Producer
Michael Weller	Screenwriter
E.L. Doctorow	Screenwriter
Heinrich Von Kleist	Screenwriter
Charles Staffell	Special Effects
Gerry Humphreys	Sound Effects
Archie Ludski	Sound Effects
Steve James	Stunts
Bo Goldman	Screenwriter