# The Cotton Club (1984)

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**Runtime**: 130 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Francis Ford Coppola
**Written by**: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, William Kennedy
**Starring**: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar

> *Where deals were made, lives were traded and the legends of jazz lit up the night.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You step into Harlem’s Cotton Club in 1930, where tap shoes click against green baize and whiskey glints under amber lights. A rising trumpeter’s ambitions tangle with a gangster’s empire and the club’s star dancer’s heart. The camera lingers on sweat-stained floors and silk dresses, catching the crackle before the chorus sings. A Francis Ford Coppola waltz through jazz-age glamour, all sequins and steel.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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