Ragtime (film)

Ragtime
Ragtime
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Miloš Forman
Screenplay by	Michael Weller; Bo Goldman (uncredited)
Based on	Ragtime; by E.L. Doctorow
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	James Cagney;
Cinematography	Miroslav Ondříček
Edited by	Anne V. Coates; Antony Gibbs; Stanley Warnow
Music by	Randy Newman
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 20, 1981;
Running time	155 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$28.3–32 million
Box office	$21.2 million (rentals)

Ragtime is a 1981 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1975 historical novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow. The film is set in and around turn-of-the-century New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City, and includes fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time. The film stars James Cagney, Mary Steenburgen, Howard Rollins, Brad Dourif, James Olson and Elizabeth McGovern.

Ragtime was Cagney and Pat O'Brien final film appearance. It also features early career appearances by Jeff Daniels, Fran Drescher, Samuel L. Jackson, Ethan Phillips, and John Ratzenberger in small roles.

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