{"product_id":"the-cotton-club-dvd","title":"The Cotton Club [DVD]","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThe Cotton Club is routinely eclipsed by the controversies that surrounded its tumultuous production, but the film itself offers abundant pleasures that should not be overlooked. If Apocalypse Now represents the triumph of director Francis Coppola's perilous ambition, then The Cotton Club represents the ungainly glory of uncontrolled genius, as brilliant as it is out of its depth. As an upscale homage to classic gangster films it's frequently astonishing, cramming a thick novel's worth of plot and characters into 129 minutes, gloriously serviced by impeccable production design, elegant cinematography, and stylistic flourishes that show Coppola at the top of his game.\nWhat The Cotton Club lacks is cohesion. As written by Coppola and novelist William Kennedy (then enjoying the peak of his critical acclaim), the movie struggles to exceed the narrative scope of The Godfather, but its multiple early-'30s plot lines fail to form any strong connective tissue. It's three (or four) movies in one, with cornet player Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere, playing his own jazzy solos) drifting from one story to the next--loving a young, ambitious vamp (Diane Lane, with whom Gere shares precious little chemistry), enjoying the success of a hotshot hoofer (Gregory Hines), and protecting his brazen bother (Coppola's then-newcomer nephew, Nicolas Cage) from the deadly temper of mob boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar). Bob Hoskins and Fred Gwynne also score big in grand supporting roles, but The Cotton Club is perhaps best appreciated for its meticulous re-creation of Harlem's Cotton Club heyday, and the brilliant music (Ellington, Calloway, etc.) that brought rhythm to gangland's rat-a-tat-tat. --Jeff Shannon\n\nProduct description\n\nThe Cotton Club\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00005IA7Y\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00005IA7Y.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Richard Gere|Gregory Hines|Diane Lane|Lonette McKee|Bob Hoskins|James Remar|Nicolas Cage|Allen Garfield|Fred Gwynne|Gwen Verdon|Lisa Jane Persky|Maurice Hines|Francis Ford Coppola|Jim Haskins|Mario Puzo|William Kennedy\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41486659911738,"sku":"DBV.B00005IA7Y.G","price":7.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B00005IA7Y-0.jpg?v=1782238461","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-cotton-club-dvd","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}