Ragtime
“The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.”
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Synopsis
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Cast
James Cagney·New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Brad Dourif·Younger Brother
Moses Gunn·Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovern·Evelyn Nesbit
Kenneth McMillan·Willie Conklin
Pat O'Brien·Delmas
Donald O'Connor·Evelyn's Dance Instructor
James Olson·Father
Mandy Patinkin·Tateh
Howard Rollins·Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Average shot length
4.8s per shot
Miloš Forman's career average is 6.4s across 12 measured films —see the full picture.