A kaleidoscope of tales from E.L. Doctorow's eponymous novel evokes life in pre-World War I New York City. 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.
31 July 1947, Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
21 April 1957, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
6 December 1928, New York City, New York, USA
1 September 1927, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
25 April 1947, Buffalo, New York, USA
7 July 1936, Brooklyn, New York, USA
20 October 1949, Grenada, British West Indies [now Grenada]
August 28, 1928 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
22 February 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 August 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 December 1922, London, England, UK
10 September 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3 February 1903, Iowa, USA
2 October 1929, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
9 December 1973, USA
18 July 1961, Evanston, Illinois, USA
3 August 1910, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
19 June 1933, Wisconsin, USA
11 September 1936, Havlíckuv Brod, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
10 July 1930, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
30 September 1954, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
30 September 1957, Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
15 December 1894, Flushing, New York, USA
11 March 1911, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
19 January 1932, London, England, UK
November 15, 2004
a jumbled and largely uninteresting messJuly 01, 2004
A robust screen adaptation of Doctorow's novel about class warfare, social change, and the gap between the rich and the poorJuly 10, 2011
Sporadically engaging, Milos Forman's chronicle of American society and culture in the beginning of the twentieth century is too sprawling and dramatically diffuse, though some of the acting is excellent.May 12, 2003
Fine, sprawling period piece. A great swan song for Cagney.March 22, 2008
Great to see very late Cagney in solid Milos Forman film.