The Cotton Club Encore

Name: The Cotton Club Encore
Genre: Drama, Crime, Music
Released: October 11, 2019
Duration: 139 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Allen Garfield, Bob Hoskins, Diane Lane, Fred Gwynne, Gregory Hines

2019

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Lionsgate | Release Date: October 11, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Allen Garfield, Bob Hoskins, Diane Lane, Fred Gwynne, Gregory Hines, Gwen Verdon, James Remar, Lonette McKee, Nicolas Cage, Richard Gere

Summary: In this lavish, 1930s-era drama, Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide. Now, Francis Ford Coppola's extraordinary film is brought to vivid new life in The Cotton Club Encore. Featuring never-before-seen scenes and musical sequences that deepen andIn this lavish, 1930s-era drama, Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide. Now, Francis Ford Coppola's extraordinary film is brought to vivid new life in The Cotton Club Encore. Featuring never-before-seen scenes and musical sequences that deepen and enrich the storylines, this remastered and beautifully restored version represents Coppola's fully realized vision of the The Cotton Club.… Expand

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 139 min

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The Guardian Jordan Hoffman

Nov 16, 2019

This is a gift to cinephiles everywhere from deep in the cellar and we’re all lucky to get a sip. Read full review

Dan Callahan

Nov 16, 2019

This cut makes a film that felt like a failure into one of Coppola’s very best pictures. This movie is a feast with all the trimmings, and then some. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Jul 14, 2020

What’s difficult to get past, even in Encore, is the queasiness of those minstrelsy club numbers, where the White audience gazes at Black bodies as the camera performs pyrotechnics. The vantage point is simply too compromised. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Nov 16, 2019

Though it’s still not entirely successful, I’m glad this version exists. Coppola’s restoration has turned a hot mess into a noble failure. Read full review

Richard Brody

Nov 16, 2019

Coppola can’t avoid a dash of mythology when filming brutal killings, but he also looks grimly at the Mob’s role in popular artistry—and in enforcing racial barriers. Read full review

Robert Abele

Nov 16, 2019

In the end, there’s a point about black struggle alongside white dominance in The Cotton Club Encore that Coppola can’t get quite right because, ultimately, atmosphere won out over emotion. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Nov 16, 2019

The Cotton Club does look terrific and has its moments. It’s certainly not an embarrassment. It’s just not . . . very good. Read full review

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