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Writer:
Christopher Knopf (written by)
Release Date:
30 December 1977 (USA)
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Tagline:
Scott Joplin's Ragtime Music Portrayed American Life.
Plot:
Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time. | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
1 win
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Joplin Opportunity
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Billy Dee Williams | ... | Scott Joplin |
 | Clifton Davis | ... | Chauvin |
 | Margaret Avery | ... | Belle Joplin |
| Eubie Blake | ... | Will Williams |
| Godfrey Cambridge | ... | Tom Turpin |
 | Seymour Cassel | ... | Dr. Jaelki |
| Otis Day | ... | John The Baptist |
| Mabel King | ... | Madam Amy |
| Taj Mahal | ... | Poor Alfred |
| Spo-De-Odee | ... | Left Hand of God |
 | Art Carney | ... | John Stark |
| David Healy | ... | Sam Bundler |
| Samuel Fuller | ... | Impresario |
| Leon Charles | ... | Liebling |
| Fred Pinkard | ... | Dr. Adams |
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96 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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USA:PG (certificate #24742)
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Get up from the piano, boy. You're hurting its feelings.
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I agree with the previous 2 reviewers, but I feel Joplin is still largely unappreciated within the USA. His music will last like that of Chopin, Verdi and the other sublime masters. I have been a professional musician for over 50 years and find Joplin's music as addictive as Bach or Mozart, especially since I am an American with classical, jazz and ragtime chops.
Any producers that can read this might consider a movie of Joplin's opera, which I have heard live and still get chills from thinking about it. In the same vein, the great American composer, Louis Gottschalk is also not widely known and appreciated. Gottschalk out ranked Chopin in Paris, France at one special time in the history of music. Perhaps the Indie film folks might also consider a film on Gottschalk, who was larger than life as was Joplin.