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Where was The Cotton Club filmed?

1984 film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

  • New York City

The story is set in New York City, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City
Filmed in
New York City

About The Cotton Club

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Released
1984
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast
Richard GereGregory HinesDiane LaneLonette McKeeJames RemarNicolas CageBob HoskinsTom WaitsJulian BeckJoe Dallesandro
Genre
MusicalCrimeDrama

The story

A musician named Dixie Dwyer begins working with mobsters to advance his career but falls in love with Vera Cicero, the girlfriend of gangland kingpin Dutch Schultz.

Owney Madden, a mobster, owns the club and runs it with his right-hand man, Frenchy Demange.

Dixie becomes a Hollywood film star, thanks to the help of Madden and the mob but angering Schultz.

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