The Cotton Club

""It's The Godfather with music!"" boasted director Francis Ford Coppola when he first pitched this 1984 opus. No, Francis, it really isn't. Attempting to breathe life into the photos of the jazz era's infamous Cotton Club, the Apocalypse Now helmer manages to stage a beautiful film. But he's totally flat-footed when it comes to story.

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