Scott Joplin (film)
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Writer Christopher Knopf Country United States | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, Music Costume design Bernard Johnson Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 30, 1977 Cast (Scott Joplin), (Chauvin), (Belle Joplin), (Will Williams), (Tom Turpin), Seymour Cassel (Dr. Jaelki)Similar movies Related Jeremy Kagan movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott Joplin is a 1977 biographical film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the life of American composer and pianist Scott Joplin. It stars Billy Dee Williams and Clifton Davis. It won an award from the Writers Guild of America in 1979. The only other composers mentioned as worthy equals in the film are John Philip Sousa and Jelly Roll Morton.
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Plot
In the late 19th century, Scott Joplin, a young African-American musician, moves to Missouri and to make ends meet finds a job as a piano teacher. He befriends Louis Chauvin, who plays piano in a brothel.
Joplin composes ragtime music. One day his "Maple Leaf Rag" is heard by John Stark, a publisher of sheet music in St. Louis. Stark is impressed, buys the rights to the composition and sells it, with Joplin sharing some of the profits. Joplin's new songs also achieve a great popularity.
Chauvin is equally talented, but contracts syphilis and dies in his 20s. Joplin, meantime, becomes obsessed with composing more serious music, yet is continually thwarted in his attempt to write and publish an opera.
Cast
Scott joplin movie dueling pianos competition scene 1977
References
Scott Joplin (film) WikipediaScott Joplin (film) IMDb Scott Joplin (film) themoviedb.org