
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Francis Ford Coppola&s reconstruction of life in the famous 1920s Harlem jazz club stars Richard Gere stars as Dixie Dwyer a trumpet player who saves a gangster&s life & becomes unwittingly involved in the world of organised crime Caught between the mobsters & the musicians Dixie rubs shoulders with the likes of dancer Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines) club owner Owney Madden (Bob Hoskins) & tough guy Frenchy Demange (Fred Gwynne) all the while having a dangerous affair with gangster&s moll Vera Cicero (Diane Lane) The film merges the musical with the gangster film & captures the period with detailed sets lavish costumes & a rich musical score