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...cold reckoning of Hollywood's moneymen, The Cotton Club was one of last Christmas' turkeys. Despite its lavish production, a big-name director (Francis Coppola) and star (Richard Gere) and huge advance publicity, the $47 million show-biz epic was squeezed out in the scramble for holiday audiences by such hits as Beverly Hills Cop and The Flamingo...
LEAST CONGENIAL COUPLES: Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton in Rhinestone; Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep in Falling in Love; Producer Robert Evans and Director Francis Coppola on The Cotton Club...
...take him home." Joe Piscopo, Murphy's partner for 3 1/2 years on Saturday Night Live, says that "Eddie is actually playing himself on-screen. He manages to be totally natural and relaxed. I'd also like him to try something more serious, though, something with Scorcese or Coppola. I know he can pull it off, but I'm not sure he does...
...example, when Dixie goes to pay off his brother Vince, who is holding one of Dixie's pals for a ransom, he hands his sweaty and frantic brother the money and advises him to get out of town. Coppola captures the tension between brothers on divergent paths and their strong, steady love...
...Coppola would have been better off if he had bagged his screenplay, taken a small table at the Cotton Club, and let the magic work for itself...