The Cotton Club (film) The Cotton Club (film) The Cotton Club is a 1984 American crime-drama film centered on a Harlem jazz club of the 1930s, the Cotton Club. The film was co-written (with William Kennedy) and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, choreographed by Henry LeTang, and starred Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Lonette McKee. The supporting cast included Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Laurence Fishburne, Gwen Verdon and Fred Gwynne. The film was noted for its over-budget production costs, and took a total of five years to make. Critical reception was mostly positive and "The Cotton Club" was
David Gere Gere co-starred in the thriller, "Buddy Hutchins", with Jamie Kennedy, Sally Kirkland, and Sara Malakul Lane. The story of the film was highlighted in an "Entertainment Tonight" piece that aired on February 22, 2014, as the film was produced by the youngest movie producer in history, Richard Switzer, who is Gere's producing partner at Switzer Entertainment Group, LLC. In the Summer of 2014, David was cast as Tyler Lavey in the teen sex caper "School's Out". The character was loosely based on Gere's real life, as he portrayed a nightclub owner who mentors two high school misfits. Gere is a