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
Bob Hoskins (philanthropist) returning to the United States in August 1980. While there Bob launched The Way of Life Literature Ministry, which after 10 years, 400,000 people enrolled in their correspondence program. Hoskins has worked with thousands of likely and unlikely partners and volunteers—including public health officials, national departments of education, and relief organizations. After 15 years abroad, Hoskins returned to the United States with his family in 1980 to lead the newly formed Life Publishers; a language literature ministry that creates materials in Spanish, French, Russian, Romanian and many other languages. In 1980 the Hoskins relocated to Miami, Florida, where Bob assumed