Howard E. Rollins Jr.

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This vivid, high-energy human tableau interweaves the lives and passions of a middle class, small town family against the scandal and events of a transitional America in 1906. Director Milos Forman and producer Dino De Laurentiis have assembled an all-star cast-including legendary James Cagney- that brings the best-selling E.L. Doctorow novel to life in unforgettable fashion, with memorable music by composer/conductor Randy Newman. Ragtime is both a compelling story of human emotions and a reflection of the innocence, excitement and drama of that important time in the country's history. Nominated for 8 Academy Awards.

"A Soldier's Story" is about the murder of a black soldier near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.), is sent to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Walters (Adolph Ceasar). Initially, he believes that Walters' death is the latest in a series of racially motivated slayings. But through interviews, Davenport learns that Sarge was a vicious man who drove his men to the brink of rebellion.

High stress, casual sex and black humor are the norm in this scathing satire about a group of medical interns working under harrowing conditions in a big city hospital, which served as a primary inspiration for the television series "St. Elsewhere." Charles Haid plays the hospital's senior resident, known as The Fatman, who pushes his own contrarian theories of patient care on the interns, with surprisingly successful results.