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** Creator/GeorgeCScott was considered for the role of Father.
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** Creator/PaulNewman turned down the role of Cpmmissioner Rhinelander Waldo. Creator/JackNicholson was cast, but dropped out.
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** Creator/PaulNewman turned down the role of Cpmmissioner Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo. Creator/JackNicholson was cast, but dropped out.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RobertAltman was originally hired as director for the film version. The novel and ''Film/{{Nashville}}'' came out around the same time and everyone commented on the similarities in style and tone between the two, so Altman directing ''Ragtime'' was viewed as a foregone conclusion. But Altman and producer Dino De Laurentiis clashed and he was dismissed in pre-production in favor of Miloš Forman. E.L. Doctorow was disappointed that Altman didn't get to direct the film and the two vowed to collaborate at some point, but never got the chance. Doctorow even spoke at Altman's memorial service, regretting how this all went down.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: DeletedScene: A ten-minute sequence on the Lower East Side featuring real-life social activist Emma Goldman was cut from the final print. In the sequence, Goldman takes Evelyn Nesbitt back to her apartment, explains her misgivings about women wearing restrictive undergarments, removes them from Nesbitt and tries to recruit her for the Socialist cause. During the scene, a voyeuristic younger brother followed them into the building and secretly watches Nesbitt undress.
* HideYourPregnancy: Creator/MarySteenburgen was pregnant during filming. Her turn-of-the-century clothes concealed it.
* NoStuntDouble: Jeffrey [=DeMunn=] performed his own stunts, including a scene in which he tries to get out of a straight jacket hung upside down from a height.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/JamesCagney objected to saying "nigger" in reference to Walker, so "buck" was substituted.
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** Creator/RobertAltman was originally hired as director for the film version. The novel and ''Film/{{Nashville}}'' came out around the same time and everyone commented on the similarities in style and tone between the two, so Altman directing ''Ragtime'' was viewed as a foregone conclusion. But Altman and producer Dino De Laurentiis clashed and he was dismissed in pre-production in favor ofMiloš Forman.Creator/MilosForman. E.L. Doctorow was disappointed that Altman didn't get to direct the film and the two vowed to collaborate at some point, but never got the chance. Doctorow even spoke at Altman's memorial service, regretting how this all went down.down.
** Creator/PaulNewman turned down the role of Cpmmissioner Rhinelander Waldo. Creator/JackNicholson was cast, but dropped out.
** Creator/NastassjaKinski wanted to play Evelyn Nesbit, but she couldn't get Nesbit's accent.
** UsefulNotes/OJSimpson lobbied hard for the role of Coalhouse Walker, Jr.
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* HideYourPregnancy: Creator/MarySteenburgen was pregnant during filming. Her turn-of-the-century clothes concealed it.
* NoStuntDouble: Jeffrey [=DeMunn=] performed his own stunts, including a scene in which he tries to get out of a straight jacket hung upside down from a height.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/JamesCagney objected to saying "nigger" in reference to Walker, so "buck" was substituted.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RobertAltman was originally hired as director for the film version. The novel and ''Film/{{Nashville}}'' came out around the same time and everyone commented on the similarities in style and tone between the two, so Altman directing ''Ragtime'' was viewed as a foregone conclusion. But Altman and producer Dino De Laurentiis clashed and he was dismissed in pre-production in favor of
** Creator/PaulNewman turned down the role of Cpmmissioner Rhinelander Waldo. Creator/JackNicholson was cast, but dropped out.
** Creator/NastassjaKinski wanted to play Evelyn Nesbit, but she couldn't get Nesbit's accent.
** UsefulNotes/OJSimpson lobbied hard for the role of Coalhouse Walker, Jr.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RobertAltman was originally hired as director for the film version. The novel and ''Film/{{Nashville}}'' came out around the same time and everyone commented on the similarities in style and tone between the two, so Altman directing ''Ragtime'' was viewed as a foregone conclusion. But Altman and producer Dino De Laurentiis clashed and he was dismissed in pre-production in favor of Milos Miloš Forman. E.L. Doctorow was disappointed that Altman didn't get to direct the film and the two vowed to collaborate at some point, but never got the chance. Doctorow even spoke at Altman's memorial service, regretting how this all went down.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RobertAltman was originally hired as director.director for the film version. The novel and ''Film/{{Nashville}}'' came out around the same time and everyone commented on the similarities in style and tone between the two, so Altman directing ''Ragtime'' was viewed as a foregone conclusion. But Altman and producer Dino De Laurentiis clashed and he was dismissed in pre-production in favor of Milos Forman. E.L. Doctorow was disappointed that Altman didn't get to direct the film and the two vowed to collaborate at some point, but never got the chance. Doctorow even spoke at Altman's memorial service, regretting how this all went down.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RobertAltman was originally hired as director. The novel and ''Film/{{Nashville}}'' came out around the same time and everyone commented on the similarities in style and tone between the two, so Altman directing ''Ragtime'' was viewed as a foregone conclusion. But Altman and producer Dino De Laurentiis clashed and he was dismissed in pre-production in favor of Milos Forman. E.L. Doctorow was disappointed that Altman didn't get to direct the film and the two vowed to collaborate at some point, but never got the chance. Doctorow even spoke at Altman's memorial service, regretting how this all went down.
