Copacabana
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Actor: Andra Akers, Annette O'Toole, Barry Manilow, Estelle Getty, James T. CallahanDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Copacabana
Movie Review: At the Copa...
Summary: 5 Stars
Re-write Jan. 2009
I just watched this DVD again and I must apologize. Although I previously gave it 5 stars, my first review just did not do Copacabana justice, so I had to rewrite it. Maybe I was having an off-day the first time I watched it because when I watched it a second time, all the love just spilled out all over the floor. What an absolutely beautiful moving story and movie! I found myself falling in love with Lola (Annette O'Toole) and Tony (Barry Manilow) while I watched them fall in love with each other.
The movie opens, as the song says, with the Copa, now a disco. An aged, broken, and drunken Lola sits at the bar with her troubles buried in the bottom of her glass. She looks toward the dance floor and gets a vision of her love, Tony, playing piano and smiling at her. It was so sad, I could feel the pain in her eyes and heart. You know the storyline already because it follows the ever popular Copacabana lyrics (Tony and Lola fall in love; he gets killed by Rico; Lola is alone, grieving, for the rest of her life.) In between, you can enjoy the beautiful songs, and the lavish costumes and scenery. The movie again ended with Lola's beautiful vision of Tony, and it left me in tears.
Barry does a great job throughout the movie singing, dancing, playing the piano, and even the accordion--and acting! And don't forget, MUSIC BY MANILOW--he arranged the songs and he wrote most of these songs, too! How talented and versatile he is and has always been! Geeze! When you watch him in the scenes, the look in his eyes is so pure--so like a young man full of love and hope and dreams of the future. He certainly loves his music because the passion shows big time. And I love the scene where he sings "Sweet Heaven" at the Copa in a white tux.
Annette does such a great job as Lola, too. In her case, she sings, dances and acts and is superb! Let's not forget Joe Bologna as smarmy (I love that word) Havana nightclub owner, Rico, and a cast of other fine actors who certainly add to the movie. Of course, the colors of the glamorous costumes and sets are great. Oh, and Barry (age 42-ish) is so cute and Annette is gorgeous.
By the way, to those recent articles cracking Barry about being thin--he was always thin and you can see he was thin in this DVD--so P-t-t-t-t-h!
The music was recorded in Burbank, California (listed in random order)
Featured songs by Barry Manilow (in association with others-in some cases):
Let's Go Steppin'
Aye Caramba
Man Wanted
El Bravo
Sweet Heaven (I'm In Love Again) (One of my favorites)
Changing My Tune
They Call Me Mr. Lucky
Lola
Who Needs to Dream (Another of my favorites)
Copacabana (At the Copa)
Blue Nightsong
Say No More
Where Have You Gone
Big City Blues
What Am I Doin' Here
Goodbye My Love
I Was A Fool (To Let You Go)
When Love Is Gone
I've Never Been So Low on Love
Songs by others:
How About You
The Aba Daba Honeymoon
Deep Purple
I Feel A Song Comin' On
Chattanooga Choo Choo
There are 22 scene selections in this wonderful 95 minute musical, produced in 1985 by Dick Clark Cinema Productions, Inc./Stiletto, LTD--Executive Producer: Dick Clark. What a fine movie. I won't wait so long to watch it again. As a matter of fact, I think I will put it on again as we speak. All I can say is, "Sweet Heaven, I'm in Love, AGAIN!"
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