Havana
by Sydney Pollack
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Actor: Alan Arkin, Daniel Davis, Lena Olin, Robert Redford, Tomas MilianDirector: Sydney Pollack
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Owen Roizman
Producer: Sydney Pollack
Editor: Fredric Steinkamp
Producer: Richard A. Roth
Producer: Ronald L. Schwary
Writer: David Rayfiel
Writer: Judith Rascoe
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 145 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-11-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Havana
Movie Review: More Marxist Propaganda from Hollywood
Summary: 1 Stars
This film has every Marxist cliche that you can shake a stick at. Hollywood, which has given us countless propaganda movies eulogizing Communist totalitarianism, does it again with this movie. The basic premise is that totalitarianism in that country is good because things were bad before. Which is like saying that because you have mobsters in New York or Las Vegas, we should impose a dictatorship, starve the people, indoctrinate them, militarize them, have total censorship and kill anyone who objects. In short, a liberal's dream come true.
Summary of Havana
A high stakes gambler hustles for one last big score before the revolution overtakes havana. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/06/2004 Starring: Robert Redford Lena Olin Run time: 145 minutes Rating: R Director: Sydney PollackWhen Havana was released in 1990, a lot of reviewers unfavorably compared it to Casablanca, and those comparisons (in addition to audience indifference) turned the film into a box-office disaster. It deserved a better fate, because, while this is certainly no masterpiece, it's an intelligent and lavishly produced film about a chapter of history--the final days of Cuba under the collapsing Batista regime--that remains largely unfamiliar to the American mainstream. It's a compelling political backdrop for the story of a high-stakes gambler (Robert Redford) who comes to Cuba seeking the big score in poker games, following his expectation that high rollers will bet wildly as the Cuban government crashes around their heads. In Havana, Redford meets the wife (Lena Olin) of a Communist revolutionary (Raul Julia) with ties to Fidel Castro, and their attraction becomes powerfully mutual after her husband is presumed killed by Cuban police. What follows, as Cuba falls and Redford's character is forced into a crisis of conscience, is a mini-epic love story with tragic overtones, handled with great skill (albeit lagging pace) by long-time Redford collaborator Sydney Pollack. True, it's not nearly as memorable as Casablanca, but this is a worthwhile film, especially if you're interested in the political upheavals in pre-Castro Cuba. --Jeff Shannon
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