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Director: Richard Lester
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From Time Out Film Guide
'Havana, Cuba, 1959'. Lucky they print this on the screen, as it's the first and last coherent piece of information you can glean from Lester's political love story, which mentions neither politics nor love but plays out its actions against a background of both. Confused? So, it would seem, was Lester, for his indecision over making either element dominant produces a central love affair which is hollow, and a revolution which is just so much local colour. Ultimately, it's about corruption, apathy and crumbling values, in all their seedy splendour. Everyone is on the lam: Connery, a mercenary for Batista; Adams, a female cuckold with her eyes wide open, but wedded to wealth and power; Elliott, a crop-sprayer turned gunrunner. Not so much 'Cuba Si' as Cuba...what?Author: FF
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- mr.mike said...
- Posted on Mar 29 2008 01:36 Uneven melodrama , with Connery's character coming off as surprisingly ineffectual. Lonette McKee does steam up the screen , however.
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Cast & crew
Director: Richard Lester
Producer: Alex Winitsky, Arlene Sellers
Cast: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Jack Weston, Hector Elizondo, Denholm Elliott, Martin Balsam, Chris Sarandon, Lonette McKee full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 122 mins
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