Satire about Cuban dictatorships and revolutions. A cynical British mercenary is dispatched to Havana by the Batista government to try and end Castro's reign. Along the way he meets a number of similarly cynical types as well as an old girlfriend. As the government falls down around them, each realizes a different set of values .. Read more
| Starring | Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Denholm Elliott |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Lester |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Satire about Cuban dictatorships and revolutions. A cynical British mercenary is dispatched to Havana by the Batista government to try and end Castro's reign. Along the way he meets a number of similarly cynical types as well as an old girlfriend. As the government falls down around them, each realizes a different set of values towards the conflict.
| Starring | Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Denholm Elliott |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Lester |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 05 Apr 2004 Production year: 1979 |
| Format | DVD |
In this hugely under-rated drama, Sean Connery stars as a British security adviser who washes up in Cuba during the last weeks of the Batista regime. Naturally, he's been hired by the losing side and his growing doubts are set beside his love for a woman he first met in 1942, in Casablanca. This keys in one aspect of this bracing satire — the idea of the loner haunted by his past who's wondering if he's chosen the wrong side and suspicious of commitment. If there's a lot of Bogart's Rick in Connery, there's also a lot of Graham Greene guilt and Hemingway machismo. Somehow, Connery contains it all: it's a great performance. Subplots spin off and there is a wealth of secondary characters as director Richard Lester weaves this fascinating tale about a country where romance, revolution and bombs co-exist.
'Havana, Cuba, 1959'. Lucky they print this on the screen, as it's the first and last coherent piece of information you... read more on Time Out
I rented this film because I'm going to Cuba on honeymoon and am researching anything and everything. I never expected this obsure Sean Connery film to be any good - but it is!
Okay so I got a little confused on who was what and where they were going with whom but it was the little things that really sold me this film (check out the mirror scene - brilliant yet utterly unrelated to the story line.) I'm not sure who to thank for this, either the director or the screen player writer, but thank them I do.
I would recommend this film to Sean Connery fans - he's his usually fabby self, to anyone interested in Cuba - good visuals, to action fans - it doesn't feel dated (it was made in 1979 but set in 1959 so works fine) and also to quirky film fans - I mean, what were those accountants up to? Brilliant. Fab. Clever. Exciting. Groovey. Rent it now!
The only down side was the ugly leading lady (she might have been the actress who plays Lois Lane from the Superman films with Christopher Reeves). Her mouth is so droopy! But my fella said she was alright so what do I know?
Captures the essence of revolutionary Cuba!
Actor/director Sean Penn is planning to shoot a new movie in Venezuela, the country's President Hugo Chavez has revealed. Penn shared his plans with the controversial leader during a meeting on Wednesday (28Oct09) at the presidential palace in the capital Caracas. The movie will be based on Cuban author Alejo Carpentier's 1953 novel The Lost Steps. Speaking on state television Chavez says "(He) told me was very interested in a film project... that would most likely be shot in part in Venezuela. Read more