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In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 nominations total
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- TriviaActor Raul Julia appeared in a significant supporting role in the film without any credit or billing at all in the film. Julia chose to be uncredited because producers for contractual reasons could not accommodate Julia's request for him to be billed second alongside Robert Redford, as the top two above-the-title star-teaming credits had already been signed over to top first-billed Redford and second-billed actress Lena Olin, with the third billed credit already having been contracted to actor Alan Arkin. According to the "LA Times," Raul Julia's agent Jeff Hunter said: "Our usual above-the-title credit wasn't available. So, we decided not to take any credit at all." Director Sydney Pollack said told the same paper: "The only billing left for Julia was to be stacked with the rest of the names . . . his agent felt that would be a step backward" and there is a dilemma when there is "an actor on the ascendancy, like [Raul] Julia, and you ask the actor to do a role that's somewhat smaller [than their emerging star status]." Julia had found rising-star status since his performance in the Academy Award winning film Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
- GoofsAlthough the film is set in 1958, the garage scene uses a 1961 re-recorded version of Rum And Coca Cola by The Andrews Sisters. This version was recorded for Dot Records, two years after the movie's setting.
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I just saw this one again on DVD and was surprised at how good it was. The acting, story and environment made it very easy to follow what was going on. I fail to see big holes in the plot: the characters are very well developed. What is created is a very sweet romantic thriller in a historical setting - the viewer knows that the revolution will take place so that part is anti-climatic.
The film didn't attempt to make the revolutionaries into the good guys - Batista's forces did come across as corrupt and arrogant though.
One mistake: Redford's character convinces the security chief he works for the CIA which is implausible since he's supposedly on assignment in Cuba and doesn't speak Spanish.
The film didn't attempt to make the revolutionaries into the good guys - Batista's forces did come across as corrupt and arrogant though.
One mistake: Redford's character convinces the security chief he works for the CIA which is implausible since he's supposedly on assignment in Cuba and doesn't speak Spanish.
- GregFromOakland
- Jun 25, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,243,140
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,175,360
- Dec 16, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $9,645,440
- Runtime2 hours 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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