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Buena Vista Social Club

starring: Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
directed by: Wim Wenders

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 9780784013311
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0784013314
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 17, 2000
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 4184
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: June 04, 1999



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Product Description:
Take a spellbinding journey into the fascinating lives and passionate musical power of the buean vista social club the legendary cuban musicians whose grammy award-winning album sparked an international musical phenomenon. Additional concert footage. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 03/11/2008 Starring: Ry Cooder Ruben Gonzalez Run time: 105 minutes Rating: G Director: Wim Wenders

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In 1996, composer, producer, and guitar legend Ry Cooder entered Egrem Studios in Havana with the forgotten greats of Cuban music, many of them in their 60s and 70s, some of them long since retired. The resulting album, Buena Vista Social Club, became a Grammy-winning international bestseller. When Cooder returned to Havana in 1998 to record a solo album by 72-year-old vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer, filmmaker Wim Wenders was on hand to document the occasion. Wenders splits the film between portraits of the performers, who tell their stories directly to the camera as they wander the streets and neighborhoods of Havana, and a celebration of the music heard in performance scenes in the studio, in their first concert in Amsterdam, and in their second and final concert at Carnegie Hall. The songs are too often cut short in this fashion, but Buena Vista Social Club is not a concert film. Wenders weaves the artist biographies with a glimpse of modern Cuba remembering its past, capturing a lost culture in music that is suddenly, unexpectedly revived for audiences in Havana and around the world. Wenders makes his presence practically invisible, as if his directorial flourishes or off-screen narration might deflect attention from the artists, who do a fine job of telling their own stories through interviews and music. It's a loving portrait of a master class in Cuban music, with a vital cast of aging performers whose energy and passion belie their years. --Sean Axmaker



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Giants in Havana
The perfect story for the most amazing performers in Latin America and the Caribbean. A must have. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Bittersweet Symphony
Wim Wenders' "Buena Vista Social Club" is a masterpiece. American blues guitarist Ry Cooder goes to ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What an experience!
Thank you, Ry Cooder for tracking done these hidden legends and documenting them before some of them ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Cuban Legacy Music !
I have several copies of this wonderful Cuban Music, one for the car, one for the house, etc. I have ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - great for the classroom!
I show this movie in my High School Spanish class! Kids love it and have often downloaded the music onto ... Read More

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