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The mambo kings /

Musician brothers, Cesar and Nestor, leave Cuba for America in the 1950s, with the hopes of making it to the top of the Latin music scene. Cesar is the older brother who serves as the business manager and is a consumate ladies' man. Nestor is the brooding songwriter, who cannot forget the woman...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mambo Kings (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Cidre, Cynthia (Screenwriter), Assante, Armand, 1949- (Actor), Banderas, Antonio (Actor), Moriarty, Cathy (Actor), Detmers, Maruschka, 1962- (Actor), Arnaz, Desi, Jr., 1953- (Actor), Browne, Roscoe Lee (Actor), Soto, Talisa (Actor), Curtis-Hall, Vondie (Actor), González, Cordelia, 1957- (Actor), Puente, Tito, 1923-2000 (Actor), Carroll, Helena (Actor), Cruz, Celia (Actor), Peters, Michael, 1948- (choreographer (expression)), Roth, Ann, 1931- (Costume designer), Jones, Gary, 1947- (Costume designer), Kelly, Bridget (Costume designer) (Costume designer), Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017 (director of photography.), Franzetti, Carlos (composer (expression)), Kraft, Robert (composer (expression)), Hijuelos, Oscar
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Edition:Unrated version; widescreen version.
Subjects:
Brothers > Drama.
Musicians > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Cuban Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Mambos (Music) > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Músicos > Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) > Nueva York > Teatro.
Cubano-americanos > Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) > Nueva York > Teatro.
Brothers.
Cuban Americans.
Mambos (Music)
Musicians.
New York (State) > New York.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:Musician brothers, Cesar and Nestor, leave Cuba for America in the 1950s, with the hopes of making it to the top of the Latin music scene. Cesar is the older brother who serves as the business manager and is a consumate ladies' man. Nestor is the brooding songwriter, who cannot forget the woman in Cuba who broke his heart. This is an unrated version of the film, with one restored scene.
Item Description:Based on the novel "The mambo kings play songs of love" by Oscar Hijuelos. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 1990.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
"This unrated version contains material different from the R-rated version"--Container.
Special features: Commentary by director Arne Glimcher; The Mambo Kings: behind-the-scenes; Theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (105 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround stereo., dual-layer.
Audience:MPAA rating: [Unrated]; originally rated: R; for sexuality.
Production Credits:Choreography by Michael Peters ; costume designers, Ann Roth, Gary Jones, Bridget Kelly ; edited by Claire Simpson ; production designer, Stuart Wurtzel ; director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; music by Carlos Franzetti, Robert Kraft.
ISBN:079074080X
9780790740805