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DVD : Fidel
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Fidel starring: Víctor Huggo Martin, Gael García Bernal, Patricia Velasquez, Cecilia Suárez, Maurice Compte directed by: David Attwood List Price: $14.98 CD-Charts Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 (13%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: Lions Gate EAN: 0707729115199 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Lions Gate Manufacturer: Lions Gate Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Lions Gate Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 21, 2002 Running Time: 206 minutes Studio: Lions Gate Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 2002 Sales Rank: 39283 MPN: HMED11519D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/22/2007 Run time: 206 minutes Rating: Nr Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Pretty exhausting sweep through Cuban history: "Fidel"This 2000 3 part mini-series on the life and times of Fidel Castro, 40+ ruler/dictator in Cuba, is excellent and exhausting at the the same time. From 1949 Havana through the 1959 Revolution clear up to 2000 when Castro is poised to hand over control of the country to his brother (which just happened), director David Attwood covers an immense amount of ground, people, places, countries that, as far as I know and recall, is accurate historically. Attwood, shows us the man as the idealist who himself becomes the very embodiment of what he so much disliked-a dictator. The film is very fair in showing the accomplishments and the obvious failures, the love of the "little man" and the forgotten promises, and the openness of ideas to "off with their ... Read More: Rating:  - Brilliant, Sensible, Noteworthy, First-Rate, Truth in Your FaceI come to this movie as the son of an oilman, with 30 years spent all over the world, flying around the world at the age of 16 alone, and then moved on to the Marine Corps, the CIA, and other stuff. Over-all, I have spent close to 15 years in Latin America. Bottom line: Fidel kicks US ass while also being a mixed blessing for the Cuban society. There are an awful lot of individuals in denial, but the raw facts are these: 1) Castro overthrew a dictator that sold out the Cubans to US companies. 2) The US did everything in its (impotent) power to assassinate him while also imposing a brutal and probably illegal embargo on Cuba. 3) Now that we are all conscicous about both sustainability ... Read More: Rating: - Fidel by Victor Huggo MartinMost excellent and even handed biography of Fidel Castro. Entertaining and lively, yet true to all other sources of information I have encountered about Castro and Cuba. I have watched "Fidel" many times and each time am charmed by the swashbuckling representation of Castro's takeover of Cuba later sobered by the realities of his rule. Also excellent role for Gael Garcia Bernal as Che in all too abbreviated sequel to Motorcycle Diaries. Rating: - This movie gave a good insight on Fidel.Being that this was a TV mini-series through the production of Showtime it was pretty good. To me the first two hours of this movie was great. There are some very strong performances all round, and the activities are well researched and offer a fairly objective view of events. Obviously, many events are skirted over in order to fit the running time, but what is shown is a fairly accurate portrayal of history. The violence in particular is extremely well done, offering a very realistic portrayal of gunfire and its consequences, instead of some needlessly flashy OTT action. The problem comes towards the 2nd half of the movie as Castro (played by Victor Huggo Martin) takes power of Cuba. Suddenly, the time-line lurches drastically to try and ... Read More: Rating: - Long Movie, but worth it.This Film does a great job of giving the viewer much insight to the other perspective: Fidel's. Also his motives, attitude toward the United States and his way of thinking. It is a rather long movie, but one must consider that the film must cover a large portion of history that is also very detailed. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. |
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