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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   2,788 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Judith Rascoe (story)
Judith Rascoe (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
12 December 1990 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A gambler who trusted no one. A woman who risked everything. And a passion that brought them together in the most dangerous city in the world.
Plot:
Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
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User Comments:
Fantastique!! Beautiful desirable Lena! more (39 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Redford ... Jack Weil

Lena Olin ... Bobby Duran

Alan Arkin ... Joe Volpi
Tomas Milian ... Menocal

Daniel Davis ... Marion Chigwell
Tony Plana ... Julio Ramos
Betsy Brantley ... Diane
Lise Cutter ... Patty

Richard Farnsworth ... Professor
Mark Rydell ... Meyer Lansky
Vasek Simek ... Willy
Fred Asparagus ... Baby Hernandez

Richard Portnow ... Mike MacClaney

Dion Anderson ... Roy Forbes
Carmine Caridi ... Captain Potts
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Runtime:
140 min | USA:145 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Some of the sets were build in a Dominican air force base. more
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Anachronisms: In the final conversation between Jack Weil and Bobby Duran, Jack refers to the Butterfly Effect as if it was already theorized and calculated. This is supposed to be the following days after the Cuban Revolution blasts, in early 1959. Although the idea of the ripple effect exists since before, the way Jack refers to it should only be possible to know after that, as related to the work of Edward Lorenz. This mathematician and meteorologist wrote a paper for the New York Academy of Sciences in 1963 noting "One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull's wings could change the course of weather forever." In later speeches and papers, Lorenz used the more poetic word butterfly. more
Quotes:
Bobby Duran: How many times have you lost everything Jack? more
Soundtrack:
Cuban's Nightmare more

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19 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Fantastique!! Beautiful desirable Lena!, 21 November 2004
10/10
Author: Nsureyou from Jolly Knoxville, TN

A superb Havana noir set in 1958-9 and featuring three great actors, Robert Redford, Raul Julia, and Lena Olin. Lena is the object of desire for the male actors and for any living male in the audience! Robert Redford is an American gambler and poker player who works the high stakes poker games for his own account and for the Casino boss in Havana. Redford is debonair and sophisticated and a devout bachelor who is not looking for love, but it finds him. The beautiful Lena hires Redford to perform a task and he becomes deeply enamored of her. I think Lena Olin is one of the most underrated actresses in existence and also one of the most sensually beautiful. As the smitten Redford works the tables his thoughts continue to dwell on his desire, beautiful Lena, he is enthralled with her memory and must seek her to gain satisfaction. Revolutiuon is afoot and Cuba is both the best and worst of times. The Cuban scenery is beautiful. The movie will take you to a time that is past and no longer exists except in memory. A very beautiful movie with surprises and twists and turns in plot. A Sydney Pollack masterpiece. A treat awaits those who watch.

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