90 Millas: The Documentary
Director: Emilio Estefan
Escritor: Emilio Estefan y Jose Maldonado
Lanzamiento: Agosto 30, 2007
Vivo y sensible tributo al sentir musical de Cuba, 90 Millas es obra de Emilio Estefan, afamado productor y esposo de la diva Gloria Estefan. A través de la encarnación de figuras legendarias de la música latina como Israel Lopez "Cachao", Chocolate Armenteros, Johnny Pacheco, Paquito D'Rivera, Nelson Gonzalez, Pappo Lucca, Generoso Jiménez, Candido Camero, Orestes Vilato, Juanito Marquez, Paquito Hechavarria, Gloria Estefan, Andy García, Luis Enrique, Jose Feliciano, Carlos Santana, Sheila E., Emilio Estefan, India, Arturo Sandoval, Salvador Cuevas, Giovanni Hidalgo, Ed Calle, Edwin Bonilla, Teddy Mulet, Cheito Quiñonez, Ricardo & Alberto Gaitan, Pedro Alfonso, Pit Bull, Wisin & Yandel y la misma Gloria, 90 Millas porta el retrato de artistas en exilio.
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Emilio Estefan, award-winning record producer and husband of music diva Gloria Estefan, helms this lively and poignant tribute to the musical sounds of his native Cuba. Featuring the likes of legendary Latin musicians Israel Lopez "Cachao", Chocolate Armenteros, Johnny Pacheco, Paquito D'Rivera, Nelson Gonzalez, Pappo Lucca, Generoso Jiménez, Candido Camero, Orestes Vilato, Juanito Marquez, Paquito Hechavarria, Gloria Estefan, Andy García, Luis Enrique, Jose Feliciano, Carlos Santana, Sheila E., Emilio Estefan, India, Arturo Sandoval, Salvador Cuevas, Giovanni Hidalgo, Ed Calle, Edwin Bonilla, Teddy Mulet, Cheito Quiñonez, Ricardo & Alberto Gaitan, Pedro Alfonso, Pit Bull, Wisin & Yandel and Gloria herself, 90 Miles is, as well, a moving portrait of the artists in exile.
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Marley & Me
Director: David Frankel
Escritor: Scott Frank (Guión) / John Grogan (Libro)
Lanzamiento: Deciembre 25, 2008
Jennifer Aniston es Jennifer Grogan
Owen Wilson es John Grogan
Gloria Estefan es Gloria Estefan
Emilio Estefan es Emilio Estefan
Basada en las memorias de John Grogan, el columnista del Philadelphia Inquirer, sobre su convivencia durante 13 años con su perro Marley. La historia narra cómo la familia de Grogan aprendió del neurótico perro lo que realmente importa en la vida. Lo cierto es que Grogan decidió adoptar dicho perro antes de tener un niño, y resultó que el animal era muy hiperactivo y travieso, por lo que provocaba auténticos desastres.
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Based on John Grogan's best-selling memoir, Marley and Me: Life And Love With The World.s Worst Dog, this film stars Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson as newlyweds who get a Labrador Retriever puppy named Marley. Soon, the sweet Lab becomes a lovable, but hyperactively naughty nuisance. The story follows the family as it grows alongside its mischievous mutt, who brings humiliating moments and happiness in equal measure for 13 years.
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Música del Corazón
(Music of the Heart)
Director: Wes Craven
Escritor: Pamela Gray
Lanzamiento: Octubre 29, 1999
Meryl Streep es Roberta Guaspari
Angela Bassett es Janet Williams
Aidan Quinn es Brian Turner
Gloria Estefan es Isabel Vasquez
El mundo de Roberta Guaspari se hace pedazos cuando su marido la abandona con sus dos hijos pequeños. Roberta deja su ciudad natal y se traslada a uno de los barrios más difíciles de Estados Unidos, el Harlem Este. Se dedica a enseñar violín a los niños pobres del barrio, quines demostraban ser jóvenes músicos entregados, brillantes y disciplinados. Cada año Roberta descubría el potencial y la brillantez que se ocultaba en el espíritu de sus estudiantes. Pese a sus éxitos, después de diez años de enseñanza, la dirección de la escuela decidió cancelar los fondos para su clase. Con la ayuda de sus amigos y de la comunidad logro recaudar fondos y continuar su clase.
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Why, you might ask, would Wes Craven direct a conventional biopic about Roberta Guaspari, a divorced mother of two who created an acclaimed music program in East Harlem's troubled school system? After all, Craven built his career on Freddy Krueger and the Scream trilogy, and you won't find razor-tipped gloves or a single drop of blood in Music of the Heart. All Craven has to do is provide a safe working environment for Meryl Streep (who earned an obligatory Oscar nomination), sublimate his deft directorial style, and surrender to the banalities of Pamela Gray's screenplay, which would've played more effectively on cable TV. To be fair, Music of the Heart (partially inspired by the 1996 documentary Small Wonders) serves its purpose quite nicely. Streep is flawless in a non-showy role, and the story of Guaspari's celebrated violin training program provides the requisite rush of inner-city inspiration. As a fact-based companion to Mr. Holland's Opus, the film is less effective but similarly engaging; you'd have to be cold-hearted to dismiss it altogether. It's best when focusing on Guaspari's school program and the 10-year struggle to keep it alive; the drama falters when dealing half-heartedly with her tentative relationships, notably with a journalist (Aidan Quinn) who shies from commitment. And Craven? He seems content to direct by the numbers here, leaving inspiration on the screen while forfeiting his own.
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Por Amor o Patria: La Historia de Arturo Sandoval
(For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story)
Director: Joseph Sargent
Escritor: Timothy J. Sexton
Lanzamiento: Noviembre 18, 2000
Andy Garcia es Arturo Sandova
Mía Maestro es Marianela
Gloria Estefan es Emilia
La historia de un hombre que debió elegir entre el amor a la patria y sus sueños. Sintiéndose asfixiado por el gobierno de su país, el reconocido trompetista cubano Arturo Sandoval se debatió durante años entre la necesidad de abandonar su tierra para irse en busca de la gloria o permanecer en ella por amor a Marianela, su esposa, una empleada de gobierno al servicio de Fidel Castro. Sin embargo, al romperse eventualmente el nexo entre Marianela y el gobierno, Sandoval logra convencerla de emprender una peligrosa huida, desertando de Cuba gracias al apoyo de Dizzy Gillespie, la leyenda americana del jazz. La patria o el amor fue el dilema que Arturo Sandoval debió enfrentar. Y esta es su historia.
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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story chronicles the life of a man torn between his home and his devotion to his music. In a Golden Globe-nominated performance, Andy Garcia portrays the gregarious, passionate, and obstinate Arturo Sandoval, the Grammy-winning Cuban trumpet player. This HBO film shows how Sandoval's life in revolutionary Cuba is affected--beginning in the early 1970s--by his zeal for his music and by the limits placed on him by his homeland. Representing his torn loyalties are Dizzy Gillespie (the enigmatic jazz musician played by Charles S. Dutton) and Sandoval's wife, Marianela (played by the beautiful Mia Maestro). Gillespie embodies the freedom to follow one's dream, while Marianela represents family loyalty and the ideals of the Castro revolution. Yet, the same regime his wife embraces forces Arturo to play government-imposed music instead of the jazz that he loves. Sandoval travels the world, and while the Cuban government profits from his success, he is exposed to a freedom that eventually draws him to the difficult and life-changing decision he and his family feel compelled to make. Against a backdrop of beautiful scenery and exceptional music, For Love or Country provides a harsh depiction of revolutionary Cuba, its outmoded lifestyle, and the restrictions placed on its people.
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