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LIST PRICE
$19.97
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Format: DVD
Aug 2005
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Closed Captioned
106 min.
Color
UPC: 085391230823 |
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Details
Movie Description
Two ambitious Cuban brothers come to New York to make a name for themselves as musicians during the mambo craze of the 1950's. By day they work hard at manual labor, at night they are transformed; but the pressures of fame threaten to drive them apart. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Beautiful Maria of My Soul").
Synopsis
Cuban brothers Nestor and Cesar flee Havana, after a romantic rival threatens Nestor's life. Working in a meat-packing plant by day, at night they pursue their dreams of finding romance and of forming their own mambo band.
Industry Reviews
"...Shot in hotter-than-life candy color, bursting with music and movement....THE MAMBO KINGS is a tinsel-edged dream of a movie..."
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (03/06/1992)
"...Driven by an incendiary Latin beat, and filled with smoldering looks and irresistible music, it roars out of the starting gate..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (02/28/1992)
"...Filled with energy, passion and heedless vitality....The soundtrack is terrific..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/27/1992)
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