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Director:
Richard Fleischer
Writers:
Sy Bartlett (story) and
David Karp (story) ...
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Release Date:
27 June 1969 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | History more
Tagline:
The Most Controversial Rebel Of Our Time! more
Plot:
Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Director Richard Fleischer Dies at 89
 (From WENN. 24 March 2006)
User Comments:
A major miscalculation on every level more (14 total)

Cast

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Omar Sharif ... Che Guevara

Jack Palance ... Fidel Castro
Cesare Danova ... Ramon Valdez

Robert Loggia ... Faustino Morales
Woody Strode ... Guillermo

Barbara Luna ... Anita Marquez
Frank Silvera ... Goatherd
Albert Paulsen ... Capt. Vasquez
Linda Marsh ... Tania
Tom Troupe ... Felipe Muñoz

Rudy Diaz ... Willy
Perry Lopez ... Rolando
Abraham Sofaer ... Pablo Rojas
Richard Angarola ... Col. Salazar
Sarita Vara ... Celia Sanchez
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M
Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA more
Company:
Richard Fleischer more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell. more
Quotes:
[Che is falling behind on a march]
Fidel Castro: Stragglers are sure to die, don't you know that?
Che Guevara: I'm not a straggler, I'm your rear guard.
Fidel Castro: No you're not, you're the company doctor. See what you can do for the men with blistered feet. You've got ten minutes.
Che Guevara: (noticing enemy planes flying overhead) It's too late for chiropody. The buzzards are already circling.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The American Experience: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (#17.11)" (2004) more

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A major miscalculation on every level, 28 September 2003
Author: Wizard-8 from Victoria, BC

If you are determined to see CHE! no matter what, I highly suggest you first pick up and read a good book about the man, Fidel Castro, and the Cuban revolution itself. Otherwise, you'll be utterly confused. The movie starts with the rebel invasion of Cuba, without giving us any idea about what Che had been doing up to that point of time. (Like: Why was he convinced to follow Castro?) We also don't really see what the political situation was exactly like in Cuba at the time. (How can we understand the rebels if we don't know what they are fighting against?) The movie continues to be confusing by subsequently not making it clear just how the rebels were able to build in force after being almost completely wiped out... or just how exactly they were able to weaken the government forces... or how Che transformed from a weakling into a strong leader (it seems to happen overnight!)... or why exactly Che got tired of being in Cuba.

The subsequent unfolding events do get somewhat clearer once Che gets to Bolivia and starts his doomed campaign there, but you still don't understand the man. And with Richard Fleischer at the helm - a director who was usually only as good as his script - the movie sinks deeper into badness. The fact that Fleischer shows a complete inablility to film action scenes is just the least of his problems.

And talk about miscasting! Omar Sharif as Che?!? He looks understandably confused and cowed in the role - deadly for someone who was reportedly a charismatic and cunning leader. But his performance is brilliant next to that of Jack Palance. Palance is unbelievably goofy as Castro, who was a strong leader in his own right. Reports at the time of filming state that Palance asked that Castro's "buffoonery" in the script be changed. Apparently that didn't happen. I can imagine that Palance subsequently decided to take revenge by hamming things up, especially since he also stated to the press after filming that he regretted ever being involved in this production.

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