The Lost City (2005)

Director:

Andy Garcia

Writer:

Guillermo Cabrera Infante (written by)

Release Date:

16 June 2006 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A place you leave is a place that lives forever.

Plot:

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner...

Plot Keywords:

Nightclub | Cuba | Havana Cuba | Fidel Castro | 1950s

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alfredo Armenteros	...	Chocolate (as Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros)
Danny Pino	...	Alberto Mora
Richard Marquez	...	Rega
Franklin Dominguez	...	Lieutenant Dario
William Marquez	...	Rodney
Andy Garcia	...	Fico Fellove
Nestor Carbonell	...	Luis Fellove
Inés Sastre	...	Aurora Fellove
Tomas Milian	...	Don Federico Fellove
Millie Perkins	...	Doña Cecilia Fellove
Richard Bradford	...	Don Donoso Fellove
Enrique Murciano	...	Ricardo Fellove
Dominik García-Lorido	...	Mercedes Fellove
Victor Rivers	...	El Indio
Amelia Vega	...	Minerva

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

144 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #41664) | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Company:

Crescent Drive Pictures

Trivia:

Garcia's first draft of the script was 306 pages. It was later trimmed to 120 pages.

Goofs:

Continuity: 50 minutes in the movie there is a scene where Fico interrupts Pizzi's dinner. You see Fico with a burning cigarette in the mirror's reflection. He pulls his cigarette from his mouth. Then the camera angle switches directly on him and you see him with a non-burning cigarette in his mouth. When you see Fico's reflection again the cigarette has disappeared from his mouth.

Quotes:

Meyer Lansky: She was a beautiful thing Havana. We should have known she was a... heartbreaker.

Movie Connections:

References "The Jimmy Durante Show" (1954)

Soundtrack:

Limbo Jazz

The Lost City

Born in 1962, in the mist of the turmoil, I left Cuba in 1967 thanks to the "Freedom Flights" at the age of 4. It was about time a film like this was done. I commend Andy Garcia and all involved for its historical accuracy. I am grateful for the "Ficos" of the time, like my parents. What courage and resolve. If history is not to be repeated, we must embrace it, learn from it, and not wash it from our memories. Incredible acting, music, scenery (thank you Dominican Republic). We need to remember "where we've been" so as to know "where we're going" - bring plenty of tissues; one box is just not enough. The only reason I gave it a 9, as opposed to a 10, is because I would have really liked to have seen some time dedicated to the family, specifically, the brothers, in their youth. The important relationship of the Cuban family would have been better understood if we had seen it from early on. The significance of the family nucleus, born of the parents' rearing, is crucial in the story of the Cubans. The relationship between the uncle and his nephews was synonymous with that but could have been further developed.