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Havana

  • 1990
  • R
  • 2h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
8.4K
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Lena Olin and Robert Redford in Havana (1990)
After six decades in show business, Robert Redford announced that 2018's 'The Old Man & the Gun' will be his last performance. The role is a familiar one for the screen legend: a con with conviction. Let's travel "Through the Lens" to explore how Redford developed this character and how this on-screen persona perfectly culminates in his cinematic swan song.
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In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.

  • Director
    • Sydney Pollack
  • Writers
    • Judith Rascoe
    • David Rayfiel
  • Stars
    • Robert Redford
    • Lena Olin
    • Alan Arkin
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    8.4K
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    • Director
      • Sydney Pollack
    • Writers
      • Judith Rascoe
      • David Rayfiel
    • Stars
      • Robert Redford
      • Lena Olin
      • Alan Arkin
    • 51User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 3 nominations total

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    Lena Olin and Robert Redford in Havana (1990)
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    Lena Olin and Robert Redford in Havana (1990)
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    Havana (1990)

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    Robert Redford
    Robert Redford
    • Jack Weil
    Lena Olin
    Lena Olin
    • Bobby Duran
    Alan Arkin
    Alan Arkin
    • Joe Volpi
    Tomas Milian
    Tomas Milian
    • Menocal
    Daniel Davis
    Daniel Davis
    • Marion Chigwell
    Tony Plana
    Tony Plana
    • Julio Ramos
    Betsy Brantley
    Betsy Brantley
    • Diane
    Lise Cutter
    • Patty
    Richard Farnsworth
    Richard Farnsworth
    • Professor
    Mark Rydell
    Mark Rydell
    • Meyer Lansky
    Vasek Simek
    • Willy
    Fred Asparagus
    • Baby Hernandez
    Richard Portnow
    Richard Portnow
    • Mike MacClaney
    Dion Anderson
    Dion Anderson
    • Roy Forbes
    Carmine Caridi
    Carmine Caridi
    • Captain Potts
    James Medina
    • Corporal
    Joe Lala
    • Cuban Businessman
    Salvador Levy
    • Menocal's Lieutenant
    • Director
      • Sydney Pollack
    • Writers
      • Judith Rascoe
      • David Rayfiel
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    • Trivia
      Actor Raul Julia appeared in a significant supporting role in the film without any credit or billing at all in the film. Julia chose to be uncredited because producers for contractual reasons could not accommodate Julia's request for him to be billed second alongside Robert Redford, as the top two above-the-title star-teaming credits had already been signed over to top first-billed Redford and second-billed actress Lena Olin, with the third billed credit already having been contracted to actor Alan Arkin. According to the "LA Times," Raul Julia's agent Jeff Hunter said: "Our usual above-the-title credit wasn't available. So, we decided not to take any credit at all." Director Sydney Pollack said told the same paper: "The only billing left for Julia was to be stacked with the rest of the names . . . his agent felt that would be a step backward" and there is a dilemma when there is "an actor on the ascendancy, like [Raul] Julia, and you ask the actor to do a role that's somewhat smaller [than their emerging star status]." Julia had found rising-star status since his performance in the Academy Award winning film Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
    • Goofs
      Although the film is set in 1958, the garage scene uses a 1961 re-recorded version of Rum And Coca Cola by The Andrews Sisters. This version was recorded for Dot Records, two years after the movie's setting.
    • Quotes

      Professor: Take the advice of an old man. There's nothing like a woman, or two. They love men. Even jerks. The biggest jerk you ever knew somewhere somehow has a woman that's nuts over him. Women are perfect. The rest is bullshit.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Rookie/Berkeley in the Sixties/Edward Scissorhands/The Grifters (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Round and Round
      Written by Lou Stallman & Joe Shapiro

      Performed by Perry Como

      Courtesy of RCA Records

    User reviews51

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    7/10
    It's all about the passion
    How does a cool professional gambler show passion? He gives up the Big Game to rescue his beloved. How can a passionate woman reconcile the two loves of her life--the noble hero and his cause and the man who makes her feel most like a woman? Yes, it's Casablanca revisited. And Lena Olin portrays her ambivalence as ably as her Swedish compatriot, Ingrid Bergman. Fault the script for not delivering the depth of Casablanca, the humor--Alan Arkin could have been the equal of Claude Rains but didn't get the lines. But the cinematography makes pre-revolutionary Havana palpable, in its glamour and seaminess, its whiff of a bygone era. Who wouldn't want to drive a Cadillac convertible onto the ferry at Key West and debark in Havana?
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    • May 21, 2001

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 14, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • 哈瓦那
    • Filming locations
      • Dominican Republic
    • Production company
      • Mirage Enterprises
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,243,140
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,175,360
      • Dec 16, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,645,440
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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