Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
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- G
- 1h 45min
- Documentary, Music
- 04 Jun 1999 (USA)
- Movie
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant...
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 11 nominations.
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Octavio Calderon | ... |
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Joachim Cooder | ... |
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| Ry Cooder | ... |
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Angel Terry Domech | ... |
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| Ibrahim Ferrer | ... |
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Ibrahim Ferrer Jr. | ... |
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Manuel Galbán | ... |
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Hugo Garzón | ... |
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Carlos Gonzalez | ... |
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Juan de Marcos González | ... |
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Rubén González | ... |
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Pío Leyva | ... |
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Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea | ... |
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| Orlando 'Cachaíto' López | ... |
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| Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal | ... |
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| Eliades Ochoa | ... |
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Gilberto 'Papi' Oviedo | ... |
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Alejandro Pichardo | ... |
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Yanko Pichardo | ... |
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| Omara Portuondo | ... |
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Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos | ... |
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Salvador Repilado Labrada | ... |
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José Antonio Rodriguez | ... |
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| Compay Segundo | ... |
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Benito Suárez Magana | ... |
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| Barbarito Torres | ... |
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Amadito Valdés | ... |
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Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés | ... |
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Lázaro Villa | ... |
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Heitor Goldflus | ... |
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Directed by
| Wim Wenders | ||
Written by
| Wim Wenders | ... | (by) |
| Nick Gold | ... | (original concept) |
Produced by
| Rosa Bosch | ... | associate producer |
| Ulrich Felsberg | ... | executive producer / producer |
| Deepak Nayar | ... | producer |
| Rafael Rey Rodríguez | ... | line producer: Cuba (as Rafael Rey Rodriguez) |
Cinematography by
| Jörg Widmer | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Brian Johnson | ||
Editorial Department
| Trevor Adkinson | ... | assistant editor: Los Angeles |
| Monica Anderson | ... | associate editor: Los Angeles |
| Rolando Diaz | ... | colorist assistant: Los Angeles |
| Bryson Jones | ... | avid technical support: Los Angeles |
| Linda Olague | ... | colorist: Los Angeles |
| Michael Sable | ... | post-production executive: Encore Video, Los Angeles |
| Mark Sherman | ... | on-line editor: Los Angeles |
| Gary Trentham | ... | assistant editor: Los Angeles |
| Chris Wayne | ... | on-line assistant: Los Angeles |
| Michael Donnelly | ... | post-production consultant (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Kristi Lake | ... | post-production supervisor: Los Angeles |
| Linda Moran | ... | unit production manager: New York |
Art Department
| Juan de Marcos González | ... | artistic consultant |
Sound Department
| Russell Farmarco | ... | adr mixer: Los Angeles / adr supervisor: Los Angeles |
| Orada Jusatayanond | ... | sound editor: Los Angeles |
| Ai-Ling Lee | ... | sound editor: Los Angeles |
| Rik Meier | ... | supervisor: timecode sync, Amsterdam crew |
| Martin Müller | ... | production sound / sound: Cuban crew |
| E. Benjamin Posnack | ... | sound mixer: New York crew |
| Walter Spencer | ... | co-sound supervisor: Los Angeles / dialogue editor: Los Angeles |
| Elmo Weber | ... | re-recording mixer: Los Angeles / sound supervisor: Los Angeles |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Alan Adelman | ... | lighting designer |
| Theo Bierkens | ... | camera operator: Amsterdam crew |
| Mitch Bogard | ... | lighting designer: New York crew |
| Stephen Consentino | ... | steadicam operator: New York crew |
| Brigit Hillenius | ... | camera operator: Amsterdam crew |
| Geraint Lewis | ... | additional still photographer: Amsterdam crew |
| Robby Müller | ... | director of photography: Amsterdam crew |
| Rick Pettit | ... | assistant lighting designer: New York crew |
| Claire Pijman | ... | camera operator: Amsterdam crew |
| Lisa Rinzler | ... | director of photography: New York crew |
| Richard Rutkowski | ... | assistant camera: New York crew |
| Ivan Scull | ... | lighting: Cuban crew |
| Julio Simoneau | ... | focus puller: Cuban crew |
| Susan Titelman | ... | still photographer |
| David Waterston | ... | camera operator: New York crew |
| Donata Wenders | ... | still photographer |
| Jörg Widmer | ... | director of photography: Cuban crew / steadicam operator / steadicam operator: Amsterdam crew / steadicam operator: Cuban crew |
| Gisbert Watermann | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Location Management
| David Guido Pietroni | ... | location scout (specific segments) |
Music Department
| Sigfredo Ariel | ... | music consultant: Cuban crew |
| Jerry Boys | ... | music recordist |
| Octavio Calderon | ... | musician (as Octavio Calderón) |
| Joachim Cooder | ... | musician |
| Ry Cooder | ... | music mixer / music producer / musician |
| Juan de Marcos González | ... | consultant: artists & repertoire / musician |
| Angel Terry Domech | ... | musician |
| Ibrahim Ferrer Jr. | ... | musician |
| Ibrahim Ferrer | ... | musician |
| Manuel Galbán | ... | musician |
| Roberto Garcia | ... | musician |
| Hugo Garzón | ... | musician |
| Nick Gold | ... | executive music producer |
| Carlos Gonzalez | ... | musician (as Carlos Gonzalez) |
| Rubén González | ... | musician |
| Salvador Repilado Labrada | ... | musician (as Salvador Repilado) |
| Pío Leyva | ... | musician |
| Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea | ... | musician |
| Orlando 'Cachaíto' López | ... | musician |
| Benito Suárez Magana | ... | musician (as Benito Suárez) |
| Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal | ... | musician |
| Eliades Ochoa | ... | musician |
| Gilberto 'Papi' Oviedo | ... | musician |
| Tomas Casanova Perera | ... | piano tuner: Cuban crew |
| Alejandro Pichardo | ... | musician |
| Yanko Pichardo | ... | musician |
| Omara Portuondo | ... | musician |
| Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos | ... | musician |
| Steven A. Reich | ... | music rights clearance: Berlin (as Steven Reich) |
| José Antonio Rodríguez | ... | musician |
| Rail Rogut | ... | music mixer |
| Compay Segundo | ... | musician |
| Barbarito Torres | ... | musician |
| Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés | ... | musician |
| Amadito Valdés | ... | musician |
| Lázaro Villa | ... | musician |
| David Guido Pietroni | ... | stage manager (uncredited) |
Transportation Department
| Guillermo Iglesias | ... | driver: Cuban crew |
| Diosdado Navarro | ... | driver: Cuban crew |
| Armando Roche | ... | driver: Cuban crew |
Additional Crew
| Jenny Adlington | ... | director of marketing and artist relations |
| Zita Marina Morrina Atia | ... | assistant: Wim Wenders, Cuban crew |
| Ken Beltrone | ... | stage crew: New York crew |
| Ina Bialas | ... | accounting: Berlin |
| Denise Booth | ... | project coordinator: Berlin |
| John Cardinale | ... | stage crew: New York crew |
| Rose-Marie Couture | ... | project coordinator: Berlin |
| Rafael Cruz | ... | protocol: Cuban crew |
| James Csollany | ... | stage crew: New York crew |
| Jolanda Darbyshire | ... | assistant: Wim Wenders, Berlin |
| Olga María Fernández González | ... | production assistant: Cuban crew |
| Paul Frocchi | ... | provider: post-production equipment: Los Angeles |
| John Goodson | ... | stage crew: New York crew |
| Victor Gutierrez | ... | accountant: Cuban crew |
| Luis Juara | ... | assistant: Cuban crew (as Luis Juana) |
| Oswaldo Lima | ... | assistant: Cuban crew (as Osvaldo Lima) |
| Mario Locurcio | ... | Publicity: Italy |
| Javier Castillo Mares | ... | runner: Cuban crew |
| Dennis O'Connell | ... | stage crew: New York crew |
| Claudia Pauly | ... | accounting: Berlin |
| Vesna Rudinac | ... | accounting: Berlin |
| Sven Sauër | ... | production assistant: Amsterdam crew |
| Luba Schatzberg | ... | office coordinator: New York crew |
| David Stallbaumer | ... | stage manager: New York crew (as David Stahlbaumer) |
| Erich Thum | ... | tax advisor: Berlin |
| Kai-Peter Uhlig | ... | legal services coordinator: Berlin |
| David Vigdor | ... | production assistant: New York crew |
| Rachel Florian | ... | post production coordinator (uncredited) |
| Zita Morriña | ... | translator (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Gliceria Abreu | ... | thanks |
| Annie Bataillard | ... | thanks: Arte |
| David Bither | ... | thanks: Nonesuch Records |
| Susan Cooder | ... | thanks |
| Daniel Del Solar | ... | thanks |
| Robert Eisenhauer | ... | thanks |
| Gustovo Fernandez | ... | thanks: ICAIC |
| Dani Florestano | ... | thanks |
| Ivan Giroud | ... | thanks: Havana Film Festival Office |
| Klaus Grohmann | ... | thanks: German Embassy in Havana, Cuba |
| Alfredo Guevara | ... | thanks: ICAIC |
| Caroline Haertel | ... | thanks: Arte |
| Candice Hanson | ... | thanks |
| Clair McFadden | ... | thanks |
| Bertha Navarro | ... | thanks: Tequila Gang, Mexico |
| Reinhard Penzel | ... | thanks: Sony Broadcasting Europe |
| Judith Reuter | ... | thanks: Sony Broadcasting Europe |
| Michael Sable | ... | thanks |
| Wendy Sellars | ... | thanks |
| Eli Silvrants | ... | thanks |
| Martin Singer | ... | thanks |
| Caridad Perez Valdés | ... | thanks |
| Robert van Ommen | ... | thanks: Mojo Concerts |
| Camilo Vives | ... | thanks: ICAIC |
| Franz von Kouwen | ... | thanks: Mojo Concerts |
| Wim Westerveld | ... | thanks: CHAZZ Agency |
Production Companies
- Road Movies Filmproduktion
- Kintop Pictures (in association with)
- Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC) (in association with)
- ARTE (in association with)
- Channel Four Films
- Wim Wenders Stiftung
Distributors
- Senator Film (1999) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Bir Film (2020) (Turkey)
- GEM Entertainment (1999) (Non-US) (multi-territory)
- Arthaus (1999) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Artisan Entertainment (1999) (United States) (theatrical)
- Atalanta Filmes (1999) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Budapest Film (2000) (Hungary) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (1999) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Dendy Films (1999) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Edko Films (2000) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Falcon (2000) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- Les Acacias (2021) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Mars Distribution (1999) (France) (theatrical)
- Primer Plano Film Group (2000) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- RCV Film Distribution (1999) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- RCV Film Distribution (1999) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
- RCV Film Distribution (1999) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Rosebud (1999) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Senso Films (1999) (Finland) (theatrical)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Quality Film Collection)
- Argentina Video Home (2000) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Arthaus (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Arthaus (2023) (Germany) (DVD)
- Disney+ (2022) (United Kingdom) (video) (VOD) (Star)
- Dok-Maidan (2005) (Ukraine) (DVD)
- Dolmen Home Video (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
- Emerald (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
- EuroVideo (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
- Europa Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
- Europa Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
- Finnkino (2000) (Finland) (VHS)
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2022) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East, North Africa and Iran)
- Future Film (2000) (Finland) (DVD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Leader Music (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (as Leader Vision)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1999) (United States) (tv)
- RCV Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- RCV Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
- RCV Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
- Senator Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Solopan (1999) (Poland)
- The Criterion Collection (2017) (United States) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2021) (Australia)
- VIGGO (2015) (Italy)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2001) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Carimusic (music publisher)
- Casa del Científico (thanks)
- EMI Feist Catalog (music licenser)
- Egrem Studios (thanks)
- Guaranteed Media (post-production sound services)
- Havana Film Festival Office (thanks)
- Ocean Way Studios (music mixing studio)
- Peer Musikverlag (music licenser)
- Termidor Musikverlag (music licenser)
- Warner / Chappell Music (music publisher)
- Wexler Video (post production equipment services)
- World Circuit (copyright: music recordings)
- World Circuit (music licenser)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A group of legendary Cuban musicians, some as old as their nineties, were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. In this film, we see and hear some of the songs being recorded in Havana. There is also footage from concerts in Amsterdam and New York City's Carnegie Hall. In addition, many of the individual musicians talk about their lives in Cuba and about how they got started in music. Written by George S. Davis |
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| Taglines | Cubas Poesie Cubas Musik, Cubas Menschen, Cubas Poesie [The music of Cuba, the people of Cuba, the poetry of Cuba] See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The success of the album and this subsequent documentary had a deep impact on the Cuban tourist industry, raising the country's profile. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into 365 Days, also Known as a Year (2019). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Chan Chan See more » |
| Quotes |
Eliades Ochoa,
Compay Segundo:
[singing]
The love I have for you, I cannot deny, My mouth is watering, I just can't help it... See more » |