The Lost City (2005)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Andy Garcia

Writers:

G. Cabrera Infante (writer)
D. Daniel Vujic (writer)

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:

Dictator | Che Guevara | Cuban Revolution | Fidel Castro | Rifle

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Andy Garcia	...	Fico Fellove
Inés Sastre	...	Aurora Fellove
Tomas Milian	...	Don Federico Fellove
Richard Bradford	...	Don Donoso Fellove
Nestor Carbonell	...	Luis Fellove
Enrique Murciano	...	Ricardo Fellove
Dominik García-Lorido	...	Mercedes Fellove
Dustin Hoffman	...	Meyer Lansky
Bill Murray	...	The Writer
Lorena Feijóo	...	Leonela
Steven Bauer	...	Captain Castel
Juan Fernández	...	President Fulgencio Batista
Jsu Garcia	...	Ernesto "Che" Guevarra
William Marquez	...	Rodney
Julio Oscar Mechoso	...	Colonel Candela

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

144 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

Shot in 35 days.

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:

Aurora Fellove: Who said woman is like a flower?
Fico Fellove: Poet with a sensitive smell.

Movie Connections:

References "The Jimmy Durante Show" (1954)

Amazing!

Andy Garcia really hit close to home with this movie. The film does justice to every Cuban-American out there who has wanted the true story of his/her country's history to be told. The casting and acting were spectacular. As a Cuban-American I was pleased to see that the film was historically accurate. Furethermore, the movie shows how soo many Cubans were forced to give up their lives and families because of this revolution. The process of leaving your homeland for hopes of a new and better life is something this movie does an amazing job depicting. I hope everyone turns out to support the film whether you do or do not know the TRUE story of Cuba. Andy, te la comiste!