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    Buena Vista Social Club

    Buy Buena Vista Social Club on DVD
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    Status: IN-STOCK
    Released: 2001-02-20

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    Buena Vista Social Club DVD Cast & Features Cast:
    Pio Levya, Ry Cooder, Compay Segundo, Rubén González, Ibrahim Ferrer, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Orlando Lopez "Cachaito", Barbarito Torres, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Raul Planes, Felix Valoy, Ricahrd Eques, Maceo Rodriguez, Joaquim Cooder

    Director(s): Wim Wenders

    Features:
    Audio commentary featuring director Wim Wenders
    16:9 full-screen version
    5.1 Dolby Digital
    Theatrical trailer
    Crew, Musician information
    Production notes
    Digitally mastered
    Interactive menus
    Scene access
    Additonal scenes
    Buena Vista Social Club DVD Details
    Video:
    Pre-1954 Standard
    Audio:
    Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
    Subtitles:
    English
    		 Running Time: 101
    Genre: Documentary
    Item Weight: 1
    UPC: 012236101765
    Product Code: LGT10176DVD
    Format: DVD
    Year:1998
    Studio: Lions Gate
    Buena Vista Social Club DVD Summary Wim Wenders' documentary Buena Vista Social Club is about the adventures of Ry Cooder in Cuba.

    Cooder, best remembered by film fans for the wailing slide guitar theme of Wenders' Paris, Texas, went to Cuba in 1996 to meet with some legendary 'soneros' musicians of the '30s, '40s and '50s.

    The result was the album Buena Vista Social Club, recorded with such colorful characters as the 90-year-old singer/guitarist Compay Segundo, guitarist Eliades Ochoa, baritone Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo, "the Cuban Edith Piaf.

    " The album won a Grammy, and in this refreshing documentary, Wim Wenders shows these exceptional musicians in their hometown, following them into their usual hang-outs -- the cafes, clubs and even living rooms -- as well as to concerts in Amsterdam and New York's Carnegie Hall, capturing their incredible vitality.

    "In Cuba, music flows like a river," according to Ry Cooder, who adds "Music is like a treasure hunt; you dig and dig and sometimes find something.

    " Pursuing this metaphor, Wenders wanted to make a film that would "just float on this river .

    .

    .

    not interfering with it, just drifting along.

    " The result is a film full of vitality and positive energy, which is also an absolute delight to musical ears.

    ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide