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Buena Vista Social Club (1999) [G]

Release Date:
June 4, 1999

Original Title:
Buena Vista Social Club

Alternate Titles:
ブエナ・ビスタ・ソシアル・クラブ
乐满夏湾拿
부에나 비스타 소셜 클럽

Genres:
Documentary | Music

Production Companies:
ARTE
Film4 Productions
ICAIC
Kintop Pictures
Road Movies
Wim Wenders Stiftung

Production Countries:
Cuba | France | Germany | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: U  DE: 6  DK: A  ES: APTA  FI: S  JP: G  KR: All  SE: 7  US: G 

Runtime: 105

In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life.

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In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana. The result is a spectacular compilation of concert footage from the group's gigs in Amsterdam and New York City's famed Carnegie Hall, with director Wim Wenders capturing not only the music -- but also the musicians' life stories.

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Production

ADR Mixer:
Russell Farmarco

ADR Supervisor:
Russell Farmarco

Accountant:
Victor Gutierrez

Additional Still Photographer:
Geraint Lewis

Assistant Camera:
Richard Rutkowski

Assistant Editor:
Gary Trentham
Trevor Adkinson

Associate Editor:
Monica Anderson

Associate Producer:
Rosa Bosch

Camera Operator:
David Waterston
Claire Pijman
Theo Bierkens
Brigit Hillenius

Colorist:
Linda Olague

Dialogue Editor:
Walter Spencer

Director:
Wim Wenders

Director of Photography:
Jörg Widmer
Robby Müller
Lisa Rinzler

Driver:
Guillermo Iglesias
Diosdado Navarro
Armando Roche

Editor:
Brian Johnson

Executive Music Producer:
Nick Gold

Executive Producer:
Ulrich Felsberg

Focus Puller:
Julio Simoneau

Lighting Design:
Mitch Bogard

Line Producer:
Rafael Rey Rodríguez

Music:
Jerry Boys

Music Consultant:
Sigfredo Ariel

Music Producer:
Ry Cooder

Musician:
Pío Leyva
Ry Cooder
Benito Suárez Magana
Hugo Garzón
Yanko Pichardo
Ibrahim Ferrer Jr.
Roberto Garcia
Carlos González
Eliades Ochoa
Ibrahim Ferrer
Salvador Repilado Labrada
Octavio Calderon
Orlando 'Cachaíto' López
José Antonio Rodríguez
Compay Segundo
Barbarito Torres
Juan de Marcos González
Manuel Galbán
Amadito Valdés
Angel Terry Domech
Gilberto 'Papi' Oviedo
Omara Portuondo
Lázaro Villa
Joachim Cooder
Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Rubén González
Alejandro Pichardo
Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés
Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos

Online Editor:
Mark Sherman

Original Concept:
Nick Gold

Post Production Coordinator:
Rachel Florian

Post Production Supervisor:
Kristi Lake

Producer:
Deepak Nayar
Ulrich Felsberg

Production Assistant:
Olga María Fernández González
Sven Sauër
David Vigdor

Screenplay:
Wim Wenders

Sound:
Martin Müller

Sound Editor:
Orada Jusatayanond
Ai-Ling Lee

Sound Mixer:
E. Benjamin Posnack

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Elmo Weber

Sound Supervisor:
Walter Spencer
Elmo Weber

Steadicam Operator:
Stephen Consentino
Jörg Widmer

Still Photographer:
Donata Wenders
Susan Titelman

Translator:
Zita Morriña

Unit Production Manager:
Linda Moran

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