Movie Description Sydney Pollack directs Robert Redford as Jack Weil, a high-rolling poker player who is trying to make a big score in 1958 Havana, a pleasure seeker's paradise on the verge of revolution. Although excited by the prospect of gambling in a risky environment, his plans are turned upside down when he stumbles into Bobby, the beautiful enigmatic wife of Arturo Duran, an impassioned revolutionary, resulting in a move that threatens his last chance for the big score.
| Credits | | Producer: | Richard Roth, Sydney Pollack | | Cast: | Alan Arkin, Mark Rydell, Raul Julia, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Redford |
| Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes Theatrical release: December 12, 1990.
Due to United States government restrictions on filming in Cuba, the city of Havana was re-created in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.
HAVANA is the seventh film collaboration for Redford and Pollack, following THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, JEREMIAH JOHNSON, THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN, BRUBAKER, and OUT OF AFRICA
Estimated budget: $45 million.
Editorial Reviews "...Sprawling, atmospheric....[At times] HAVANA truly captures the electrifying peril of its place and time..." New York Times - Janet Maslin (12/12/1990)
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