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Havana
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783229423
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783229429
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D20414D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 17, 1998
Running Time: 145 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 12, 1990
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Editorial Review:
When Havana was released in 1990, a lot of reviewers unfavorably compared it to Casablanca, and those comparisons (in addition to audience indifference) turned the film into a box-office disaster. It deserved a better fate, because, while this is certainly no masterpiece, it's an intelligent and lavishly produced film about a chapter of history--the final days of Cuba under the collapsing Batista regime--that remains largely unfamiliar to the American mainstream. It's a compelling political backdrop for the story of a high-stakes gambler (Robert Redford) who comes to Cuba seeking the big score in poker games, following his expectation that high rollers will bet wildly as the Cuban government crashes around their heads. In Havana, Redford meets the wife (Lena Olin) of a Communist revolutionary (Raul Julia) with ties to Fidel Castro, and their attraction becomes powerfully mutual after her husband is presumed killed by Cuban police. What follows, as Cuba falls and Redford's character is forced into a crisis of conscience, is a mini-epic love story with tragic overtones, handled with great skill (albeit lagging pace) by long-time Redford collaborator Sydney Pollack. True, it's not nearly as memorable as Casablanca, but this is a worthwhile film, especially if you're interested in the political upheavals in pre-Castro Cuba. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - a great movie
you know some people....if you can call them that have nothing better to do than being negative....this was a fine movie, redford as always is great and simple in his acting , a well done movie that captures the flavor of the time. and wonderful cinematagraphy. its not the worst ever said by the one post as you might see. a very good movie by all standared's. thank you
Rating:  - A decent try but no cigar
For some reason no-one has ever managed to make a good film about the Cuban Revolution, with Hollywood often drawing in some of its biggest stars - usually in the hope of another Casablanca - and missing by a mile. Case in point: Havana, a disappointingly dull misfire from Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford that never catches fire for all the money on the screen. The night scenes are beautifully shot and the script makes half-hearted attempts to examine the moral contradictions in the last days of ... Read More
Rating: - Very, very good....
Funny how time changes things. When this movie was first released, I found it boring and impenetrable -- and, yes, a direct rip-off of 'Casablanca'. At the time, I compared it to 'Out of Africa', which I had considered the ultimate Pollack/Redford collaboration, and I wondered what had gone wrong with 'Havana'.
After several re-viewings, I have to admit it - I was wrong about 'Havana'. I now look upon 'Out of Africa' as slow and dull except for Meryl Streep's amazing, jaw-dropping ... Read More
Rating: - Havana: Here's Looking at You, Kid
I picked up this movie for no other reason than it was listed in a fat bug-crusher paperback of a DVD/video guide as "Casablanca" transposed to revolutionary Cuba. Well who doesn't like "Casablanca," myself included? So for less than $10, I figured what's the harm if it sucks?
Well guess what-not only does it NOT suck, it's really a pretty dandy little movie, and part of the fun for me at least is teasing out all the "Casablanca" parallels strung throughout. While there's not exactly ... Read More
Rating: - La Habana of yesterday
This is a good movie portraying the old Havana, similar to the movie "Cuba" (by Sean Connery)showing the casinos, gambling, corrupt officials, motorcycle gangs in leather attire smoking marijuana, kinky shows and of course my favorite, the prostitutes. I wish these days will return. Because I have been in similar places with all of the prostitutes in the world, except in my own country with my own kind. How horrible!
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