Cuba
Cuba is a 1979 American adventure thriller film directed by Richard Lester and starring Sean Connery, portraying the build-up to the 1958 Cuban Revolution, filmed in Panavision. Lester developed the film out of a conversation with a friend, with significant influence from the 1942 film Casablanca.
Plot
In 1959 former British Major and mercenary Robert Dapes (Sean Connery) arrives in Cuba under General Bello's (Martin Balsam) orders as part of the dictator Fulgencio Batista's forces. He is to train the Cuban army to resist Fidel Castro's revolt. Before he even begins his task, he encounters an old flame, Alexandra Lopez de Pulido (Brooke Adams), whom he repeatedly pursues. The plot winds around the tremendous wealth of the Cuban leaders, the mainly American tourists with their seemingly endless money, the poverty-stricken and ex-urban slums where many Cubans live, and the rum and cigar factory owned by Alexandra's selfish husband Juan Pulido (Chris Sarandon) and managed by Alexandra.
More details
| author | Charles Wood |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Cuba |
| director | Richard Lester |
| editor | John Victor-Smith |
| genre | action adventure thriller |
| keywords | aircraft american tourist communism communist douglas dc-6 fidel castro fulgencio batista kill north africa old flame reminisce stalk strike strike action |
| musicBy | Patrick Williams |
| producer | Alex Winitsky Arlene Sellers |
| productionCompany | Holmby Pictures |
| publisher | United Artists |