Vitals robert redford as jack weil, smooth gambler and u. Havana is a 1990 american drama film starring robert redford, lena olin, alan arkin and raul julia, directed by sydney pollack with music by dave grusin. Tribute for beautiful movie havana from 1990 with the great robert redford and wonderful swedish actress lena olin. While an increasingly rare onscreen presence in subsequent years, he remained a powerful motionpicture industry force as an. Navy veteran santa clara, cuba, december 1958 film. Rent havana 1990 starring robert redford and lena olin on dvd and bluray.
Dec 12, 1990 havana brings together jack weil robert redford, an inveterate gambler ready to test himself by taking the chance of a lifetime, and bobby duran lena olin, a much younger, more mundane. Sneakers is a 1992 american comedy caper film directed by phil alden robinson, written by robinson, walter parkes, and lawrence lasker, and starring robert redford, dan aykroyd, ben kingsley, mary mcdonnell, river phoenix, sidney poitier and david strathairn. Bigstakes american gambler jack weil robert redford is comfortable in the anythinggoes havana of 1958. It was redford s seventh collaboration with director sydney pollack. Havana, the robert redford lena olin film is a yet another forgettable, nearly character for character remake of the classic film casablanca. Little fauss and big halsy robert redford pictures.
Havana may not be the greatest movie, but it definitely deserves better than this. In the time just preceding castros takeover of cuba, an american gambler in havana gets involved with a revolutionarys wife. The winter soldier and hes an oscar winner in the bargain. Highrolling poker player jack weil redford is trying to make on big score in 1958 havana, a pleasureseekers paradise on the verge of. Top 5 movies starring robert redford according to you. He became one of hollywoods most popular and bankable stars after he starred with paul newman in the enormously popular comic western butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969. Robert redford stars as a gambling man in 1950s cuba who falls for a married woman on the eve of war in this drama. With robert redford, lena olin, alan arkin, tomas milian. All robert redford movies ranked aug 09, 2018 robert redford robert redfords greatest screen roles ranked. Lena is the object of desire for the male actors and for any living male in the audience.
Havana robert redfords blue camp shirt and cadillac. Actor, executive producer, producer, director born. The following list is the filmography of actor, writer, director and producer, robert redford. Robert redford, lena olin, alan arkin, raul julia, sydney pollack.
Redford really tries this time, and olin really is seriously beautiful, as the script claims. Instead its robert redfords bay of pigs a great, groaning golly moses of a fiasco. Academy awardwinner robert redford and lena olin star in oscarwinning director sydney pollacks passionate romantic adventure set in a. Aug 21, 2014 hurricane country havanasoundtrack version licensed to youtube by. Jane fonda relishes sex scenes with robert redford, saying. Jane fonda wishes the sex scene in her new movie with robert redford lasted longer, the 79yearold american actress said as their latest screen collaboration our souls at night premiered at. Born august 18th, 1937, the rugged, dashingly handsome robert redford was among the biggest movie stars of the 1970s.
Feb 09, 2015 academy awardwinner robert redford and lena olin star in oscarwinning director sydney pollacks passionate romantic adventure set in a place once called the sexiest city in the world. Havana by rita kempley washington post staff writer december 12, 1990. Havana, the robert redfordlena olin film is a yet another forgettable, nearly character for character remake of the classic film casablanca. Highrolling poker player jack weil redford is trying to make on big score in 1958 havana, a pleasureseekers paradise on the verge of revolution. Umpg publishing, latinautor, bmi broadcast music inc. Jul 12, 2019 vitals robert redford as jack weil, smooth gambler and u.
In 1950s cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement. Robert redford and lena olin on the set of havana 1990, about a professional gambler in cuba on the eve of the revolution. Robert s mother died in 1955, the year after he graduated from high school. Robert redford has established himself as one of the greatest directors in history, as well as movie historian and founder of sundance. Havana 1990 cast and crew jack weil robert redford, a professional gambler, enjoys the hedonistic lifestyle of batistas cuba, where he is organizing a crucial poker game that could make or. Jack weil robert redford, a professional gambler, enjoys the hedonistic lifestyle of batistas cuba, where he is organizing a crucial poker game that could make or break him. A cynical gambler reluctantly comes to the aid of a mysterious beauty in this interpolation of and the reallife cuban revolution. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. In the time just preceding castros takeover of cuba, an american. Over his more than 60 year career, he has won several film awards, including an academy award for lifetime achievement in 2002. In april 2014, time magazine included redford in their annual time 100 as one of. Havana brings together jack weil robert redford, an inveterate gambler ready to test himself by taking the chance of a lifetime, and bobby duran lena olin, a.
But with fidel castro out in the wilderness broadcasting revolutionary messages, it seems the good times may be on the way out. Apolitical jack doesnt usually take sides, but after bobby and her husband, arturo. Hurricane country havanasoundtrack version licensed to youtube by. Heck, he even helped alter the course of the marvel cinematic universe in captain america. From either side of the camera, robert redford has been making movie magic for decades, building an incredible filmography that includes acclaimed dramas all the. It was redfords seventh collaboration with director sydney pollack. Director sydney pollack and star robert redford have lost their normally.
A superb havana noir set in 19589 and featuring three great actors, robert redford, raul julia, and lena olin. He is also the founder of the sundance film festival. Official video content provided by universal studios home entertainment or one of its authorized agents. This version was recorded for dot records, 2 years after the movies setting. Robert redford list of movies and tv shows tv guide. I have always thought that the acting was great, and the settings were beautiful dominican republic was used to serve as the setting for havana, the classic cars in the movie were shipped in from the us. Havana tribute robert redford and lena olin youtube.
Havana 1990 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Breathtaking cinematography, a powerful story and a sensual score by dave grusin make havana an unforgettable experience. Apr 03, 2020 robert redford, american actor and director known for his diverse roles and for founding the sundance institute and film festival. As the actor and oscarwinning director reveals his plans for retirement, we rank his 10 best performances in front of the camera. Havana the seventh teaming of robert redford and director sydney pollack, and the first since 1985s best picture oscar winner out of africa, opens late in 1958 with gambler jack weil redford. Robert redford, lena olin, alan arkin, raul julia en tomas milian. Nevertheless, robert redford was and is a wonderful actor, and has produced many indelible film characterizations for over 50 years. While an increasingly rare onscreen presence in subsequent years, he remained. Robert redford and lena olin star in oscarwinning director sydney pollacks passionate romantic adventure set in a place once called the sexiest city in the world.
He is of english, scottish, cornish, and irish ancestry. Havana suffers from the same prestigefilm disease as his inexplicably acclaimed out of africa. Havana robert redfords blue camp shirt and cadillac bamf. The seventh teaming of robert redford and director sydney pollack, and the first since 1985s best picture. Havana brings together jack weil robert redford, an inveterate gambler ready to test himself by taking the chance of a lifetime, and bobby. Robert redford, in full charles robert redford, jr. The films plot concerns jack weil redford, an american professional gambler who decides to visit havana, cuba to gamble in 1958 on the eve of the cuban revolution. Roberts mother died in 1955, the year after he graduated from high school. Drama romantiek film geregisseerd door sydney pollack. Robert redford is an american gambler and poker player who works the high stakes poker games for his own account and for the casino boss in havana. Havana brings together jack weil robert redford, an inveterate gambler ready to test himself by taking the chance of a lifetime, and bobby duran lena olin, a much younger, more mundane.