- Release Date: 1990
- Runtime: 140 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin, Tomas Milian ... see all
- Director: Sydney Pollack
- Plot: Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they... Read more
User Reviews
I'll give it a C
Jan 20, 2009
david - yahoo.com
Jan 20, 2009david - yahoo.com
The movie started out kind of slow but then became a little bit more interesting. I like the pretty actress Lena Olin. There was so much cigarette smoking in this movie, I thought everyone in the movie would die of cancer... Full review
I'll give it a C
Jan 20, 2009
limpdickconservative - yahoo.com
Jan 20, 2009limpdickconservative - yahoo.com
The movie started out kind of slow but then became a little bit more interesting. I like the pretty actress Lena Olin. There was so much cigarette smoking in this movie, I thought everyone in the movie would die of cancer... Full review
Under appreciated
Aug 18, 2007
JEFF - yahoo.com
Aug 18, 2007JEFF - yahoo.com
One of the most under appreciated movies. A little bit of true history intertwined with a great romance. Wonderful characters.... Full review
Terrible
Aug 18, 2007
JOSE L - yahoo.com
Aug 18, 2007JOSE L - yahoo.com
Not accurate except that batista was a dictator much like castro was and is. Sympathetic to Castro , *robert redford* visited cuba and consulted him on this movie. which is a very bad source, considering he has been in rule 40... Full review
Terrible
Aug 18, 2007
venomjrl312 - yahoo.com
Aug 18, 2007venomjrl312 - yahoo.com
Not accurate except that batista was a dictator much like castro was and is. Sympathetic to Castro , *robert redford* visited cuba and consulted him on this movie. which is a very bad source, considering he has been in rule 40... Full review
Under appreciated
Aug 18, 2007
jeff_mcdermott - yahoo.com
Aug 18, 2007jeff_mcdermott - yahoo.com
One of the most under appreciated movies. A little bit of true history intertwined with a great romance. Wonderful characters.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Dec 17, 1990Deseret News
But "Havana," directed by the usually reliable Sydney Pollack -....is a surprisingly tepid, flabby, overwrought romantic melodrama that may leave you dozing before its 21/2 hours are up.....Pollack's direction is lush and finely detailed....the end as seedy gambler Robert Redford confronts casino-operator Alan Arkin, you almost expect him to say something about this being the beginning of a beautiful friendship.....Olin is also good.... ... Full Review
News
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hollywood came to Havana on Thursday as Cuban writers and artists gave an award to Benicio del Toro, star of the 2008 movie "Che," in a ceremony attended by fellow actors Bill Murray, Robert Duvall and James... ... Full Article
But even though the play seems to resonate so powerfully with Cuban Americans, Lac?mara says that group wasn't his target audience. ''I wrote it for non-Cuban Americans,'' he says. ``I wanted to look at a geopolitical event and go inside... ... Full Article
Interview: Sydney Pollack on 'Havana'
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2007-06-13
Box Office Mojo: One could dispute whether Cuba is a threat; Cuba is allied with the ayatollahs and Soviet missiles in Cuba were aimed at American cities. ... Full Article
Guys and Dolls on the Cape
thephoenix.com –
2006-07-25
If there's a God in show-biz Heaven, she's no doubt relieved that the folks at Cape Playhouse in Dennis had enough theatrical smarts to mount Guys and Dolls (through July 29) without messing around. ... Full Article
Our man in Havana: an entertainment
newsreview.com –
2006-06-22
Havana (1991)
ew.com –
1990-12-12
One of the most enduring movie arche-types of the 1940s and 1950s was the lone American male in a foreign land. Despite his armored exterior, he remained susceptible to a beautiful damsel in distress, especially one with a cause. ... Full Article

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