The Mambo Kings Director: Arnold Glimcher Cast: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers
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- DVD Release Date: 08/16/2005
- Original Release: 1992
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- Sales Rank: 15,881
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Features
Closed Caption; Commentary by Director Arne Glimcher; Behind the-scenes featurette; Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English, Français & Español (Feature film only)
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Disc #1 -- Mambo Kings
1. For Love of Nestor [3:14]
2. New-York Bound [3:57]
3. Where to Bebut [2:05]
4. The Palladium [6:19]
5. First American Girl [2:24]
6. Maria on His Mind [1:58]
7. Arranging for An Arranger [5:28]
8. Meeting Delores [3:47]
9. Debut Night [3:22]
10. Dance Partners [5:21]
11. Much to Learn [3:11]
12. Hard Times [1:59]
13. Snapshots and Dreams [5:30]
14. Breaking Ranks; Nestor's News [2:16]
15. How Lucky You Are [2:58]
16. Marriage and Parenthood [3:18]
17. Famous Fellow Cuban [3:24]
18. An Invitation [2:42]
19. I Love Lucy [3:25]
20. Beautiful Maria of My Soul (#1) [2:55]
21. Truth About Maria [3:02]
22. Nobody Owns Nestor [1:04]
23. Getting What We Want [3:09]
24. One Night Stand [5:44]
25. Tragedy [2:35]
26. Music Within [2:52]
27. Club Habana [6:06]
28. Beautiful Maria of My Soul (#2) [3:07]
29. End Credits and Exit Music [1:59]
Editorial Reviews
New York art dealer Arne Glimcher took his first crack at film directing with this florid, high-energy romance about two brothers who flee Cuba in the early 1950s to make it as musicians in the United States. Cynthia Cidre wrote the literate screenplay adapted from Oscar Hijuelos's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Cesar (Armand Assante) and Nestor Castillo (Antonio Banderas) are popular musicians on Havana's club circuit, but when they make enemies of the wrong people, they are forced to leave for New York City, the moody Nestor leaving behind his true love. In New York, the brothers work as meat-cutters during the day as Cesar tries to organize a band and make inroads into the lively New York music scene. Soon, as The Mambo Kings, they get club bookings and Cesar falls in love with a sharp-tongued cigarette girl, Lanna Lake (Cathy Moriarty), and Nestor with the beautiful Delores Fuentes (Maruschka Detmers), who wants to be a teacher. Cesar concentrates on singing and managing the band, while Nestor plays the trumpet and writes emotional songs of love. All seems to be going well until Cesar antagonizes the moneymen on the Latin nightclub circuit and they finds themselves playing bar mitzvahs. But after they're discovered by Desi Arnaz (Desi Arnaz Jr.), the group is prominently featured on I Love Lucy. Their popularity soars and they cut a successful album called "Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love." Cesar is glorying in his success, but Nestor is disappointed and longs to return to Cuba. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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