"THE LOST CITY" By Andy Garcia

BROOKESNEWS | MAY 8, 2006 | HUMBERTO FONTOVA

[One_who_hopes_to_know]

I did read the article...

a. it sounded like you liked the movie...
b. but later on I wasn't sure...
c. so I thought I'd ask...and cut to the chase

LOL !!!

IF you read the article ... then surely you must know ... that the article did not say a single thing about whether the movie was likable or not.

LOL... simply unbelievable ... the article was about the movie's accurate rendition of Cuban history and why this accuracy infuriates Hollywood lefties.

Can you grab that idea with both hands an hang on ?

[nikos1121]

"the article was about the movie's accurate rendition of Cuban history and why this accuracy infuriates Hollywood lefties."

This is exactly why I asked the question. It sounds like it's worth seeing because it's entertaining AND accurate. I don't want to waste my time watching a movie that's accurate. The Midnight Express eg was accurate and entertaining.

nikos

PS-Does it have a happy ending? :-)

[nikos1121]

"Guess you're just a whole lot smarter than me."

I agree with you, I tried reading the article and wandered off scratching my head. So I asked some direct questions, and I'm made to feel like an idiot. :-) Glad someone else feels the same way.

If a person can't say what they want in one paragraph in this forum...they better try re-writing it.

Bottom line, sounds like a movie to go see!

[MarkL]

Um, there is an "Ann Coulter" rule for any thread mentioning Andy Garcia. Please comply.

Why would you want to have Ann Coulter photos posted on an Andy Garcia thread? Well, rules are rules...

Here's one of Ann with some guy...

Mark

[uglybiker]

[VOA]

quick profiles of Che and Fidel at The Leftwing Monsters Club:
http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/Leftwingmonsters.asp

Just click on the nice photos

[Bernard Marx]

I agree with you about seeing the movie. I made a good living as a writer for over 30 years and this article is a classic example of what's called "backing into" a story.

It's one thing to have an off-point lead paragraph that catches readers' attention, followed by 2-3 graphs showing the main point the writer wants to make. After that more exposition is okay once a general point of view is established. This article keeps on backing and backing, giving mostly exposition instead of substance, to roughly the 21st paragraph.

Castro's "revolution" was indeed a rebellion. Its Marxist nature was well concealed, not just by the Castro contingent but by the American media. Once intellectuals and other anti-Castroites were being taken to "the wall" by Che and other killers and shot, the media were forced to tell the truth. But since then we've had almost 50 years of sympathetic media pro-Castro propaganda and lies.

Batista's regime was dictatorial and the U.S. was wrong for supporting it so uncritically. But pre-Castro Cuba wasn't at all the hell-hole of repression the Left claims it was. I look forward to seeing a truthful movie from Garcia's point of view.

[shield]

Here's several links:

THE LOST CITY

WATCH TRAILER OF THE LOST CITY

[Dqban22]

Miriam-living in exile

So much truth with so little money!!
by armf67 (movies profile) May 11, 2006
4 of 4 people found this review helpful

For the first time I see a movie about the reality of the so called cuban revolution that is true to the events that took place, despite the limited resources, Andy Garcia was able to discribe what really happened in a simple way, the music is great, can't wait for the soundtrack to become available, it took Andy 16 years to make it, big studios didn't find it "commercially viable", in a way it was better this way so there was not influence from Hollywood "history makers", I could see myself in the scene when Fico was leaving Cuba, only I was just 17 years old and the cuban watchdogs made me empty my pockets and used a metal detector to see if there was hidden jewelery, all of this behind a courtain so other passengers traveling in the same plane couldn't see the ways of the revolution, this movie is a must for Hollywood liberals, this is how movies are to be made, true to reality and without the influence of liberals agenda, it deserves an Oscar, Andy did an excellent job, I admire people like him with the will to make thing right, even if it takes a long time, we need more movies like this one and like Mel Gibson's,
leave fantasy and fiction to Hollywood.

Sincerely, ALex Munoz



Finally a great movie about the real Cuba!
by soypalmalibre (movies profile) Apr 29, 2006
42 of 47 people found this review helpful

I loved the acting, the music and the story...
My mother is 89 years old and has not been at the movies for many years...she is partially disabled. She has waited for years for The Lost City to open, and yesterday she got dressed very early and asked me to take her to see it!...My dad was a very famous comic in Cuba during the 30's, 40's and 50's his name was Adolfo Otero "El Gallego Otero"...
We are Cubans exiled in this great country and Andy Garcia is our hero...THANK YOU ANDY FOR A WONDERFUL MOVIE THAT SHOWS OUR BEAUTIFUL HAVANA AND OUR TRADITIONS AND LOVE FOR FAMILY. MY MOM AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOND AND CRY TOGETHER AND REMEMBER THE SADDEST DAY OF OUR LIVES...THE DAY WE LEFT CUBA... BRAVO!!!!!

A tearjerker film.
by tugando01 (movies profile) May 1, 2006
37 of 39 people found this review helpful

If you are a Cuban exile, then this movie will make you cry like a baby. Others will find the music and dancing very entertaining.

I saw this movie in Miami, so you obviously realize that there were a lot of Cubans in the theater. Just about everyone wept throughout this movie. It apparently took the older generation back to the beginnings of the destruction of Cuba by Che Guevara and Castro.

Overall, it was a great movie.

[Hot Tabasco]

I heard an interview with Andy Garcia a couple weeks ago on the Michael Medved program and came away with a gnawing gut feeling that while he attempted to portray the Castro regime for what it was and what it did to that country, I came away with the feeling that he was either ignorant of the polarity that has occured in this country between the socialists and conservatives or he chose to remain silent on our own political issues.

One, because he is a liberal who fails to recognize the dangers that liberalism ultimatly causes OR two, he does not realize that it is his own political philosophy that lead to the rise to power of Castro and his regime.........

As I stated above, this is merely a gut feeling and I can't substantiate anything I have said........

[Dqban22]

The Lost City is currently showing in Austin, TX at the Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills (located at 9828 Great Hills Trail; 800-326-3264).



Movie times are available at



www.austinmovietimes.com/movie-theaters/1576.php?date=0

In regard to additional showings, the movie is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures, which has offices in Austin & New York.



The addresses and phone numbers are:

Magnolia Pictures1614 W. 5th St. and

49 West 27th, 7th floorAustin, TX 78703



New York City, NY 10001512-474-0303

212-924-6701



The web page is www.magpictures.com/contact.aspxBooking inquiries should be directed to: booking@magpictures.com



The addresses and phone numbers are:

Magnolia Pictures1614 W. 5th St. and

49 West 27th, 7th floorAustin, TX 78703



New York City, NY 10001512-474-0303

212-924-6701



The web page is www.magpictures.com/contact.aspxBooking inquiries should be directed to: booking@magpictures.com

[TAdams8591]

"In 1958 Cuba had a higher per-capita income than Austria and Japan. Cuban industrial workers had the eighth-highest wages in the world. In the 1950s Cuban stevedores earned more per hour than their counterparts in New Orleans and San Francisco. Cuba had established an eight-hour workday in 1933 — five years before FDR’s New Dealers got around to it. Add to this a one-month paid vacation. The much-lauded (by liberals) social democracies of Western Europe didn’t manage this till 30 years later.

And get this, Maxine Waters, Barbara Walters, Andrea Mitchell, Diane Sawyer and the rest of you feminist Castro groupies: Cuban women got three months of paid maternity leave. I repeat, this was in the 1930s. Cuba, a country 71 percent white in 1957, was completely desegregated 30 years before Rosa Parks was dragged off that Birmingham bus and handcuffed.

In 1958 Cuba had more female college graduates per capita than the U.S."

The above well explains why Cuban Americans are one of the most successful immigrant groups in U.S. history.

But I have always understood prior to Castro, Cuba was predominantly a prosperous, middle class country. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I don't doubt Andy Garcia got it right. And he went to bat for Elian and fought to have him remain in the U.S. He is one of the few Hollywood stars I truly admire.

[TAdams8591]

"No doubt Hollywood will now scorn him."

I am rather surprised that Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray agreed to do it, given it's truthful and negative betrayal of Castro.

[Dqban22]

According to the Castro’s and liberal media propaganda, those who left Cuba were the rich and powerful privileged class. Cuba had 6 million inhabitants in 1959 and 1.5 million left the Island at the triumph and establishment of the Communist regimen. So, the exodus represented 25 % of the whole population. Therefore, according to the communist propaganda, Cuba had highest proportion of rich class in the world. Before Castro there was no Cuban emigration towards EE.UU. even though Cubans did not need visa to come to EE.UU.

[TAdams8591]

Perhaps the article coud have been better written but it was plenty clear and easy enough to understand.

[MadLibDisease]

The movie is historically accurate, just inaccurate in liberal terms (revisionist history)

[TAdams8591]

"I heard an interview with Andy Garcia a couple weeks ago on the Michael Medved program and came away with a gnawing gut feeling that while he attempted to portray the Castro regime for what it was and what it did to that country, I came away with the feeling that he was either ignorant of the polarity that has occured in this country between the socialists and conservatives or he chose to remain silent on our own political issues."

I saw Andrew Garcia on an Hispanic awards program recently in which he was their most honored guest. I actually thought he seemed a bit uncomfortable with some of the comments about illegal Mexican immigrants a subject he ignored and said nothing about. I could be wrong but I think he may be less Liberal than most of his Hollywood friends. This is just an impression I got while watching him on the program that evening.

[TAdams8591]

What is EE.UU., Estados Unidos?

[Dqban22]

E.U. EUROPEAN UNION

EE.UU. OR U.S.A. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[Dqban22]

E.U. EUROPEAN UNION

EE.UU. OR U.S.A. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA