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from: A&E Home Video
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 9780767078764
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767078764
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Running Time: 50 minutes
Sales Rank: 27153
Studio: A&E Home Video
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He stood defiantly at the center of some of the worst crises of the Cold War. After nearly 40 years of rule he remains one of the most controversial political figures of the century.System Requirements: Running Time 50 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 733961718362 Manufacturer No: AAE-71836
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No single person can more polarize the American political climate than Fidel Castro does. A small number of anti-Castro Cuban exiles in south Florida still wield political power far beyond their numbers, even though it has been over four decades since any of them set foot on Cuban soil. A trade embargo that was imposed by President Kennedy, largely as a temporary measure, is still in place and the shrillness of the rhetoric has not abated. Despite all the U. S. efforts to topple him, Castro remains ... Read More
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You should take note of the purported location of the other reviewers on this page. That is significant because their reviews bear little, and most often no, resemblance to the film. One can only wonder if the reviewers are from the exile Cuban community or are their fellow travelers. In my estimation, the relative high ratings that the reviewers gave the film is their attempt to induce you to purchase the film since it mostly trashes Castro and the revolution in Cuba. The only "credit" that film accords ... Read More
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At times dramatic and at times lifting and humorous. Here you see the full range of the man known as Castro. This candid biography looks at his life: from his upbringing to his development into the man he was when he formed the July26th movement, to a tired fighter still waiting for America to cease its aggression. This documentary shows Castro's brilliance and determination to free Cuba from elitism and US imperialism.
What this documentary does so well, is to explain Castro as a person, as who ... Read More
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Halfway through Barbara Walters'interview with Castro, he breaks down, sobbing plaintively. As Walters, herself starting to cry, hands him a tissue, he speaks softly, his voice cracking, "I always wanted to sing and dance on Broadway. That Andrew Lloyd Weber, he is muy incredible. I always wanted to sing and dance but mi mami, she put her foot down and made me go into guerrilla politics. Weber's music has changed mi vida loco." He then gets up and belts out a Memories in the Moonlight followed by a ... Read More
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