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Before Night Falls DVD

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Release Date: 5/22/2001
Original Release: 2000
Format: DVD Widescreen
Length: 133 minutes
Rating: R (MPAA)
Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable)
UPC: 794043525124
Studio: Warner Home Video

Directed by:

Julian Schnabel

Featuring:

Olatz Lapez Garmendia, Sebastian Silva, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Hector Babenco, Najwa Nimri, Michael Wincott, Javier Bardem, Vito Schnabel, Olivier Martinez

Categories:

Dramas, Live-Action, True Story, Documentary, Recommended, Theatrical Release, Prison, Crime, Homosexuality, Writers, AIDS (Disease), Poets, Love, Essential Cinema

	Description

	The life of Reinaldo Arenas, an exiled Cuban homosexual writer, is chronicled in an adaptation of his memoir BEFORE NIGHT FALLS, directed by Julian Schnabel (BASQUIAT). Javier Bardem (in an Oscar-nominated performance) portrays Arenas as he journeys from poverty to university to the sexual revolution and homosexual subculture in Havana to persecution and imprisonment under the policies of Fidel Castro for being both gay and a writer. Despite the harsh conditions of prison, the courageous Arenas continued not only to write but also to publish his works abroad. Ultimately, he was allowed to leave Cuba for America, but there he faced new struggles as a man without a country battling AIDS. Schnabel's beautifully filmed sophomore directorial effort captures the essence of Cuba during the revolution. Johnny Depp is featured in the dual supporting roles of the cross-dressing prison inmate, Bon Bon, and the brutal officer, Lieutenant Victor. A well-disguised Sean Penn appears as Cuco Sanchez. Olivier Martinez as Lázaro Gómez Carillo and Andrea Di Stefano as Pepe Malas deliver standout performances. The film received accolades at the 2000 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.

	DVD Features

	Region 1 Snap Case Full Frame - 1.33 Letterbox - 1.85 Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Surround - English Additional Release Material: Documentary: Interview with Reinaldo Arenas Audio Commentary: Julian Schnabel - Director Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Text/Photo Galleries: Biographies: Cast & Crew DVD-ROM Features: Weblinks

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	Awards

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	Technical Specifications

	Surround Sound Noise Reduction - Dolby Recording Mode - Dolby Surround AC-3 Closed Captioned Color - Color Widescreen

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Average Rating: Number of Reviews: 2 (view all)

Posted on May 27, 2008

Reviewed by: Jarrod

To date, director Julian Schnabel has only made three films; his last was the highly acclaimed The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; his debut was a profile of graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, in...
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Posted on January 13, 2008

Reviewed by: Movie Addict

Reinaldo Arenas: Leonardo da Vinci was homosexual, so was Michelangelo, Socrates, Shakespeare, and almost every other figure that has formed what we have come to understand as beauty. It is...
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