The Mambo Kings |  | Director: Arne Glimcher
Actors: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Pablo Calogero
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 13178
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD12308D
ISBN: 079074080X
UPC: 085391230823
EAN: 9780790740805
ASIN: B0009S4IGU
Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1992
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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This period drama is hot, hot, hot. Stylish and sexy, it is adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, by Oscar Hijuelos, the story of two brothers who flee from Cuba in the early 1950s, heading for New York. Hoping to make a name for themselves as famous musicians, the duo face hardships and painful discoveries along the way. Armand Assante is the older of the two, with a smoldering Antonio Banderas as his younger, more impetuous brother. (In his first English-speaking role, Banderas delivered all of his lines phonetically.) The pulsating, sweaty energy of the first half of the film is not sustained throughout. Partly this is because a movie about the rise and fall of minor celebrities has been done to death. Even when the action slows down, however, the story does not bore. There is too much sensuality and vitality exuded by both Assante and Banderas. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Product Description
Brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo leave Cuba in the 1950s and move to New York City, in the hope that their band \The Mambo Kings" becomes successful in the United States.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 16-AUG-2005
Media Type: DVD"""
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 39
 Great gift for Valentine's Day March 10, 2010
Debra Britt-Busler (Upstate NY)
My friend loves Latin jazz and was thrilled to receive Mambo Kings, which he had not seen before. The delivery time was amazingly fast and the dvd was in mint condition. I was very pleased with this purchase.
Excellent Choice January 7, 2010
D. Jones (Laurel, MD)
I was very pleased with this movie. I couldn't find it anywhere else and it was packaged perfectly and extremely affordable.
Great movie November 27, 2009
D. J. Slaughter (Illinois, USA)
Calling all Antonio Banderas fans..here's one you gotta have in your collection. Great story line about 2 brothers coming from Cuba to America in search of the American dream. Great story line and the music just makes you want to get up and Mambo!
A must have to own October 10, 2009
Maxwell Casey (Monroe, NC USA)
Cuban rhythms aren't my favorite, however, the stirring performances of Assante and especially Banderas wrap the viewer in the period, the music and the pain of lost love. This was Banderas' first movie in the US, what a treasure he is, he expresses more in his eyes and face than most actors do with words and full body physicality. The scene with Assante (Cesar) and Banderas (Nestor) when Banderas finds out the love of his life (Maria) did love him and sacrificed herself to save him was so touching it brought tears to my eyes, the viewer can feel the heart pain of Nestor, the loss of everything important to him, the total despair of knowing deep in his soul the love of his life was gone forever. Assante as Cesar did an excellent job of playing the dominant older brother, the one with the dreams of fame and success. Nestor, the younger brother, was the talented one of the two, Cesar felt Nestor needed to be both protected and pulled along with Cesar's dream for the two; he couldn't help treating Nestor like a kid ignoring Nestor's own dreams. So strong was Cesar's ego and personality that Nestor's dreams were totally overshadowed by the desire of the older brother for fame and fortune. In the end, Cesar realizes Nestor was the talent, the soul of the two brothers.
The music in this movie is beautiful, especially the signature song, the haunting Beautiful Maria of My Soul--such a song of the heart and lost love. Both Assante and Banderas are talented musically, Assante is excellent on the drums; Banderas has a beautiful voice and the harmony of the two was very nice on Beautiful Maria of My Soul. Assante's final rendition of the song was touching and his best in the movie. Banderas is a tremendously talented actor, his brooding dissatisfaction in the direction of his life is palatable; the pain he displayed in his eyes in the last scene with DeLores when both knew the marriage was over just pierced the heart. The emotions exchanged as the eyes of the two brothers met when Cesar celebrated the final achievement of playing the Palladium (totally arranged by Nestor) spoke volumes without the exchange of a word. This is a movie to watch several times, the depth of acting especially from Banderas is appreciated more and more with each viewing.
Passionate September 24, 2009
Christine S. Merlino (usa)
I first saw this movie on cable Televsion, and "fell in love" with the performances of two of Hollywoods most "sexiest men!"...It was an even more pleasant surprise that they could sing so beautifully.What "chemisty and passion"...This movie has it all!I just had to "own it!!"
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