Buena Vista Social Club
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Wim Wenders
Compay Segundo
Eliades Ochoa
Ry Cooder
Ruben Gonzalez
Manuel Licea
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Documentary focusing on the relationship between American music star Ry Cooder and a veteran group of Cuban musicians. Cooder worked to reunite as many of Havana's old guard as possible, first for the hugely successful Buena Vista Social Club album, and then for another record and shows in Havana, New York and Amsterdam. Here band members are interviewed, including the 90 year old guitarist Compay Segundo and the Cuban Nat King Cole, Ibrahim Ferrer.
Director
Wim Wenders
Cast
Compay Segundo
Eliades Ochoa
Ry Cooder
Ruben Gonzalez
Manuel Licea
Orlando Lopez
Juan De Marcos Gonzalez
Manuel Mirabal
Omara Portuondo
Joachim Cooder
Ibrahim Ferrer
Barbarito Torres
Amadito Valdes
Pio Leyva
Crew
Sigfredo Ariel
Theo Bierkens
Mitch Bogard
Denise Booth
Rosa Bosch
Jerry Boys
Lew Brown
Octavio Calderon
Isolina Carillo
Stephen Consentino
Joachim Cooder
Joachim Cooder
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder
Rose-marie Couture
Eusebio Delfin
B. G. Desylva
Angel Terry Domech
Forero Esther
Osvaldo Farres
Ulrich Felsberg
Ulrich Felsberg
Ibrahim Ferrer
Ibrahim Ferrer
Ibrahim Ferrer
Guillermo Rodriguez Fiffe
Manuel Galban
Robert Garcia
Hugo Garzon
Nick Gold
Nick Gold
Carlos Gonzßlez
Juan De Marcos Gonzalez
Juan De Marcos Gonzalez
Juan De Marcos Gonzalez
Ruben Gonzalez
Ruben Gonzalez
Mack Gordon
Ray Henderson
Rafael Hernandez Marin
Birgit Hillenius
Brian Johnson
Victor Lay
Ernesto Lecuona
Pio Leyva
Pio Leyva
Manuel Licea
Manuel Licea
Israel Lopez
Orchestes Lopez
Orlando Lopez
Orlando Lopez
Manuel Mirabal
Manuel Mirabal
Linda Moran
Martin Muller
Robby Muller
Robby Muller
Deepak Nayar
Eliades Ochoa
Eliades Ochoa
Faustino Oramas
Gilbert Oviedo
Alejandro Pichardo
Yanko Pichardo
Claire Pijman
Guillermo Portabales
Cole Porter
Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo
E Benjamin Posnack
Jesus Ramos
Francisco Repilado
Salvador Repilado
Lisa Rinzler
Lisa Rinzler
Jose Antonio Rodriguez
Rafael Rey Rodriguez
Raul Rogut
Celia Romero
Richard Rutkowski
Sergio Saiba
Luba Schatzberg
Ivan Scull
Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo
David Stahlbauer
Benito Suarez
Barbarito Torres
Barbarito Torres
Alberto Valdes
Amadito Valdes
Amadito Valdes
Maria Teresa Vera
Lazaro Villa
Harry Warren
Jorg Widmer
Jorg Widmer
Jorg Widmer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Documentary Feature
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Documentary Feature from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Documentary from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Documentary from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Documentary from the Online Film Critics Society.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Non-Fiction Film from the National Society of Film Critics.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Non-Fiction Film from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Winner of the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Documentary at the 1999 Seattle International Film Festival.
Winner of two 1999 Golden Satellites, including Best Documentary and Best Sound (Elmo Webber, Martin Muller and Jerry Boys), from the International Press Academy.
Released in United States Summer June 4, 1999
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States December 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States February 1999
Released in United States 2000
Shown at International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba December 1-11, 1998.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Closing Night) April 22 - May 6, 1999.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude) May 13 - June 6, 1999.
Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.
Shown at Miami Film Festival February 19-28, 1999.
Shown at Malaga Spanish Film Festival May 28 - June 4, 2000.
Broadcast in USA over PBS July 19, 2000.
Broadcast in USA over PBS November 3, 1999.
Project includes concert footage of various performances in Amsterdam and New York City's Carnegie Hall.
Released in United States Summer June 4, 1999
Released in United States 1998 (World premiere at the 1998 International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana.)
Released in United States December 1998 (Shown at International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba December 1-11, 1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (US premiere at the 1999 Miami Film Festival.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Closing Night) April 22 - May 6, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)
Released in United States February 1999 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.)
Released in United States February 1999 (Shown at Miami Film Festival February 19-28, 1999.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Malaga Spanish Film Festival May 28 - June 4, 2000.)
Winner Best Documentary at the 2000 German Film Awards.
