Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1994) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Born in 1909, Carmen Miranda was already famous in Brazil during the 1930s; her discovery by Broadway impressario Lee Shubert in 1939 made her an international star. The film tracks Miranda's astonishing ascent in popularity, from dirt-poor singer and dancer in Rio de Janeiro to Broadway and Hollywo

Cast & Crew

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Helena Solberg

Cynthia Adler

Erick Barreto

Carmen Miranda--Fantasy Sequences

Leticia Monte

Carmen Miranda--As A Teenager

Roger Baker

Tania Cypriano

Film Details

Genre

Biography

Documentary

Release Date

1994

Production Company

Channel 4; Corporation For Public Broadcasting; Film4 Productions; Rtp Radio E Televisao De Portugal

Distribution Company

INTL CIN.; Fox Lorber Home Video

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 30m

Synopsis

Born in 1909, Carmen Miranda was already famous in Brazil during the 1930s; her discovery by Broadway impressario Lee Shubert in 1939 made her an international star. The film tracks Miranda's astonishing ascent in popularity, from dirt-poor singer and dancer in Rio de Janeiro to Broadway and Hollywood (where she became, in 1945, the highest paid female entertainer in the U.S.). Her success came with a price tag: she was caught between being a "real" Latin American or being Hollywood's version of one--with all the notoriety and fortune it would bring. Today Miranda is a cult figure, known mainly for her exuberant renditions of such songs as "South American Way" and "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat," performed in garish costumes topped with fruit-filled turbans.

Director

Helena Solberg

Cast

Cynthia Adler

Erick Barreto

Carmen Miranda--Fantasy Sequences

Leticia Monte

Carmen Miranda--As A Teenager

Roger Baker

Tania Cypriano

Athos Gontijo

Cesar Valentin

David Weir

Helena Solberg

Crew

Carlos Abreu

Assistant Unit Production Manager (Portugal)

Luci Alcantara

Apprentice Editor

Heron Alencar

Firmino Antunes

Sound Operator (Portugal)

Joe Arcidacono

Assistant Camera (New York)

Alan Barker

Sound (Los Angeles)

Gary Becker

Animation Photography (F-Stop Studios)

Ariela Ben-dov

Apprentice Editor

Lindsay Bennett

Production Coordination (England)

Chantal Bernheim

Production Coordination (New York)

Randolph S Briggs

Gaffer (New York)

Antonio Calmon

Script Consultant

Maritza Caneca

Assistant Camera (Brazil)

Mario Charrua

Assistant Unit Production Manager (Portugal)

John Curtis

Sound (England)

Carlos D'oliveira

Executive Producer (Portugal)

Humberto Defuna

Assistant Camera (Los Angeles)

Paulo Jose Cardoso Dos Santos

Associate Producer (Brazil)

Ken Druckerman

Grip (New York)

Pamela Druckerman

Production/Archival Research

Jennifer Dunnington

Assistant Sound Editor

Russel Fager

Sound (Los Angeles)

Luiz Ferreira

Makeup (Brazil)

Sabrina Fiomi

Makeup (New York)

Mario Garcia

Sound Operator (Portugal)

Martha Gil-montero

Diego Gleyzer

Boom (New York)

Albee Gordon

Sound (Los Angeles)

Marlena Grzaslewicz

Jose Guerra

Additional Cinematography

Gustavo Hadba

Additional Cinematography

Judy Irola

Additional Cinematography

Lukasz Jogalla

Assistant Camera (New York)

John Jordan

Gaffer (England)

Rico Lins

Artistic Consultant

Rico Lins

Cristiano Maciel

Patricia Macruz

Set Design (New York)

Tomasz Magierski

Director Of Photography

Ana Rita Mendonca

Research/Production Assistant (Brazil)

David Meyer

David Meyer

Fernando Mota

Unit Production Manager (Portugal)

Luciano Moura

Production Coordination (Lm Producoes Ltda)

Benny Mouthon

Assistant Sound Editor

C Graig Murray

Hank Nadler

Additional Editing

David Novack

Re-Recording Engineer (Sound One Corporation)

John Pardue

Assistant Camera (England)

Noelle Penraat

Debra Phillips

Makeup (New York)

Theo Pingarelli

Assistant Camera (Portugal)

Renato Pupo

Production Coordination (Lm Producoes Ltda)

Jerry Risius

Assistant Camera (New York)

Carlos Salgado

Associate Producer (Brazil)

Juana Sapire

Sound (New York)

Lyrysa Smith

Rights Clearance

Elena Soarez

Production Coordination (Lm Producoes Ltda)

Helena Solberg

Helena Solberg

Paulo Tavares

Executive Producer (Portugal)

Alexandre Vaz

Production Assistant (New York)

Pawel Wdowczak

Sound (New York)

Heather White

Assistant Camera (New York)

Joan Yoshiwara

Archival Research

Amanda Zinoman

Film Details

Genre

Biography

Documentary

Release Date

1994

Production Company

Channel 4; Corporation For Public Broadcasting; Film4 Productions; Rtp Radio E Televisao De Portugal

Distribution Company

INTL CIN.; Fox Lorber Home Video

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 30m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Summer July 5, 1995

Released in United States on Video May 28, 1996

Released in United States December 1994

Released in United States June 1995

Released in United States August 1995

Released in United States March 1996

Released in United States December 1998

Shown at 27th Brasilia Film Festival December 1994.

Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival June 8-25, 1995.

Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 3-12, 1995.

Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 8-17, 1996.

Shown at the Museum of Modern Art (Cinema Novo and Beyond) in New York City December 13 & 18, 1998.

Released in United States Summer July 5, 1995

Released in United States on Video May 28, 1996

Released in United States December 1994 (Shown at 27th Brasilia Film Festival December 1994.)

Released in United States June 1995 (Shown at Melbourne International Film Festival June 8-25, 1995.)

Released in United States December 1998 (Shown at the Museum of Modern Art (Cinema Novo and Beyond) in New York City December 13 & 18, 1998.)

Released in United States August 1995 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 3-12, 1995.)

Released in United States March 1996 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 8-17, 1996.)

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