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Comandante is a political documentary film by American director Oliver Stone. In the film, Stone interviews Cuban leader Fidel Castro on a diverse range of topics. Stone and his film crew visited Castro in Cuba for three days in 2002, and the film was released in 2003, having its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival early that year. This film was not released to theatres in the US due to pressure from anti-Castro Cuban Americans. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks alongside the Cannes, France, Venice, Italy, Berlin, Germany, and Toronto, Canada festivals as one of the most prestigious in the world. ... A Cuban-American is an immigrant to the United States from Cuba. ...


Comandante was followed in 2004 by another documentary, entitled Looking for Fidel, which includes interviews of Castro in the wake of 2003 crackdown on political dissidents in Cuba, as well as interviews of some of the dissidents and Cuban human rights advocates. Looking for Fidel is an Oliver Stone movie. ...


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This film is available for sale as a Region 2 DVD, and consequently, it will not work in most American DVD players. It can be purchased in the United States through online retailers such as amazon.co.uk. One can then watch the film on some US-made DVD players by entering a "hack," or custom firmware that alters the regional settings of a DVD player, thus allowing it to play multi-region DVDs. The following is an excerpt of the article entitled DVD. For the sake of convenience, the terms Region 0, Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7 and Region 8 redirect to this page. ... Look up hack, hacking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


The film cannot be purchased as part of an Ultimate Oliver Stone Collection DVD boxset released by Warner Bros. in 2004, shortly before the release of Stone's film Alexander. Twelve of Stone's directed films from Salvador (1984) to Any Given Sunday (1999), are featured within the 14-disc set. Disc 13 is the documentary Oliver Stone's America, and Disc 14, the 'bonus disc' features a ten minute look at Alexander as well as the Stone documentaries Looking For Fidel, and Persona Non Grata.


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Feature Films: Seizure • The Hand • Salvador • Platoon • Wall Street • Talk Radio • Born on the Fourth of July • The Doors • JFK • Heaven & Earth • Natural Born Killers • Nixon • U-Turn • Any Given Sunday • Alexander • World Trade Center • Son of the Morning Star
Documentaries: Persona non grata • Comandante • Looking for Fidel The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... Seizure (1974) is perhaps best known as the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay. ... The Hand is a 1981 horror film written and directed by Oliver Stone, based on the novel The Lizards Tail by Marc Brandell. ... Salvador is a 1986 film which tells the story of an American journalist in El Salvador covering the story of the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero. ... Platoon is an award winning 1986 Vietnam war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Dafoe. ... Wall Street is an American film released in 1987. ... Talk Radio is a 1988 film, starring Eric Bogosian as a controversial shock jock It is directed by Oliver Stone, and is based on the real life murder of radio host Alan Berg by Neo-Nazis[1], and the book about those events, Talked to Death: The Life and Murder... Born on the Fourth of July (ISBN 1888451785) is the best selling autobiography of Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. ... The Doors is a 1991 film about Jim Morrison and The Doors. ... JFK (1991) is an American film directed by Oliver Stone, first released on December 20, 1991. ... Heaven & Earth is a 1993 film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Haing S. Ngor and Hiep Thi Le. ... For the song, see Natural Born Killaz. ... Nixon is an Oliver Stone film that tells the story of the political and personal life of former President Richard Nixon. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with U Turn. ... Any Given Sunday is a 1999 film directed by Oliver Stone starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley, and WWE wrestler Marty Wright (also... Alexander is a 2004 epic motion picture film, based on the life of Alexander the Great. ... World Trade Center (also spelled as World Trade Centre) is a 2006 dramatic film based on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers of New York City, released by Paramount Pictures on August 9. ... Son of the Morning Star is a book and a movie (in 1991) based on the book. ... Look up Persona non grata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Looking for Fidel is an Oliver Stone movie. ...


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El Nuevo Comandante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (349 words)
El Nuevo Comandante ("The New Commander") is a horse racing building located in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, to the east of San Juan and Carolina.
El Nuevo Comandante was built in 1972, to substitute the original "El Comandante" building, which had been located in Hato Rey, San Juan, since four decades before.
El Nuevo Comandante is also the site where the most famous race in the Caribbean has been held for 32 years: The Clasico del Caribe is celebrated there yearly, with horses participating from Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico, among other countries.
Comandante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (218 words)
Comandante is a political documentary film by American director Oliver Stone.
Comandante was followed in 2004 by another documentary, entitled Looking for Fidel, which includes interviews of Castro in the wake of 2003 crackdown on political dissidents in Cuba, as well as interviews of some of the dissidents and Cuban human rights advocates.
This film is available for sale as a Region 2 DVD, and consequently, it will not work in most American DVD players.
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