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El Cantante (2007) is an American film, released in the United States on August 3, 2007. The biopic stars real life couple singer Marc Anthony and his wife, actress-singer Jennifer Lopez (she also served as an executive producer for the film). The film is based on the life story of salsa singer Héctor Lavoe (played by Marc Anthony). The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2006. The film runs 116 minutes and has an R rating due to scenes depicting drug use, pervasive language and some sexuality. The film chronicles Hector Lavoe's life to fame, his battle with drugs, his attempted suicide, and his untimely death from AIDS. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 405 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (510 × 755 pixel, file size: 69 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Movie poster for the 2007 film El Cantante. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Ocean...
is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
A biographical film or biopic is a film about a particular person or group of people, based on events that actually happened. ...
For other people named Marc Anthony or Mark Anthony, see Mark Anthony. ...
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Héctor Juan Pérez MartÃnez (September 30, 1946–June 29, 1993)[2] was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. ...
For other people named Marc Anthony or Mark Anthony, see Mark Anthony. ...
Poster for the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival Box office at the Manulife Centre The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held in Toronto, Canada, is widely considered to be one of the top film festivals in the world. ...
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Some film critics have expressed their surprise at the relatively high profile given to the Puchi character in the film (as compared to Nilda Perez's relatively subdued influence over Lavoe's career). The film was criticized for its formulaic writing and hollow character development. It received a 22% "rotten" certification from the entertainment website RottenTomatoes. However Lopez's role as Puchi was critically acclaimed by a mass of critics including: Rotten Tomatoes () is a website devoted to reviews and news of movies and video games. ...
"J-Lo really delivers the goods. I haven’t always been a fan, but she makes this movie a must-see." -Rex Reed, New York Observer
"Ms. Lopez brings a lot of fight to her performance, a hard, skeptical edge that makes Puchi a more interesting and plausible character than her husband..Jennifer Lopez, married to Mr. Anthony and a producer of “El Cantante,” does enough acting for the two of them in her role as Puchi, Héctor’s wife." -A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Ironically, Lavoe's sad story serves mostly to remind viewers that Lopez is still the dazzling force of nature that burst onto the screen a scant 10 years ago." -Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
"Lopez, nothing in her previous work on screen prepares you for her role as Puchi, unsympathetic codependent of a sympathetic artist. Fearless is an overused adjective when it comes to actresses. But Lopez is fearless here. As Puchi she is unafraid to be hateful, unafraid to be greedy, unafraid to let the bitterness fly. Here is one measure of Lopez's chilling performance: The only other actress I can imagine playing it this way is Barbara Stanwyck." -Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Lopez is on fine, fiery display here, all but channeling Rosie Perez as Puchi, the woman who rocked Hector's world." -Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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The movie goes from interview with Puchi to scene. This was one of the biggest latin movies ever say directors. Puchi picked Jennifer Lopez to play her in the movie. It's unknown of what happend to Puchi after the interview in 2001. No one knows if she would like the movie about her relationship with her husband. People said probably not because in one scene Puchi says, "I never did drugs" then they jump to a scene showing her getting high. For other people named Marc Anthony or Mark Anthony, see Mark Anthony. ...
Héctor Juan Pérez MartÃnez (September 30, 1946–June 29, 1993)[2] was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. ...
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Federico Castelluccio (born April 29, 1964 in Naples) is an Italian-American actor and professional artist, who is most famous for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos. ...
John Ortiz is an American actor whose roles have included Detective Ruben Sommariba in the television series The Job and drug middleman José Yero in the movie Miami Vice. ...
Willie Colón (born 28 April 1950) is a Puerto Rican-American salsa musician. ...
Vincent Lasresca is a Puerto Rican American actor who first appeared in film in 1992 in the movie Juice as Radames. ...
Victor Manuelle (born Victor Manuel Ruiz on September 28, 1970 in New York, New York[1], but raised primarily in Isabela, Puerto Rico) is a successful salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud (The Youths Sonero). He is identified primarily...
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Soundtrack A spinnet of the soundtrack "Toma De Mi" performed by Jennifer Lopez and written by Nelly Furtado leaked on the Internet in July 2007. "Toma De Mi" was eventually released on the movie soundtrack. Marc Anthony released the song "Mi Gente" on YouTube and Yahoo.[1]. For the meteorologist of The Weather Channel, see The Weather Channel (United States). ...
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist, who also holds Portuguese citizenship. ...
Mi Gente is a song by former Latin superstar Héctor Lavoe. ...
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The Soundtrack debuted at #1 on Billboard Top Latin Albums and #31 on Billboard 200. In its second week it still peaked at #1 on Top Latin Albums but felt back 2 places to end at #33 on Billboard 200.It still peak the Top Latin Albulms in the third, forth and fifth week and went on #32, #44 and #55 on the Billboard 200. The release on the soundtrack album also pushed 2 Hector Lavoe albums back into charts on Top Latin Albums. [1] Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ...
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
Box Office The film opened at #12 at the U.S. Box Office, grossing over US$3,254,000 on its three-day weekend, with a total gross of US $7,556,712. The film was screened in only 542 theaters throughout the United States, a substantially small number of theaters compared to number of theaters that The Bourne Ultimatum, which opened #1 at the U.S. Box office during its opening weekend, was screened in nearly 4,000 theaters. El Cantante made about US$6,004 per theater in its opening week. The movies distributor, Picturehouse, has rearranged how the movie is distributed in an attempt to target the movie to its audience. Each movie print cost Picturehouse US$2,000. Picturehouse removed El Cantante from theaters which showed softer sales while opening in more theaters where demand was high.[2] For the 2007 film starring Matt Damon, see The Bourne Ultimatum (film). ...
Controversy Fans of the movie point out that Willie Colon has numerous album covers that portray Puerto Rican's as Gangsters. Colon's present web site has him pointing a Gun at the viewer.[3] And that Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez are successful Puerto Rican's who aren't on drugs. El Cantante fans also point out that the movie did talk briefly about Lavoe not getting paid by Jerry Masucci. Eddie, played by Manny Perez, says to Hector: "Jerry (Jerry Masucci) used to be a cop, then a lawyer, now he's a thief, robbing every latin musician blind - but, he's all we've got."[4] Lopez responded to the criticizm as the LA Times reports Lopez saying: "I don't know what movie they want to see, because this is the truth."[5]
Another controversy is the amount Jennifer Lopez is in the film. Critics of the movie say Puchi played a small role in Hector's musical life, while fans say the story is told from Puchi's point of view so she had to be shown as present in much of the film. [6]
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