Che / IFC Films ; Wild Bunch ; Telecinco Cinema ; directed by Steven Soderbergh ; produced by Laura Bickford and Benicio Del Toro ; executive producers, Frederic W. Brost and Gregory Jacobs, Alvaro Augustin, Belén Atienza, Alvaro Longoria, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval, Philip Elway ; director of photography, Peter Andrews ; Wild Bunch and Telecinco present a Laura Bickford, Telecinco Cinema, Morena Films production ; Guerrilla Films, LLC.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionDirector approved special ed.
Publication Info[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, ©2009.
Description3 videodiscs (271 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm)
Subjects
Guevara, Che, 1928-1967--Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Guerrillas--Cuba. --Drama.
Guerrillas--Latin America. --Drama.
Cuba--History. --Revolution, 1959. --Drama.

Other author/creatorSoderbergh, Steven, 1963- cinematographer, director.
Other author/creatorBickford, Laura, producer.
Other author/creatorToro, Benicio del, 1967- producer, actor.
Other author/creatorBrost, Frederic W., producer.
Other author/creatorJacobs, Gregory producer.
Other author/creatorAugustín, Álvaro producer.
Other author/creatorAtienza, Belén, producer.
Other author/creatorLongoria, Alvaro producer.
Other author/creatorChioua, Brahim, producer.
Other author/creatorMaraval, Vincent, producer.
Other author/creatorElway, Philip, producer.
Other author/creatorBuchman, Peter, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorVan der Veen, Benjamin A., screenwriter.
Other author/creatorBichir, Demián, 1963- actor.
Other author/creatorCabrera, Santiago, actor.
Other author/creatorCruz, Vladimir, actor.
Other author/creatorQuesada, Alfredo de, 1976- actor.
Other author/creatorGarcia, Jsu, actor.
Other author/creatorMéndez, Kahlil, actor.
Other author/creatorMínguez, Elvira actor.
Other author/creatorMunar, Andrés Manuel, actor.
Other author/creatorOrmond, Julia actor.
Other author/creatorPerugorría, Jorge actor.
Other author/creatorRamírez, Édgar, 1977- actor.
Other author/creatorRasuk, Victor, 1984- actor.
Other author/creatorRensoli, Othello, 1962- actor.
Other author/creatorRiesco, Armando, 1977- actor.
Other author/creatorSandino Moreno, Catalina, 1981- actor.
Other author/creatorSantana, Roberto Luis, actor.
Other author/creatorSantiago Rivera, Norman, actor.
Other author/creatorSantoro, Rodrigo, 1975- actor.
Other author/creatorUgalde, Unax, actor.
Other author/creatorUrbina, Roberto, 1983- actor.
Other author/creatorVazquez, Yul, actor.
Other author/creatorBardem, Carlos, 1963- actor.
Other author/creatorAlmeida, Joaquim de, 1957- actor.
Other author/creatorDurán, Pablo, 1967- actor.
Other author/creatorFernández, Eduard, actor.
Other author/creatorGrondin, Marc-André, actor.
Other author/creatorJaenada, Óscar, 1975- actor.
Other author/creatorMercado, Cristian, actor.
Other author/creatorMollà, Jordi actor.
Other author/creatorPauls, Gastón, 1972- actor.
Other author/creatorPeredo, Antonio, actor.
Other author/creatorPhillips, Lou Diamond, 1962- actor.
Other author/creatorPotente, Franka, 1974- actor.
Other author/creatorRodulfo, Néstor, 1972- actor.
Other author/creatorUmbers, Mark, actor.
Other author/creatorGómez, Antxón, designer.
Other author/creatorZumárraga, Pablo, film editor.
Other author/creatorIglesias, Alberto composer.
Other author/creatorAnderson, Jon Lee consultant, commentator.
Other author/creatorDaigeler, Bina costume designer.
Other author/creatorGuevara, Che, 1928-1967 Pasajes de la Guerra Revolucionaria.
Other author/creatorGuevara, Che, 1928-1967. Diario del Che en Bolivia.
Other author/creatorTaubin, Amy.
Other author/creatorIFC Films.
Other author/creatorWild Bunch (Firm)
Other author/creatorTelecinco (Firm)
Other author/creatorMorena Films (Washington, D.C.)
Other author/creatorGuerrilla Films (Firm)
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
SeriesCriterion Collection ; 496
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 496. ^A506835
Contents Part 1. Che. Part one / screenplay by Peter Buchman (135 min.) -- Part 2. Che. Part two / screenplay by Peter Buchman and Benjamin A. van der Veen (136 min.) -- The supplements. Making "Che" ; End of a revolution ; "Che" and the digital cinema revolution! ; Interviews from Cuba.
Abstract A portrait of the man who overthrew a dictatorship and became a revolutionary before his life was ended. Includes both Che Part One: The Argentine and Part Two: Guerrilla and bonus features.
General noteOriginally produced as a motion picture in 2008.
General noteBooklet includes essay, "Why Che?", by film critic Amy Taubin.
General notePart 1 based on the book: Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War / Ernesto Che Guevara. Part 2 based on the book: The bolivian diary / by Ernesto Che Guevara.
General noteSpecial features: Disc 1. Optional audio commentary featuring journalist and Che biographer Jon Lee Anderson; Theatrical trailer (3 min.). Disc 2. Optional audio commentary featuring Anderson. Disc 3. "Making 'Che'" documentary feature (50 min.); "End of a revolution" documentary on Che's death (1968, 26 min.); "'Che' and the digital cinema revolution!" technical featurette (34 min.); Part 1 deleted scenes (16 min.); Part 2 deleted scenes (6 min.); "Interviews from Cuba" collection of first-hand participant and historian accounts (36 min.)
CreditsProduction designer, Antxón Gómez ; edited by Pablo Zumárraga ; music, Alberto Iglesias ; chief consultant, Jon Lee Anderson ; costume designer, Bina Daigeler.
Cast Benicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Santiago Cabrera, Vladimir Cruz, Alfredo de Quesada, Jsu García, Kahlil Méndez, Elvira Mínguez, Andrés Manuel Munar, Julia Ormond, Jorge Perugorría, Edgar Ramírez, Victor Rasuk, Othello Rensoli, Armando Riesco, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Roberto Luis Santana, Norman Santiago Rivera, Rodrigo Santoro, Unax Ugalde, Roberto Urbina, Yul Vázquez, Carlos Bardem, Joaquim de Almeida, Pablo Durán, Eduard Fernández, Marc-André Grondin, Óscar Jaenada, Cristian Mercado, Jordi Mollà, Gastón Pauls, Antonio Peredo, Lou Diamond Phillips, Franka Potente, Néstor Rodulfo, Mark Umbers.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageIn Spanish and English with optional English or Spanish voiceover (part 1) and optional English subtitles.
Genre/formBiographical films.
Genre/formHistorical films.
Genre/formFilm adaptations.
Genre/formFiction films.
Genre/formFeature films.
ISBN9781604651928
ISBN160465192X
UPC 715515049511
Publisher numberCC1855D The Criterion Collection

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