Antonio Banderas, Armand Assante, Cathy Moriarty
This period drama is hot, hot, hot. Stylish and sexy, it is adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, by Oscar Hijuelos, the story of two brothers who f...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 16, 2005
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August 12, 2009The music is great - Tito Puente, Celia Cruz... then again, Armand is the ultimate "eye candy," especially when he bears his hairy chest.
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March 29, 2009I enjoyed this story of two brothers who left Cuba for America in the 1950s in search of fortune and fame. The elder brother is played by Armand Assante. He is flashy and social and star-struck. The younger brother is played by Antonio Banderas. He is more the artist, the com...( read more)
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March 4, 2009I liked how serious both the musicians were about music in this film. That isn't portrayed convincingly in film very often.
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February 4, 2009My other favorite latin movie about the original mambo kings once they moved from Havana Cuba to New York and brought with them the afro cuban sounds of salsa. Staring the late great Celia Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Armand Asante
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