The Resource Before night falls, Fineline Features ; a Grandview Pictures production ; Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel ; directed by Julian Schnabel, (videorecording)
Before night falls, Fineline Features ; a Grandview Pictures production ; Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel ; directed by Julian Schnabel, (videorecording)
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- Contributor
-
- Laresca, Vincent
- Magill, Santiago, 1978-
- New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Martinez, Olivier, 1966-
- Grandview Pictures (Firm)
- Nimri, Najwa, 1972-
- Fine Line Features
- O'Keefe, Cunningham
- Cabrera, Saba
- Penn, Sean, 1960-
- Pérez Grobet, Xavier, 1964-
- Rivera, Rene
- Rosas, Guillermo, (Cinematographer)
- Schnabel, Julian, 1951-
- Villa, Alfredo
- Wincott, Michael, 1959-
- Ortiz, John
- Burwell, Carter
- Compte, Maurice
- Berenbaum, Michael, 1945-
- Depp, Johnny
- Bardem, Javier, 1969-
- Di Stefano, Andrea, 1972-
- González, Manuel
- Babenco, Hector
- Gómez Carriles, Lázaro, 1958-
- Jiménez-Leal, Orlando, 1941-
- Kilik, Jon
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990
- Summary
- "A look at the life of Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. Victimized by a government that banned his books and jailed him for a crime he didn't commit, [poet] Reinaldo [Arenas] endured unspeakable persecution in a courageous stand against censorship and oppression. Without a country, but not without integrity, he fled to America where he continued to fight for personal expression and produced a stirring body of work."--Container
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (133 min.)
- Note
-
- Originally released as motion picture in 2000
- Based on the memoir Before night falls (Antes que anochezca) by Reinaldo Arenas
- Before Night Falls is Cuban novelist and poet Reinaldo Arenas' account of his life, first in Castro's Cuba and then in exile, in the United States. Its power is two-fold: it's an intoxicating, intensely erotic account of sexual discovery and liberation, and a devastating record of the artist's persecution under the Castro regime. Arenas endured pursuit, surveillance, and incarceration because he was a gay man and a political dissident (not by his writings per se, but by virtue of having manuscripts smuggled and published abroad). In his memoir, Arenas recalls in exacting detail his childhood full of sexual curiosity, his adolescent rebellions, sexual experiences and creative developments during his 20s, and his torture and imprisonment as an adult. Arenas' story seems almost too much to be lived by a single man. When he finally left Cuba during the 1980 Mariel Harbor boatlift, Arenas stopped briefly in Miami and then moved to New York City, where he still lived in near-poverty and before long, developed AIDS. He committed suicide in 1990
- Special features: Commentary with director Julian Schnabel, actor Javier Bardem, screenwriter Lázaro Gómez Carilles, composer Carter Burwell, and co-director of photography Xavier Pérez Grobet [optional audio feature]; Excerpts from "Improper conduct," 1983 interview with Reinaldo Arenas (7 min.); Behind the scenes: Home movie by Lola Schnabel [featurette] (8 min.); Little notes on painting: Artwork by Julian Schnabel (15 min.); Cast and crew [text feature]; Theatrical trailer (2 min)
- "For Lázaro Gómez Carriles."--Note during end credits
- "[Film sequence during] end credits from the film 'PM' by Orlando Jiménez Leal and Saba Cabrera, banned in Cuba in 1961"--Note during end credits
- Contents
-
- Childhood
- Holguín, 1958
- "The parade begins"
- Havana, 1964
- Pepe
- New start
- Beauty is the enemy
- Revolutionaries
- 4 types
- Crackdown
- Article 243
- Outside help
- Accusations
- Escape
- In hiding
- Prison
- Bon Bon
- Punishment
- Lieutenant Victor
- Free again
- Being a writer
- Pepe's escape
- Exit permit
- Stateless
- Strain
- Promise
- End credits
- Isbn
- 9780780634930
- Label
- Before night falls
- Title
- Before night falls
- Statement of responsibility
- Fineline Features ; a Grandview Pictures production ; Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel ; directed by Julian Schnabel
- Contributor
-
- Laresca, Vincent
- Magill, Santiago, 1978-
- New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Martinez, Olivier, 1966-
- Grandview Pictures (Firm)
- Nimri, Najwa, 1972-
- Fine Line Features
- O'Keefe, Cunningham
- Cabrera, Saba
- Penn, Sean, 1960-
- Pérez Grobet, Xavier, 1964-
- Rivera, Rene
- Rosas, Guillermo, (Cinematographer)
- Schnabel, Julian, 1951-
- Villa, Alfredo
- Wincott, Michael, 1959-
- Ortiz, John
- Burwell, Carter
- Compte, Maurice
- Berenbaum, Michael, 1945-
- Depp, Johnny
- Bardem, Javier, 1969-
- Di Stefano, Andrea, 1972-
- González, Manuel
- Babenco, Hector
- Gómez Carriles, Lázaro, 1958-
- Jiménez-Leal, Orlando, 1941-
- Kilik, Jon
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990
- Subject
-
- Revolution (Cuba : 1959)
- Socialism and homosexuality -- Cuba -- Drama
- Spanish language films (dubbed)
- Spanish subtitles
- Political persecution -- Cuba -- Drama
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Drama
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Film adaptations
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Teatro
- Authors, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography | Drama
- Autores cubanos -- Siglo XX -- Biografía | Teatro
- Biographical films
- Censorship -- Cuba -- Drama
- Cuba -- Historia -- Revolución, 1959 -- Teatro
- Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Drama
- Cuba -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Cubans -- United States -- Drama
- Exiles -- Cuba -- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films -- United States
- Film adaptations
- French subtitles
- Gay men -- Cuba -- Biography | Drama
- Gay men -- Cuba -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Homosexuales varones -- Cuba -- Biografía | Teatro
- Male homosexuality -- Cuba -- Drama
- Poets, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography | Drama
- Prisons -- Cuba -- Drama
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- Summary
- "A look at the life of Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. Victimized by a government that banned his books and jailed him for a crime he didn't commit, [poet] Reinaldo [Arenas] endured unspeakable persecution in a courageous stand against censorship and oppression. Without a country, but not without integrity, he fled to America where he continued to fight for personal expression and produced a stirring body of work."--Container
- Awards note
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- Independent Spirit Award, 2001, Best Male Lead (Bardem); NBR Award, 2000, Best Actor (Bardem); NSFC Award, 2001, Best Actor (Bardem); SEFCA Award, 2001, Best Actor (Bardem).
- Venice Film Festival, 2000, Grand Special Jury Prize (Schnabel); OCIC Award, Special Mention (Schnabel); Rota Soundtrack Award (Carter Burwell); Volpi Cup, Best Actor (Bardem).
- Cataloging source
- TEF
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Before night falls (Motion picture)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/composerexpression
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- Credits note
- Directors of photography, Xavier Pérez Grobet, Guillermo Rosas ; editor, Michael Berenbaum ; music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Carter Burwell ; production designer, Salvador Parra ; costume designer, Mariestela Fernández ; consultant, Melanio Filiberto Hebra
- Dewey number
- 791.4372
- Intended audience
- MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong sexual content, some language and brief violence
- Language note
- In English or Spanish and a small section in French with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, or French; closed-captioned in English
- LC call number
- DVD PN1995.9.B55
- LC item number
- B446 2001
- PerformerNote
- Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, John Ortiz, Santiago Magill, Michael Wincott, Najwa Nimri, Alfredo Villa, Rene Rivera, Maurice Compte, Vincent Laresca, Manuel Gonzalez, Hector Babenco
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1951-
- 1958-
- 1969-
- 1966-
- 1972-
- 1960-
- 1978-
- 1959-
- 1972-
- 1964-
- 1945-
- 1943-1990
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Schnabel, Julian
- Kilik, Jon
- O'Keefe, Cunningham
- Gómez Carriles, Lázaro
- Bardem, Javier
- Martinez, Olivier
- Di Stefano, Andrea
- Depp, Johnny
- Penn, Sean
- Ortiz, John
- Magill, Santiago
- Wincott, Michael
- Nimri, Najwa
- Villa, Alfredo
- Rivera, Rene
- Compte, Maurice
- Laresca, Vincent
- González, Manuel
- Babenco, Hector
- Pérez Grobet, Xavier
- Rosas, Guillermo
- Berenbaum, Michael
- Burwell, Carter
- Arenas, Reinaldo
- Jiménez-Leal, Orlando
- Cabrera, Saba
- Fine Line Features
- Grandview Pictures (Firm)
- New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Runtime
- 133
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Arenas, Reinaldo
- Arenas, Reinaldo
- Arenas, Reinaldo
- Revolution (Cuba : 1959)
- Authors, Cuban
- Gay men
- Poets, Cuban
- Male homosexuality
- Gay men
- Socialism and homosexuality
- Political persecution
- Censorship
- Prisons
- Exiles
- Cubans
- Autores cubanos
- Homosexuales varones
- Spanish language films (dubbed)
- Spanish subtitles
- French subtitles
- Cuba
- Cuba
- Cuba
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Before night falls, Fineline Features ; a Grandview Pictures production ; Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel ; directed by Julian Schnabel, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Originally released as motion picture in 2000
- Based on the memoir Before night falls (Antes que anochezca) by Reinaldo Arenas
- Before Night Falls is Cuban novelist and poet Reinaldo Arenas' account of his life, first in Castro's Cuba and then in exile, in the United States. Its power is two-fold: it's an intoxicating, intensely erotic account of sexual discovery and liberation, and a devastating record of the artist's persecution under the Castro regime. Arenas endured pursuit, surveillance, and incarceration because he was a gay man and a political dissident (not by his writings per se, but by virtue of having manuscripts smuggled and published abroad). In his memoir, Arenas recalls in exacting detail his childhood full of sexual curiosity, his adolescent rebellions, sexual experiences and creative developments during his 20s, and his torture and imprisonment as an adult. Arenas' story seems almost too much to be lived by a single man. When he finally left Cuba during the 1980 Mariel Harbor boatlift, Arenas stopped briefly in Miami and then moved to New York City, where he still lived in near-poverty and before long, developed AIDS. He committed suicide in 1990
- Special features: Commentary with director Julian Schnabel, actor Javier Bardem, screenwriter Lázaro Gómez Carilles, composer Carter Burwell, and co-director of photography Xavier Pérez Grobet [optional audio feature]; Excerpts from "Improper conduct," 1983 interview with Reinaldo Arenas (7 min.); Behind the scenes: Home movie by Lola Schnabel [featurette] (8 min.); Little notes on painting: Artwork by Julian Schnabel (15 min.); Cast and crew [text feature]; Theatrical trailer (2 min)
- "For Lázaro Gómez Carriles."--Note during end credits
- "[Film sequence during] end credits from the film 'PM' by Orlando Jiménez Leal and Saba Cabrera, banned in Cuba in 1961"--Note during end credits
- Bar code
-
- 31223128878973
- 31223128878957
- 31223128879005
- 31223128878999
- 31223128878981
- 31223128878965
- 31223128878940
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- mixed
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Childhood -- Holguín, 1958 -- "The parade begins" -- Havana, 1964 -- Pepe -- New start -- Beauty is the enemy -- Revolutionaries -- 4 types -- Crackdown -- Article 243 -- Outside help -- Accusations -- Escape -- In hiding -- Prison -- Bon Bon -- Punishment -- Lieutenant Victor -- Free again -- Being a writer -- Pepe's escape -- Exit permit -- Stateless -- Strain -- Promise -- End credits
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (133 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780780634930
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 794043525124
- Other physical details
- sound, color with black and white sequences
- Publisher number
- N5251
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)46921115
- System details
- DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Before night falls, Fineline Features ; a Grandview Pictures production ; Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel ; directed by Julian Schnabel, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Originally released as motion picture in 2000
- Based on the memoir Before night falls (Antes que anochezca) by Reinaldo Arenas
- Before Night Falls is Cuban novelist and poet Reinaldo Arenas' account of his life, first in Castro's Cuba and then in exile, in the United States. Its power is two-fold: it's an intoxicating, intensely erotic account of sexual discovery and liberation, and a devastating record of the artist's persecution under the Castro regime. Arenas endured pursuit, surveillance, and incarceration because he was a gay man and a political dissident (not by his writings per se, but by virtue of having manuscripts smuggled and published abroad). In his memoir, Arenas recalls in exacting detail his childhood full of sexual curiosity, his adolescent rebellions, sexual experiences and creative developments during his 20s, and his torture and imprisonment as an adult. Arenas' story seems almost too much to be lived by a single man. When he finally left Cuba during the 1980 Mariel Harbor boatlift, Arenas stopped briefly in Miami and then moved to New York City, where he still lived in near-poverty and before long, developed AIDS. He committed suicide in 1990
- Special features: Commentary with director Julian Schnabel, actor Javier Bardem, screenwriter Lázaro Gómez Carilles, composer Carter Burwell, and co-director of photography Xavier Pérez Grobet [optional audio feature]; Excerpts from "Improper conduct," 1983 interview with Reinaldo Arenas (7 min.); Behind the scenes: Home movie by Lola Schnabel [featurette] (8 min.); Little notes on painting: Artwork by Julian Schnabel (15 min.); Cast and crew [text feature]; Theatrical trailer (2 min)
- "For Lázaro Gómez Carriles."--Note during end credits
- "[Film sequence during] end credits from the film 'PM' by Orlando Jiménez Leal and Saba Cabrera, banned in Cuba in 1961"--Note during end credits
- Bar code
-
- 31223128878973
- 31223128878957
- 31223128879005
- 31223128878999
- 31223128878981
- 31223128878965
- 31223128878940
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- mixed
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Childhood -- Holguín, 1958 -- "The parade begins" -- Havana, 1964 -- Pepe -- New start -- Beauty is the enemy -- Revolutionaries -- 4 types -- Crackdown -- Article 243 -- Outside help -- Accusations -- Escape -- In hiding -- Prison -- Bon Bon -- Punishment -- Lieutenant Victor -- Free again -- Being a writer -- Pepe's escape -- Exit permit -- Stateless -- Strain -- Promise -- End credits
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (133 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780780634930
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 794043525124
- Other physical details
- sound, color with black and white sequences
- Publisher number
- N5251
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)46921115
- System details
- DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Revolution (Cuba : 1959)
- Socialism and homosexuality -- Cuba -- Drama
- Spanish language films (dubbed)
- Spanish subtitles
- Political persecution -- Cuba -- Drama
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Drama
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Film adaptations
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Teatro
- Authors, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography | Drama
- Autores cubanos -- Siglo XX -- Biografía | Teatro
- Biographical films
- Censorship -- Cuba -- Drama
- Cuba -- Historia -- Revolución, 1959 -- Teatro
- Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Drama
- Cuba -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Cubans -- United States -- Drama
- Exiles -- Cuba -- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films -- United States
- Film adaptations
- French subtitles
- Gay men -- Cuba -- Biography | Drama
- Gay men -- Cuba -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Homosexuales varones -- Cuba -- Biografía | Teatro
- Male homosexuality -- Cuba -- Drama
- Poets, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography | Drama
- Prisons -- Cuba -- Drama
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