The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
Produced by
Arnon Milchan
Arne Glimcher
Starring
Armand Assante
Antonio Banderas
Cathy Moriarty
Maruschka Detmers
Cinematography
Michael Ballhaus
Edited by
Claire Simpson
Production companies
Le Studio Canal+
Regency Enterprises
Alcor Films
Northwest Productions[1]
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release dates
February 7, 1992 (1992-02-07) (MIFF)
February 28, 1992 (1992-02-28) (United States)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
United States France[1]
Language
English
Budget
$15.5 million[2]
Box office
$6.7 million[3]
The Mambo Kings is a 1992 musical drama film based on the 1989 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos. The film was directed and produced by Arne Glimcher, and stars Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty and Maruschka Detmers. Set in the early 1950s, the story follows Cesar (Assante) and Nestor Castillo (Banderas), brothers and aspiring musicians who find success and stardom after fleeing from Havana, Cuba to New York City to escape danger. The film marks Glimcher's directing debut, and features Banderas in his first English-language role.
Glimcher acquired the film rights one year before the novel was published and hired Cynthia Cidre to write the script. The film was rejected by several studios, and after an unsuccessful pre-production at Universal Pictures, the project moved to Warner Bros. The production was allocated a budget of $15.5 million jointly financed by Warner Bros., Le Studio Canal+ and Regency Enterprises. The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California, with principal photography beginning in March 1991, and concluding after 50 days.
The Mambo Kings premiered at the Miami International Film Festival on February 7, 1992. It opened in limited release on February 28, 1992 and grossed $6.7 million during its North American theatrical run. Critical reaction was mostly positive, with reviewers praising Glimcher's direction, the story, music and visuals. The film received Oscar, Golden Globe Award and Grammy nominations for its original song "Beautiful Maria of My Soul".
^ ab"AFI Catalog". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
^Cite error: The named reference NYTimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference BOMojo1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
cast as Lupe Lamora, in the James Bond film Licence to Kill, starring Timothy Dalton, and as Maria Rivera in TheMamboKings. Soto appeared in more than...
with the musical drama TheMamboKings (1992). He subsequently appeared in a series of American films such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire...
TheMamboKings Play Songs of Love is a 1989 novel by Oscar Hijuelos. It is about the lives of two Cuban brothers and musicians, Cesar and Nestor Castillo...
featured in the 1992 motion picture TheMamboKings. In the film, it is performed in Spanish by Antonio Banderas and in English by Los Lobos. The song was...
He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. Puente and his music have appeared in films including TheMamboKings and Fernando Trueba's Calle...
and advertising copy. For his second novel, adapted for the movie TheMamboKings, he became the first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Hijuelos...
2005, De Pablo was about to make her Broadway debut in TheMamboKings as Dolores Fuentes, but the show closed after a short trial run in San Francisco...
Sure deodorant. His first film role was in 1992's TheMamboKings, and he went on to appear in the films Minority Report (2002), April's Shower (2006)...
War (1988) and TheMamboKings (1992), but she is best known for her role in Devil in the Flesh (1986).[citation needed] Detmers is the mother of actress...
a co-recipient of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and won the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction. Kingsolver was inspired by the Charles Dickens novel...
studied acting at the Charles Conrad Studios. Pinson later made her screen debut appearing in the 1992 drama film TheMamboKings playing secondary role...
appearances include one as a Cuban bandleader in TheMamboKings opposite Antonio Banderas and in the adaptation of the science-fiction story Judge Dredd with Sylvester...
2005 Broadway musical version of TheMamboKings and had turned down other television roles to stay with it. However, the production was cancelled in June...
Hijuelos's 1989 novel TheMamboKings Play Songs of Love and is portrayed by his son, Desi Arnaz Jr., in the 1992 film adaptation, TheMamboKings. Maurice Benard...
Cop and the soap opera parody Soapdish. She also appeared in the musical drama TheMamboKings and the horror anthology HBO series Tales from the Crypt...
the 80s, he was lead guitarist for two Billboard-charted rock bands. His musical skills led him to land the part of Flaco in the 1992 film TheMambo Kings...
(1972), The 14 (1973), Murder by Decree (1979), Nijinsky (1980), TheMamboKings (1992) and the Mr. Bean movie spin-off Bean (1997). She also appeared as Tom...
starring roles on the television series True Colors, Sisters, The Wonder Years, and Blossom as well as a small role in the film TheMamboKings followed. His...
mambo, mambo Mardi Gras mambo, mambo, mambo Mardi Gras mambo, ooh Down in New Orleans Mardi Gras mambo, mambo, mambo Mardi Gras mambo, mambo, mambo Mardi...
Ediciones B. p. 143. ISBN 9788466610926. D'Lugo, Marvin (1991). The Films of Carlos Saura: The Practice of Seeing. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p...
Global Information