Tango

UPC: 043396038349

Studio: Columbia TriStar

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations]

Summary: Combining fiction and documentary, 66-year-old Carlos Saura directed this Spanish-Argentine dance drama with masterful camerawork by acclaimed cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. After his wife (Cecilia Narova) leaves him, Argentine film director Mario Suarez (Miguel Angel Sola), moves to a Buenos Aires suburb, and begins work on a film about the tango with meticulous care. At a cabaret, he encounters gangster Angelo Larroca (Juan Luis Galiardo), lover of aspiring dancer Elena Flores (Mia Maestro). Larroca asks Mario to audition Elena, but problems arise when Mario takes a romantic interest in her. Promoted as the most expensive Argentine film ever made, this production employed theatrical lighting and several cameras shooting simultaneously on a specially constructed set in Buenos Aires. Tango classics alternate with Lalo Schifrin's score. Famed tango dancers appear onscreen in dark dances depicting passions, sorrows, and the past history of Argentina, including a war ballet, as Saura noted, "We needed a scene that would be brutal, and a ballet that would be violent and aggressive, which we don't often see in musicals. It frightened me. There was a great deal of tension on the set because some of the dancers had loved ones who had suffered during those years, and the ballet re-creates the terrible feeling of the period." Shown out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Foreign Language Film – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Grand Technical Prize – Cannes Film Festival Film Presented – Telluride Film Festival

Features: Digitally remastered audio and anamorphic video
Production notes
Original language: Spanish [two-channel Surround and 5.1 Dolby Digital]
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Producer and lead actress commentary
Theatrical trailers
Talent and filmographies
Making-of featurette
Scene selections

Tango

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 08/03/1999

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 115 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [2:46]
2. Script Review [4:00]
3. Dance of the Cuckold [2:41]
4. Laura Returns [4:31]
5. "The Creole Waltz" [2:55]
6. Simplify [2:09]
7. A Special Night [4:07]
8. Angelo Larroca [2:52]
9. Same as Yesterday [4:17]
10. Clip Review [1:13]
11. Laura Rehearses [3:11]
12. Elena & the Maestro [3:02]
13. Pre-Production [1:53]
14. Virtuosos [4:43]
15. Dance School [2:36]
16. Rehearsals [4:51]
17. Knife Instruction [4:14]
18. The Trio [4:52]
19. Dinner With Elena [8:33]
20. Inspiration [2:41]
21. Fan-tasy Tango [3:26]
22. Elena's Idea [2:35]
23. Black & White Tango [5:20]
24. "Live With Me." [3:28]
25. Repression Tango [6:05]
26. Criticism [1:57]
27. "I Don't Love You." [2:26]
28. Immigrant Tango [17:37]

Cast and Crew: Juan Carlos Codazzi  Producer 
Carlos Saura  Director 
Carlos Saura  Screenwriter 
Lalo Schifrin  Composer (Music Score) 
Alejandro Bellaba  Producer 
Jose Maria Calleja de la Fuente  Producer 
Luis Alberto Scalella  Producer 
Carlos L. Mentasti  Producer 
Miguel Ángel Solá  Actor 
Cecilia Narova  Actor 
Mía Maestro  Actor 
Juan Carlos Copes  Actor 
Julio Bocca  Actor 
Juan Luis Galiardo  Actor 

Country: Spain,Argentina