El cantante (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.8/10   

Director:

Leon Ichaso

Escritores (WGA):

Leon Ichaso (screenplay) and
David Darmstaeder (screenplay) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 agosto 2007 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Música

Frase comercial:

Based on the true story of the King of Salsa, Hector Lavoe.

Plot:

The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Dance | 1970s | Title Spoken By Character

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of the top five movies of 2006

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 6

4:25 AM

HBO

Reparto

Alfredo Suarez	...	Salsa dancer
Vianca Mercedes	...	Bartender
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Danny A. Abeckaser	...	Sound Engineer
Douglas J. Aguirre	...	Multi- Media Producer
Marc Anthony	...	Hector Lavoe
Christopher Becerra	...	Tito
Denise Blasor	...	Voice over artist (voice)
Michael Caputo	...	Salsa Dancer
Ivan Cardona	...	Salsa Dancer
Federico Castelluccio	...	Jerry Masucci
Marcus Collins	...	Photographer
Abraham DeFunes	...	Family Member
Anibal De Gracia	...	Trombonist
Romi Dias	...	Priscilla
Glenda Dopazo	...	Carmen
Brother Eden Douglas	...	Street SaxMan -1987 (as Brother Douglas)
Vaneik Echeverria	...	Bartender 1
Jared Everleth	...	Tito - 4 yrs.old
J. Teddy Garces	...	(voice)
Melissa Gonzalez	...	Fania All Star Groupie
Bernard Hernandez	...	Tito
Vincent Laresca	...	Ralph Mercado
Hector A. Leguillow	...	Pianist for Hector Lavoe Band,1968 Band
Jennifer Lopez	...	Puchi
Deirdre Lorenz	...	Willie's Girl
Chiko Mendez	...	Backup Singer
Jack Mulcahy	...	Doctor
Andrea Navedo	...	Puchi's sister
John Ortiz	...	Willie Colón
Melissa Otero	...	Salsa Dancer
Antone Pagan	...	Papo (Puchi's Brother)
Jerry Perez	...	Salsa Dancer
Manny Perez	...	Eddie
Jorge Pupo	...	Trombonist: Hector Lavoe Band, Willie Colón Band, Fania All Stars Orquestra
Edwin Rivera	...	Marc Anthony's Best Friend
Yan Ruiz	...	Voice Over (voice)
Lou Torres	...	Dayplayer / Piano Player
Nelson Vasquez	...	Johnny Pacheco
Richie Viruet	...	Trumpet player
Tony Devon	...	Record Executive (uncredited)
Wanda Ferreiras	...	Fania All-Star Groupie (uncredited)
Hristo Hristov	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Claudia Lopez	...	Party goer - Puchi's birthday party (uncredited)
Víctor Manuelle	...	Ruben Blades (uncredited)
Gloria Parks	...	Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
J. Santiago	...	E.R. Doctor (uncredited)
Richard Vallejos	...	Roadie (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Leon Ichaso

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Leon Ichaso		(screenplay) and
David Darmstaeder		(screenplay) (as David Darmstaedter) &
Todd Bello		(screenplay) (as Todd Antony Bello)
David Darmstaeder		(story) (as David Darmstaedter) &
Todd Bello		(story) (as Todd Antony Bello)

Producida por
Julio Caro	....	producer
Simon Fields	....	producer
Jennifer Lopez	....	producer
David Maldonado	....	producer
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen	....	associate producer (as Nini Mazen)
Margo Myers	....	co-producer

Música original por
Willie Colón
Andrés Levin

Fotografía por
Claudio Chea

Montaje por
David Tedeschi

Casting
Ellyn Long Marshall
Maria E. Nelson

Diseño de producción por
Sharon Lomofsky

Dirección artística
Nicholas Lundy

Decorados
Jennifer Greenberg

Diseño de vestuario por
Sandra Hernandez

Departamento de maquillaje
Scott Barnes	....	personal makeup artist: Jennifer Lopez
Scott Barnes	....	makeup artist: Jennifer Lopez
Annemarie Bradley	....	second hair stylist
Diane Da Silva	....	assistant makeup artist: Jennifer Lopez
Robin Day	....	hair stylist
Robin Day	....	wig doctor
Robin Day	....	wig stylist
Suzanne DeSimone	....	makeup artist
Donna Marie Fischetto	....	key hair stylist
Sandra Hakim	....	assistant makeup artist
Persefone Karakosta	....	assistant makeup artist
Mandy Lyons	....	personal hair stylist: Jennifer Lopez
Sanna Riley	....	additional makeup artist
Nuria Sitja	....	makeup department head

Dirección de producción
Kathy Ciric	....	production supervisor: Puerto Rico
Kelley Cribben	....	post-production supervisor
Ines Mongil-Echandi	....	production supervisor
Andrew Saxe	....	assistant production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Luis Rosario Albert	....	second second assistant director
David 'Wex' Wechsler	....	first assistant director
Adam T. Weisinger	....	second second assistant director
Eric Yellin	....	second assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Julia G. Hickman	....	art department coordinator
Juan Guallini Indij	....	set dresser
Dierdre Kane	....	props
Derrick Kardos	....	additional graphic designer
Victor Littlejohn	....	set dresser
Francisco 'Panchi' López-Franco	....	lead man
Lianir Lopez	....	art department intern
Christina Madry	....	additional wardrobe assistant
Alejandra Martinez	....	charge scenic
Ann Miller	....	property master
Georgie Miranda	....	carpenter
Allan Norico	....	illustrator
Elizabeth Schlitten	....	props
Steven Shellooe	....	camera scenic
Ginny Walsh	....	property assistant
James Whelan	....	set dresser

Departamento de sonido
Antonio L. Arroyo	....	playback operator: ProTools
Sandy Berman	....	sound designer
Sandy Berman	....	sound supervisor
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Stuart Deutsch	....	boom operator
Matthew T. Duncan	....	sound recordist
Brian Dunlop	....	adr recordist
Brian Dunlop	....	assistant sound editor
David Esparza	....	supervising sound editor
Jeremy J. Gordon	....	adr supervisor
Bobby Johanson	....	adr mixer
Shawn Kennelly	....	foley mixer
Scott Kramer	....	sound editor
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
John Marquis	....	sound editor
Francois Nasté	....	sound effects
Vince Nicastro	....	foley artist
Jeff Pullman	....	sound mixer
Keith Robinson	....	sound designer
Terry Rodman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	sound editor
Geordy Sincavage	....	foley mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Lisa Varetakis	....	supervising dialogue editor
Mandell Winter	....	foley editor
Mandell Winter	....	sound effects editor
James Wright	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby Stereo

Efectos especiales
Charlie Bonilla	....	special effects: Puerto Rico
Conrad V. Brink Jr.	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects
Mandy Arnold	....	digital compositor/paint
David Cole	....	digital colourist
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate producer
Brian Finney	....	digital effects artist
Lori Freitag-Hild	....	roto artist
Chris Kairalla	....	digital effects artist
Bruce Mann	....	digital compositor
Brennan Prevatt	....	digital compositor
Mark Robben	....	digital compositor
Rob Roth	....	visual effects designer
Matt Sell	....	dustbuster
Mai Suzuki	....	digital compositor/paint
Tai Uhlmann	....	visual effects producer
Linda Williams	....	digital intermediate editor
Diane Wright	....	digital asset manager: Laser Pacific
Steve Wright	....	digital scene salvage of light leaks: Steve Wright Digital FX
Keith Yurevitz	....	visual effects
Vincent Lavares	....	data manager (uncredited)

Especialistas
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Bill Almeida	....	rigging gaffer
Sebastián Almeida	....	assistant camera
Michael Appel	....	lighting designer: night club sequences
Kelly Beaton	....	rigging best boy
Anne Carson	....	camera loader
Edgar Colón	....	Steadicam operator: Puerto Rico
Alfonso Diaz	....	additional second assistant camera: Puerto Rico
Chris Drechsler	....	electrician
Emilio Guede Jr.	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Gary Hildebrand	....	generator operator
Tom Kenny	....	lighting designer
Eric Liebowitz	....	still photographer
William MacGhee	....	electrician
Abner Medina	....	first assistant camera
Raymond Orraca	....	electrician
Angel Pastrana	....	rigging key grip
Billy Patsos	....	key rigging grip
George Patsos	....	key grip
Kabkeo Phothivongsa	....	lamp operator
Marcos Rodríguez-Quijano	....	additional camera loader
Ryan Rodriguez	....	lamp operator
Francisco Román	....	dolly grip
Peter Russell	....	lamp operator
Darrin Smith	....	best boy
Jonathan Stern	....	additional electrician
David J. Thompson	....	Steadicam operator
John Velez	....	gaffer
J. Dan Wright	....	light balloon technician
Carlos Zayas	....	second assistant camera
Ernest Yurich	....	grip (uncredited)
Ernest Yurich	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Departamento de reparto
Lee Genick	....	extras casting
Karen Torres-Cox	....	casting associate

Departamento de vestuario
Stephanie Biear	....	head seamstress
Sandi Figueroa	....	costume supervisor
Marta Font	....	set costumer
Careen Fowles	....	costumer
Carola Gonzalez	....	set costumer
Kater Gordon	....	additional set costumer
Rhonney Greene	....	set costumer
Mitzi Haralson	....	costumer: Ms. Lopez
Katalina Iturralde	....	set costumer
Debbie Lucas	....	seamstress
Christina Madry	....	wardrobe
Carmia Marshall	....	wardrobe supervisor
Monica Ruiz-Ziegler	....	costumer
Gladyris Silva	....	assistant costume designer
Thomas M. Smalley	....	additional wardrobe assistant
Crystal Thompson	....	seamstress
David F. Zambrana	....	assistant costume designer

Departamento de Edición
Kyle DeVriendt	....	digital film recordist
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Raúl Marchand Sánchez	....	additional editor
Francis Power	....	post-production coordinator
Anthony Ripoli	....	first assistant editor
Robert Vertrees	....	post-production coordinator
Leslie Webb	....	assistant editor

Departamento de Música
Matt Havron	....	music coordinator
Steven Evanne Heinstein	....	music assistant
Michael Jay	....	music editor
Hector A. Leguillow	....	musicians coordinator
Tracy McKnight	....	music supervisor
Alysia Oakley	....	music coordinator
Keith Robinson	....	music editor
Michael Carey Schneider	....	music assistant
Carl Thiel	....	score recordist
Ken Weiss	....	music consultant

Departamento de Transporte
Luis A. Jurado	....	transportation captain
Josiuan Rojas	....	transportation coordinator

Otros miembros del equipo
Dennis Buckley	....	location production assistant
Adam Butera	....	production assistant
Anthony S. Calypso	....	researcher
Paola Cambo	....	assistant location manager
Jonathan P. Caro	....	production secretary
Gracie Cirinna	....	first assistant production accountant
Gracie Cirinna	....	payroll accountant
Kate Coe	....	footage researcher (2006)
Carl Deal	....	archival research and clearances
Kat Donahue	....	location coordinator
Nathan Fields	....	production assistant
Rey Figueroa	....	location assistant
Erica Fishman	....	additional production assistant
Lowell Freedman	....	set production assistant
Rosa Garces	....	accounting clerk
Jennifer Gaston-Gates	....	second assistant production accountant
Bianca Giancoli	....	production assistant
Michael Hartel	....	assistant location manager
Robert 'B.O.B.' Izzard	....	security head
Vivien N. Killilea	....	assistant: producer
Harry Lapham	....	production assistant
Amy Lo	....	assistant production coordinator
Robert Lopez	....	production assistant
M.J. Magbanua	....	production coordinator
Matthew Mason	....	set production assistant
Gil McKinney	....	set production assistant
Kellie Morrison	....	location manager
Stuart Nicolai	....	assistant location manager
Jason Nordlund	....	office production assistant
Maria Torres O'Connor	....	choreographer
Angel Oquendo	....	voice-over artist
Jedrek Oquendo	....	production assistant
Kevin Pazmino	....	set production assistant
Raquel Medina Rampolla	....	production coordinator
Irwin M. Rappaport	....	production attorney
Giancarlo Rebella	....	location assistant
Vivian Rebella	....	assistant location manager
Lisa Rhoden	....	creative associate
Matt Robertson	....	production executive
Brad Robinson	....	production assistant
Jesus A. Del Rosario Jr.	....	stand-in
Justin Rosini	....	location assistant
Mariano Ros	....	assistant: Mr. Champion
Jonathan Roumie	....	location scout
Coraly Santaliz	....	script supervisor
Aaron Speiser	....	acting coach: Jennifer Lopez
Yorgo Stathopoulos	....	location assistant
Josias Tapia	....	location manager: Puerto Rico
Josias Tapia	....	location scout
José R. Varona	....	set medic
Brendan Walsh	....	production assistant
Zachary Conner Williams	....	assistant: Nini Mazen
Jonathan Wolf	....	production accountant
Krystle Sosa	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Daniel Villagomez	....	credits administrator (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Nuyorican Productions
• R-Caro Productions

Distribuidores

• Art Port (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Evolution Entertainment (2009) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Paradise Group (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Picturehouse Entertainment (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)

Otras Compañías

• Marcella C. Public Relations  DVD publicity
• Orbit Digital  HD services
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility
• Wilshire Stages, The  sound post-production

También conocida como:

Who Killed Hector Lavoe? (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for drug use, pervasive language and some sexuality.

Duración:

USA:106 min | Canada:116 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Español | Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

USA:R | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Japan:R-15

Locaciones de Filmación:

New York, USA

Compañía:

Nuyorican Productions

Trivialidades:

During Filming a fire broke out in Jennifer Lopez's trailer though no-one was injured.

Citas:

Puchi: Hector never knew how much people loved him. And that's the thing. It's like he didn't want to know.

Conexiones de Película:

Apariciones "El show de Iris Chacon" (1972)

Banda de Sonido:

Mi Gente

One of the top five movies of 2006

Quite true to the actual events of Hector Lavoe's life, the acting and direction of El Cantante are top notch. Jennifer Lopez probably gives the finest performance of her career, while Mark Anthony without a doubt deserves an Oscar for his star role. I saw this film on Sept. 12/2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival and Jennifer and Mark's presence overshadowed the film itself. However as a stand alone film, it is excellent and my only criticism would be the editing, the cinematography and some of the subtitles which were quite different from what the actors were actually saying. The cinematography seemed quite Schizophrenic at times, while the editing was occasionally shaky. Leon Ichaso has done an excellent job as usual in the direction of El Cantante and while this may be a somewhat low budget film, it is a high caliber production. The music, locales and wardrobe are outstanding as well. While some may dismiss this as a husband and wife chance to work together, given a chance, El Cantante is an excellent film quite able to fight for its chance at a Golden Globe and an Oscar.