Mambo Kings

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Mambo Kings is a 1992 musical drama film about two Cuban brothers pursuing a Latin music career in 1950s New York City.

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Mambo Kings canonical 1
The Mambo Kings 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
musical drama film
academyAwardNomination Best Original Song
authorOfSourceWork Oscar Hijuelos
basedOn The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
character Cesar Castillo
Nestor Castillo
cinematographyBy Michael Ballhaus
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting Cuba
United States of America
surface form: United States
director Arne Glimcher
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
distributorRegion United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy Claire Simpson
featuresMusicGenre Latin jazz
bolero
mambo
filmingLocation New York City
genre Latin music film
drama film
musical film
romantic drama film
mainSubject Cuban musicians
Latin music
immigration to the United States
musicBy Robert Kraft
narrativeFocus two Cuban brothers pursuing a Latin music career in 1950s New York City
notableSong Beautiful Maria of My Soul
originalLanguage English
Spanish
portrayedBy Antonio Banderas
Armand Assante
productionCompany Warner Bros. Entertainment
surface form: Warner Bros.
publicationLanguageOfSourceWork English
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1989
releaseDate 1992-08-14
releaseYear 1992
runtimeMinutes 104
screenwriter Arne Glimcher
Cynthia Cidre
settingPlace Cuba
New York City
settingTime 1950s
starredActor Antonio Banderas
Armand Assante
Cathy Moriarty
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Maruschka Detmers

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Armand Assante notableWork Mambo Kings
Cathy Moriarty notableWork Mambo Kings
this entity surface form: The Mambo Kings