Madison square garden stage night hector enter stage, as casual as stepping into his living. Based on the true story of the king of salsa, hector lavoe. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The dramaticbiography of puerto rican salsa pioneer hector lavoe. Theatrical trailer from picturehouse entertainment.
But even when he has it all, lavoe is unable to escape the allure of drugs and his personal pain. Grammy awardwinning, diamondcertified artist the weeknd has released his second new track this week titled blinding lights, following. Each song chosen in the movie is relevant and progressive within the plot. The film follows lavoes anthony passionate relationship with puchi lopez and his skyrocket to international fame. Golden globenominee jennifer lopez maid in manhattan. In new york, he meets puchi jennifer lopez, who becomes. Marc anthony man on fire, big night steps into the role of salsa superstar hector lavoe in this biopic that follows the singer from his early career success as a puerto rican teen sensation to his later status as a new york city latin idol while also documenting his ongoing struggle against drug and alcohol addiction. The film follows lavoes passionate relationship with puchi and his skyrocket to international fame. Director leon ichaso, faced with the difficult task of taking a story thats been told many times, partially succeeds in making the material special.
Obscenities and profanities litter the work without apology. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in g minor transposable. The film was produced with excellent graphic quality, best sound quality and best starring actors. Lavoe was known, and is still considered a hero to salsa fans, famed for the artistry of his vocals and the intensity of his rhythm, as well as his involvement with famous salsa musician willie colon during the early 70s were high points for salsa, and they. Puerto rican singer hector lavoe marc anthony emigrates to the united states and becomes a pioneer of salsa music. On april 15, 2014 a studio recording of the multilanguage version was released via digital download. Would have given it 5 stars but it did jump around a bit too much.
Lavoe is a hero to salsa fans, famed for the artistry of his vocals and the intensity of his rhythm. The film was produced with excellent graphic quality, best sound quality and. The focus of the movie was too much on hectors drug problems and to a lesser degree his womanizing. Bought this film for my husband we both really enjoyed it. By signing up for a membership website you will find well known stars such as marc anthony, jennifer lopez, john ortiz, manny perez online while in the highest quality to choose from. The music in the movie is infectious and masterful, which is a testament to the art form that hector lavoe helped to create.
Enjoy easy access to showtimes, movie info, and the cinemark movie rewards program. I was hoping for more insight into who hector was, where he came from, and how he got to be such an awesome singer. This film is about the life of puerto rican singer hector lavoe, salsa singer, who brought salsa music worldwide, has died at the age of 46. The life story of hector lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the united states. Shot with seeming disregard for any of his actual artistic importance, the film fails to. The rise and fall of salsa singer, hector lavoe 19461993, as told from the perspective of his wife puchi, who looks back from 2002. With marc anthony, jennifer lopez, john ortiz, manny perez.
The song was written by ruben blades and produced by willie colon. In their dazzling first onscreen pairing, jennifer lopez and marc anthony bring to life this riveting tale of romance. Start by selecting add to favorites on the info screen of any show, movie or team. In 2015, a hindi and an indonesian version of the movie. Signing with jerry masuccis fania record label, lavoe teams up with trumpeter willie colon john ortiz to perfect the new musical style. The film follows lavoes passionate relationship with puchi and. In new york, he meets puchi jennifer lopez, who becomes hectors loving but fiery wife. Anyone who enjoys salsa or latin music will love this film.