Evita (1996)

Director:

Alan Parker

Writers (WGA):

Tim Rice (book)
Alan Parker (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

10 January 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Musical

Tagline:

The Most Anticipated Motion Picture Event of The Year

Plot:

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

Plot Keywords:

Fashion | Che Guevara | Wedding | Deathbed | Tour

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 8 wins & 24 nominations

Cast

Madonna	...	Eva Perón
Antonio Banderas	...	Ché
Jonathan Pryce	...	Juan Perón
Jimmy Nail	...	Agustín Magaldi
Victoria Sus	...	Doña Juana
Julian Littman	...	Brother Juan
Olga Merediz	...	Blanca
Laura Pallas	...	Elisa
Julia Worsley	...	Erminda
María Luján Hidalgo	...	Young Eva (as Maria Lujan Hidalgo)
Servando Villamil	...	Cipriano Reyes
Andrea Corr	...	Perón's Mistress
Peter Polycarpou	...	Domingo Mercante
Gary Brooker	...	Juan Bramuglia
Maite Yerro	...	Julieta (as Mayte Yerro)

Also Known As:

Evita (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Evita (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Evita (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Evita (Sweden) [sv]
Evita (Greece) [el]
Evita (Slovenia) [sl]

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements, images of violence and some mild language.

Runtime:

134 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | USA:PG (certificate #34775) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Germany:12 (bw) | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Spain:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Trivia:

The Blue Harley Davidson WLA motorcycle that is seen in the funeral scene was restored by Mark Evans on the British television series "A Bike Is Born".

Goofs:

Continuity: Evita's right arm position when she's listening to Magaldi singing.

Quotes:

Eva Perón: Call in three months time and I'll be fine, I know. Well, maybe not that fine, but I'll survive anyhow. I won't recall the names and places of each sad occasion, but that's no consolation here and now.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jennifer Love Hewitt/Beastie Boys (#24.7)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Oh, What A Circus

Superb realization of the Broadway musical

This was a simply stupendous movie. The visuals and costumes were stunning, the new realization of the musical score excellent. Madonna deserves more credit than she has gotten for this. Although her voice is perhaps a bit thin for the role, she really stretched herself for this, and did a fine job. Banderas was simply fantastic. Most of the naysayers (and there are many), clearly don't care for Weber, or for musicals in general. Of course it isn't "deep", it's a musical! The question is how well was the original play transformed to the screen, and I would be hard pressed to imagine anything more successful than this.