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'Director's passion never reaches the audience in 'The Lost City'
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Beware of pet projects that gestate too long. Andy Garcia has wanted to make "The Lost City," his tribute to the Havana that vanished in 1959 as Batista departed and Castro took power, for almost two decades. And here it finally is, with Garcia as producer, director, star, and he composed the music. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
During the Cuban Revolution, the three brothers of the Fellove family are ruined: Luis supports Castro as a clandestine terrorist and is killed by the forces of Batista; Ricardo joins the revolution but kills himself when he realizes Castro is just another power-mad dictator; and wary brother Fico, a nightclub entrepreneur, remains apolitical and sees his life's work confiscated by the new regime.

FILM FACTS ...

Lionsgate Films

'The Lost City'

Director: Andy Garcia
Starring: Steven Bauer, Andy Garcia, Richard Bradford, Nestor Carbonell, Lorena Feijoo, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray, Enrique Murciano, Inés Sastre, Tomas Milian
Run time: 138 minutes
Release date: April 28, 2006
Rating: R for violence.
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C-
"(Director Andy) Garcia's passion for his project and his ambition are achingly clear, but the movie never pulls together into something coherent, either emotionally or dramatically."

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Austin American-Statesman: 2 of 5 stars
"At almost two and a half hours, Garcia might have saved some money on length and spent it on more effective staging for his low-rent action scenes."