Che
Optimum Home Entertainment (2009)
Biography, Drama, History, War
In Collection
#1397
0*
Seen ItYes
715515049610
IMDB   7.2
253 mins USA / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1, Region A   R (Restricted)
Julia Ormond Lisa Howard
Benicio Del Toro Ernesto Che Guevara
Oscar Isaac Interpreter
Rodrigo Santoro Raúl Castro
María Isabel Díaz María Antonia
Demián Bichir Fidel Castro
Ramón Fernández Héctor
Yul Vazquez Alejandro Ramírez
Jose Caro Esteban
Pedro Adorno Epifanío Díaz
Jsu Garcia Jorge Sotús
Joaquim de Almeida President Rene Barrientos
Sandino Catalina Moreno Aleida March
D Maria Sosa Aleidita
Franka Potente Tania
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Soderbergh,Steve
Producer Gregory Jacobs
Steven Soderbergh
Writer Peter Buchman
Ernesto Guevara
Cinematography Steven Soderbergh
Andrews,Peter
Musician Alberto Iglesias
Iglesias,Alberto


The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Edition Details
Edition Criterion Collection Spine # 496
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 1/19/2010
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks DTS [English]
DTS [Spanish]
DTS-HD High Resolution Audio [English]
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [Spanish]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 •High-definition digital masters, supervised and approved by director Steven Soderbergh, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition •New audio commentaries featuring Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life •Making “Che,” a new documentary featuring Soderbergh, producer Laura Bickford, actor-producer Benicio del Toro, and writers Peter Buchman and Ben van der Veen •Interviews with participants in and historians of the Cuban Revolution and Che’s Bolivian campaign •End of a Revolution, a short documentary made in Bolivia right after Che’s execution in 1967 •“Che” and the Digital Cinema Revolution, an original video piece looking at the RED camera and its effect on modern film production •Deleted scenes •Theatrical trailer •PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Amy Taubin