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3 August 2007 (USA)
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Based on the true story of the King of Salsa, Hector Lavoe. more
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The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States. full summary | add synopsis
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Lopez 'worried about forgetting how to act'
(From digitalspy. 4 June 2009, 7:54 AM, PDT)
Lopez Dumps Her Manager
(From WENN. 26 September 2006)
(From digitalspy. 4 June 2009, 7:54 AM, PDT)
Lopez Dumps Her Manager
(From WENN. 26 September 2006)
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I don't want a documentary.
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Alfredo Suarez | ... | Salsa dancer |
 | Vianca Mercedes | ... | Bartender |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Danny A. Abeckaser | ... | Sound Engineer |
 | Douglas J. Aguirre | ... | Multi- Media Producer |
 | Marc Anthony | ... | Hector Lavoe |
| Christopher Becerra | ... | Tito |
 | Denise Blasor | ... | Voice over artist (voice) |
| Michael Caputo | ... | Salsa Dancer |
 | Ivan Cardona | ... | Salsa Dancer |
 | Federico Castelluccio | ... | Jerry Masucci |
| Marcus Collins | ... | Photographer |
| Abraham De Funes | ... | Family Member |
 | Anibal De Gracia | ... | Trombonist |
| Romi Dias | ... | Priscilla |
 | Glenda Dopazo | ... | Carmen |
 | Brother Eden Douglas | ... | Street SaxMan -1987 (as Brother Douglas) |
| Vaneik Echeverria | ... | Bartender 1 |
| Jared Everleth | ... | Tito - 4 yrs.old |
 | J. Teddy Garces | ... | (voice) |
 | Melissa Gonzalez | ... | Fania All Star Groupie |
| Bernard Hernandez | ... | Tito |
 | Vincent Laresca | ... | Ralph Mercado |
 | Hector A. Leguillow | ... | Pianist for Hector Lavoe Band,1968 Band |
 | Jennifer Lopez | ... | Puchi |
 | Deirdre Lorenz | ... | Willie's Girl |
| David Marquez | ... | Boogaloo Line Dancer |
| Chiko Mendez | ... | Backup Singer |
 | Jack Mulcahy | ... | Doctor |
 | Andrea Navedo | ... | Puchi's sister |
| John Ortiz | ... | Willie Colón |
| Melissa Otero | ... | Salsa Dancer |
 | Antone Pagan | ... | Papo (Puchi's Brother) |
 | Jerry Perez | ... | Salsa Dancer |
 | Manny Perez | ... | Eddie |
 | Jorge Pupo | ... | Trombonist: Hector Lavoe Band, Willie Colón Band, Fania All Stars Orquestra |
| Edwin Rivera | ... | Marc Anthony's Best Friend |
| Yan Ruiz | ... | Voice Over (voice) |
| Elmer Tollinchi Ruiz | ... | La Voe Fan |
| Lou Torres | ... | Dayplayer / Piano Player |
 | Nelson Vasquez | ... | Johnny Pacheco |
| Richie Viruet | ... | Trumpet player |
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Who Killed Hector Lavoe? (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for drug use, pervasive language and some sexuality.
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USA:106 min | Canada:116 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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During Filming a fire broke out in Jennifer Lopez's trailer though no-one was injured.
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Referenced in The Sound and the Heat of El Cantante (2007) (V)
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Obsession
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Jennifer Lopez can act, Gigli notwithstanding. In El Cantante she narrates the life of 70's Salsa songster Hector Lavoe (Marc Anthony) with some sparks of creative energy. After all, as Puchi, she smoke, drank, and took drugs with him on his way to stardom, inevitable obscurity, and early death. Enabler? Maybe. Witness the Ray Charles, Kurt Cobain arc and you'll know how Hector's life sank so low (no homonym pun intended).
El Cantante is a disappointment because the celebrity couple Lopez and Anthony could have had Oscar flyovers with better script and direction. Many of the scenes are stock musical biopic: low-angle shots of the star strumming and singing, cut to drugs, cut to wife, back to another performance moment, cut to a Fania album cover, all with MTV swift editing and few scenes of depth that are not clichés of the first order.
Clint Eastwood's life of Charlie Bird Parker is a classic of character development; the recent La Vein Rose about chanteuse Edith Piaf depicts the artist sufferer in a mixed bag of time but a straightforward rendition of talent. Cantante shows a druggie who might have been an icon but for his weaknesses. If I have to sit through drug and alcohol addled performers once more, I need better story, regardless of how accurate the film is.
I don't want a documentary—I want an interpretation. Cantante is just a musical like any other, no more.