Che: Part 1

Che: Part 1

2008

Benicio Del Toro delivers a searing, emotional performance as Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an asthmatic Argentine doctor who became one of Latin America's most legendary revolutionary leaders in the 1950s. Director Steven Soderbergh recounts the events of the Cuban revolution, in which Guevara, Fidel Castro (Demiàn Bichir), Tamara Bunke (Franka Potente) and other revolutionaries worked to overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

JBscale
70
Very Good

Film Detail

Genre
Drama - Biography
Length
2 hrs. 14 mins.
US Theatrical Release
January 24, 2009
US Box Office
$1,731,665 (#5552 of 7074)
Global Office
$33,460,511 (#2679 of 3929)
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Release Method
Blu-ray Single Disc Criterion Collection
Aquired Format
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
Spanish: DTS-HD Master 5.1
Studio
IFC Films
Released
January 19, 2010
Acquired Date
November 7, 2014
Times Seen
0 Times
Last Watched
Haven't seen it yet.

Actors

Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Del Toro
Demián Bichir
Demián Bichir
Santiago Cabrera
Santiago Cabrera
Vladimir Cruz
Vladimir Cruz
Julia Ormond
Julia Ormond
Jorge Perugorría
Jorge Perugorría
Édgar Ramírez
Édgar Ramírez
Victor Rasuk
Victor Rasuk
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Rodrigo Santoro
Rodrigo Santoro
Unax Ugalde
Unax Ugalde
Yul Vazquez
Yul Vazquez

Directors

Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh

Producers

Laura Bickford
Laura Bickford
Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Del Toro

Writers

Peter Buchman
Peter Buchman

Special Features

Commentaries
  • Jon Lee Anderson, chief consultant on Che and author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Documentaries
  • Making Che
Other
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Audio Commentary
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes

Other Recommendations

User Reviews

Ratings

JB Users
--
 
RT Fresh
68%
Tomatometer
140 votes
RT Fresh Certified
75%
Popcornmeter
1,928 votes
METASCORE
--
 
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
48,592 votes

Tags

  1. Che