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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   15,865 votes
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Director:
Alan Parker
Writers (WGA):
Tim Rice (book)
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Release Date:
10 January 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Musical more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 8 wins & 24 nominations more
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(64 articles)
Queen City Theatre Company Announces Non-Equity Auditions for Grey Gardens and Evita, 11/15 & 11/16
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 16 November 2009, 12:30 AM, PST)
Queen City Theatre Company Announces Non-Equity Auditions for Grey Gardens and Evita, 11/15 & 11/16
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 15 November 2009, 2:30 AM, PST)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements, images of violence and some mild language.
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Runtime:
135 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #34775) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Sweden:11 | 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 more
Company:
Hollywood Pictures more

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Trivia:
Meryl Streep, Pia Zadora, Charo and Maria Conchita Alonso were considered for the role of Evita. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Evita first arrives in the city, distant shots of the skyscrapers show modern microwave antennas atop the buildings. more
Quotes:
Juan Perón: Dice are rolling - the knives are out. Would-be presidents are all around, I don't say they mean harm, but they'd each give an arm... to see us six feet underground.
Eva Perón: It doesn't matter what those morons say. Our nations leaders are a feeble crew. There's only twenty of them anyway. What is twenty next to millions who are looking to you? All you have to do is sit and wait, keeping out of everybody's way. We'll... you'll be handed power on a plate when the ones who matter have their say, and with chaos installed... you can "reluctantly" agree to be called.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Connie and Carla (2004) more
Soundtrack:
I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You more

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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Best role for Madonna, 8 August 2005
6/10
Author: FilmOtaku (ssampon@hotmail.com) from Milwaukee, WI

I used to think that there were a couple of absolutes in this world other than the standard issue ones. One is that I will always hate Andrew Lloyd Webber and another is that Madonna will never be a good actress. After seeing Alan Parker's 1996 musical "Evita" however, starring Madonna and featuring the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, I have had to amend those two statements slightly.

"Evita" tells the true story of Eva Peron, the wife of Argentina's former president (and dictator) Juan Peron. In a story that was ready-made for Hollywood, she started out as the illegitimate and poor daughter of a man who dies when she is very young, sleeps with a mediocre nightclub singer at the age of 15 in order to gain passage to Buenos Aires, and from there begins her struggle to reach whatever achievements her ambitions require (which is a lot). Using her body to gain important friends (because, frankly, she didn't have any acting talent) she becomes an actress and radio star before she meets Juan Peron, at the time, an up and coming politician. They get married and the two work to get him elected as the president of Argentina on the platform that "they are workers too". When he is elected, Evita's popularity grows even more, to the point where her dreams of becoming the vice president of the country could be realized, until she is stricken with cancer and dies, essentially with the image of a saint, at the age of 32.

"Evita" is a gorgeous, lush film, full of thousands of extras, great location scenes and features a very talented cast. It acts almost as an incredibly big budgeted and elaborate music video, mainly because it features almost constant singing, and well, it stars one of the most visible music video stars of all time. Madonna finally found her part in this film, and no, it wasn't just easier because she didn't have a lot of speaking lines. It is clear that not only did she take voice lessons (which actually is true) because her voice quality was better than "normal", and has stayed that way since the making of this film, but she was able to knock off some decent dramatic moments. Banderas, though he spent a lot of the film looking pretty furious with the camera, doesn't have to prove any acting mettle (anyone who has seen him in an Almodovar film can attest to this) but did come up with a surprisingly good singing voice. Jonathan Pryce, who was curiously cast as Peron also did a good job, though his part was fairly minor, and even at that he was relegated to giving Evita a lot of loving looks. All in all, however, the slick production, some catchy music (I cannot believe I am actually saying that I actually really like a film featuring the music of the insipid, mainstream, gnome-like Webber) that is good enough to listen to extra-curricularly and performances that weren't bad made for a pretty good and very entertaining viewing.

Don't get me wrong – there are more than a few eye-rolling moments in "Evita", but the good definitely outweighs the bad, exponentially. The story, while coherent, was pretty mediocre, and I found that I felt that there were some things that were glossed over or trivialized with a cute musical number. Admittedly, however, this IS a musical and you don't sign up for a hard-hitting knowledge fest when you watch one. This wasn't the first time I had seen this film, and yet I still end up getting so wrapped up in the action that I end up bawling a couple of times, and this viewing was no exception. More importantly, though, I didn't feel like a doofus when I recommended it as a movie that three guys and I should watch together, because while it's slick and a musical, (and therefore, traditionally, a chick film) there's enough compelling elements to the film that will keep some guys happy as well. Good job, Parker and thanks a lot for blowing two of the absolutes I normally stand by. 6/10 --Shelly

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