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Two to Tango
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Wikipedia article
'Two to Tango', also known as 'Matar es morir un poco' , is a 1989 American-Argentine suspense film directed by Hctor Olivera and based on the classic novel 'Last Days of the Victim' by Jos Pablo Feinmann, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was one in a number of ten movies Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s.[https://muse.jhu.edu/article/170449 Falicov, Tamara L. "U.S.-Argentine Co-productions, 1982-1990: Roger Corman, Aries Productions, "Schlockbuster" Movies, and the International Market." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, vol. 34 no. 1, 2004, pp. 31-38. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/flm.2004.0015]Videos good antidote to Valentine sentiments: [Final Edition]. Levy, Joanne. Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]12 Feb 1989: E3.
Synopsis
A professional assassin who does not wish to continue as such receives an order from his employer (a mysterious "Company") to kill one last target in Buenos Aires. While completing this task, he falls in love with the lover of his future victim, to whom he proposes fleeing to Nepal together. But suddenly everything gets complicated.
Cast
* Don Stroud ... James Conrad
* Adrianne Sachs ... Cecilia Lorca
* Duilio Marzio ... Paulino Velasco
* Michael Cavanaugh ... Dean Boyle
* Alberto Segado ... Lorenzo 'Lucky' Lara
* Francisco Cocuzza ... Carlos Pino
* Golde Flami ... Hilda Levin
* Nathn Pinzn ... Morelos
* Juan Jos Ghisalberti ... Joseph Levin
* Ricardo Hamlin ... Bates
* Jose Luis Cabrera ... Tango Dancer
* Pablo Novak ... Sergio
* Adriana Salonia ... Adela
* Ana Maria Vita ... Boarder 1 at Levin's Hotel
* Alejandra De Luiggi ... Boarder 2 at Levin's Hotel
* Flvia Aberg Cobo ... Airline Attendant 1
* Maria Fournery ... Airline Attendant 2
* Armando Capo ... Angelo
* Ricardo Fasan ... Paolo Basso (as Ricardo Fassan)
* Lilian Rinar ... Blonde Woman
* Gianni Fiore ... Customs Employee (as Gianni Fiori)
* Daniel Ripari ... Bodyguard 1
* Arturo Noal ... Bodyguard 2
* Rubn Bermdez ... Bodyguard 3
* Nestor Cannichio ... Lara's Driver
Production
The film was based on the classic novel 'Ultimas dias de la victima', by Argentine screenwriter, philosopher and novelist Jose Pablo Feinmann. The book was adapted as a movie for the first time in the Argentinian film 'ltimos das de la vctima' (1982).
The story was totally rewritten by a U.S. screenwriter, Yolanda Finch (Yolande Turner), together with Feinmann, for a North American audience.
References
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