Che: Part One
The revolution made him a legend.
Country
Production
Budget
$35 000 000
Box office
$1 731 665
Director
Actors
Benicio del Toro, Demián Bichir, Santiago Cabrera, Vladimir Cruz, Alfredo de Quesada, Jsu Garcia, Kahlil Méndez, Elvira Mínguez, Andres Munar, Julia Ormond
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Benicio del Toro, Laura Bickford, Pilar Benito, Silvana Paternostro, Vincent Maraval, Álvaro Augustin, Belén Atienza, Brahim Chioua, Gregory Jacobs, Philip Elway
Camera operator
Composer
Alberto Iglesias
Artist
Antxón Gómez, Ezra Buenrostro, Lizzie Cuello Gebetsberger
Audition
Mary Vernieu, Eva Leira, J.C. Cantu
Editing
Pablo Zumárraga, Toni Novella, Carlos 'Búho' Tames
Whole Team (212)
Whole Team (212)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Benicio del Toro suggested Ryan Gosling for the role of Benigno "Ben" Ramirez. In preparation for the role, Gosling met the real-life counterpart of his character and learned to speak a little Spanish, however, excessively long preparation for filming ultimately forced him to leave the project.
- In one scene, Che snatches a bazooka from a comrade and demolishes the barracks with his first shot. Initially, it was planned that Che would first miss and only hit the barracks on the second attempt, but daylight was running out, and the cinematographer convinced director Steven Soderbergh to remove the "wild shot" from the script.
- The scenes with Che in the UN building were filmed two years before the start of principal photography. Producer Laura Bickford found out that the building was going to be renovated and organized the filming of Che Guevara's speech. These are the only scenes in the entire film that were shot on 16mm film; everything else was shot digitally.
- Initially, the plot, limited to Che's attempts to start a revolution in Bolivia, was being filmed by Terrence Malick, but he left the project due to funding problems, and Steven Soderbergh eventually took his place as director.
- Scenes with Che in the UN building were filmed two years before the start of principal photography. Producer Laura Bickford learned that the building was scheduled for renovation and organized the filming of Che Guevara’s speech. These are the only scenes in the entire film shot on 16mm film; all other footage was shot using digital cameras.
- Benicio del Toro suggested Ryan Gosling for the role of Benigno “Ben” Ramirez. In preparation for the role, Gosling met with the character’s real-life counterpart and learned some Spanish, but excessively lengthy preparation for filming ultimately forced him to leave the project.
- In one scene, Che grabs a bazooka from a comrade and destroys a barracks with his first shot. Initially, it was planned that Che would first miss and hit the barracks only on the second attempt, but daylight was running out, and the cinematographer convinced director Steven Soderbergh to remove the miss from the script.
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