Fires Within

1991
R
1h 26m

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Released after years as a political prisoner, a Cuban rejoins his wife and daughter in Miami.Released after years as a political prisoner, a Cuban rejoins his wife and daughter in Miami.Released after years as a political prisoner, a Cuban rejoins his wife and daughter in Miami.

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4.7/10

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Trivia
Because she'd never had them done previously, Greta Scacchi had to have her ears pierced especially for her role as Isabel, so that she would be able to wear the large gold hoop earrings favored by many Cuban women.

Goofs
In the flashback scene where Nestor receives a phone call while in bed, Isabel's earrings keep disappearing and reappearing throughout the scene. At the start of the scene, she's wearing small gold studs in both ears, but in the close-up shot where Nestor kisses her, she isn't wearing any earrings at all. As the scene continues, Isabel is again wearing the same small gold studs in both ears. When Nestor is getting ready to walk out of the door at the end of the scene, the earring in Isabel's left ear has vanished and she's just wearing one in her right ear.

Soundtracks
Adelante siempre voy
Written by C. Curet Alonso
Performed by Ray Barretto
Courtesy of Fania Records

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10/10

I worked on this film...

...And I'm sorry to see the disappointed reviews here, but I'm not terribly surprised. It was originally titled Little Havana, but Robert Redford was going to release Havana, so Alan Ladd (Jr.) had our title changed-at first, to Distant Shores, which was its name all through the rest of production. It was much later I learned it was changed again to Fires Within. I've never seen the film all the way through, but I think I'll check it out now after reading these comments. FWIW, I had the time of my life on this show. Never had so much fun on any other job before or after. Everyone was wonderful, even AD Mark Edgerton, who yelled at me more than anyone ever had, and gave me a beautiful Hoffritz Swiss Army knife at the end of my time on the show. Wonderful memories for me, sorry everyone seems disappointed in the film. It goes to show you, a bad film is every bit as much work and effort as a good one.