Bridge to Havana |  | Actors: Bonnie Raitt, Jimmy Buffett
Studio: Pyramid Records
Category: DVD
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 65725
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Compilation, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 802469103397
EAN: 0802469103397
ASIN: B0002B55WK
Theatrical Release Date: June 29, 2004
Release Date: June 29, 2004
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Some surprising cross-cultural collaborations are the main attraction of Bridge to Havana, which documents the 1999 journey by dozens of American and British musicians to Cuba, where they wrote, recorded, and performed songs with their island counterparts. While political rapprochement between the American and Cuban governments may still be a fantasy, there were no certainly no problems among the musicians; indeed, the process of creating new partnerships by literally drawing names out of a hat created some unexpectedly fruitful results. If, for example, putting Jimmy Buffett, Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood, the Chieftains' Paddy Moloney, Cuba's Augusto Enriquez, and various others in the studio and onstage together (for the song "One World") seems farfetched, for the most part it works. The performances on this hour-long disc come both from the studio (Gladys Knight with various Cubans, Peter Frampton with Alberto Tosca) and from the concert that concluded the trip (Joan Osborne, who did such great work in Standing in the Shadows of Motown, is excellent again here). Given the brief amount of time the musicians had to get acquainted and write material together, the songs they came up with can be a bit on the obvious side, but there's no denying the spirit at work throughout this interesting, entertaining program. --Sam Graham
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 Bridge to Havana November 27, 2004
Angela M. Wallberg (Near Chicago, IL)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Although the dvd is excellent as far as it goes, as an owner of the cd, I was extremely disappointed that not all the performances were included. You advertise Bonnie Raitt in your headline, but her song is not included. This is very misleading - a Bonnie Raitt fan would be VERY disappointed! I would have expected at least all the songs on the cd plus some extras on the dvd.
I was left very unsatisfied, and will probably only listen to the cd in the future.
 wooden tulips and cuban cigars write September 19, 2009
J. M. Van Duin (under the mill)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this dvd i bought because of the presence and participation of Bonnie Raitt. Well she appears in the end of the show for a few seconds but no musical contribution from her. the quality of the pictures is very poor and is's a shame to sell a movie of that kind. my conclusion; worst buy of the year
Thumbs Down for "Havana" September 13, 2009
Fred Showker (The Design Bookshelf)
In brief, we ordered this expecting to see performances by the musicians listed in the description -- Glades Knight appeared for about 2-seconds, and many others mentioned didn't appear at all. This is NOT a performance DVD ... It's more of a documentary. I enjoyed passages of the presentation, but not enough to recommend it to you.
 Hands across the water April 28, 2009
Linda Fuentes Rosner (California)
As a Cuban American, I was thrilled to discover this used CD/DVD collection at Pooh Bah Records in Pasadena, Ca. I'd never heard of it but judging from the caliber of the artists, I bought it without even having listened to it.
What an exciting project, taking U.S. and British artists to Havana and randomly pairing them with Cuban artists. Their assignment: write a song, record and perform it in a matter of six days. What a heady experience! I would love to be part of such an exciting undertaking.
Music is the universal language and the love and connectedness these wonderful musicians projected is very clear. No matter how many times I listen, it's a thrill. 5 STARS!!!!!
feelin good February 18, 2008
A. Thomas
i heard the song feelin good featuring gladys knight at a club in detroit some years ago. it's a wonderful song and gladys is so sweet, and powerful. gladys, should definitely consider placing this song on any new and future recordings of hers. i had to look high and low to find this song because it is not released under gladys knights name. with the release of bridge to havana, it certainly has not gotten the attention it(the song and gladys) deserves.
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