Copacabana

Copacabana (1985)

In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan's Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate steps in and she is swept to Havana to work in a splashy nightclub act where she is convinced she will find her stardom. Instead, she finds Rico, a suave gangster and the club owner.

Erscheinungsdatum
1985-12-03
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (5)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 35 Min.
Genres
Komödie, Musik, Liebesfilm, TV-Film
Regie
Waris Hussein

Besetzung

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  • Basiert auf: Copacabana

Copacabana is a 1985 American made-for-television musical film based on the 1978 song of the same title by Barry Manilow, and starred Manilow himself, in his acting debut, as Tony, an aspiring songwriter, and Annette O'Toole as Lola, an aspiring singer who falls in with the wrong crowd.

Production

Dick Clark approached Manilow and cowriters Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman, persuading them to develop a musical film around the song. Directed by Waris Hussein and written by James Lipton, the film features a handful of newly composed songs by Manilow.

The soundtrack album was released by RCA Records.

Nine songs were written specifically for the film.

"Sweet Heaven (I'm in Love Again)" - Tony

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