638 Ways to Kill Castro
638 Ways to Kill Castro

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In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew the Fulgencio Batista led government of Cuba in a revolution. Soon afterward, the US government, alarmed at a communist nation so close to their shores, began working with Cuban exiles and dissenters to find some way to assassinate the new Cuban leader. This film covers some of the 638 alleged attempts to do so, the native collaborators involved and how Castro's security successfully frustrated them all. In addition, the film illustrates the tu... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in 638 Ways to Kill Castro:

Fidel Castro
Wayne Smith
Enrique Encinosa
Enrique Ovares
Fabian Escalante
Antonio Veciana

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In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew the Fulgencio Batista led government of Cuba in a revolution. Soon afterward, the US government, alarmed at a communist nation so close to their shores, began working with Cuban exiles and dissenters to find some way to assassinate the new Cuban leader. This film covers some of the 638 alleged attempts to do so, the native collaborators involved and how Castro's security successfully frustrated them all. In addition, the film illustrates the tumultuous relations between the nations over the decades and the disreputable Cuban characters who are prepared to go to horrific extremes to achieve their political aims with US complicity.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzIf you're in the mood for a quirky talking-head documentary that is both amusing and insightful, this one will do.
Critical Women - 7/10 by Prairie MillerFascinating, devastating, eye-opening, shocking beyond belief, and seriously funny too. In other words, nobody could have made this stuff up, however fertile or depraved their imagination.
User Review - 10/10 by Stephen VThis British (of course!) investigation into the 638 documented attempts on Comandante Fidel's life is both hilarious and heart-breaking: hilarious in the directors' revelation of the idiocy behind most of the attempts, such as exploding cigars, mafia hits, poisoned diving masks and beard-dissolving powders, and heart-breaking in their documentation of a small but politically well-connected group of fanatics who stoop to terrorism against civilians in order to keep alive their anachronistic vision of a "free Cuba." The weightiness of the interviews with the would-be assassins and their families is offset by entertaining rare footage of both Fidel (in pajamas!) and Che (shirtless!). Perhaps the most poignant moment is the juxtaposition of W's argument that nations who harbor terrorists are terrorist with footage of himself and Padre Bush cavorting with two Cuban-Americans who have been proven to have killed a multitude of civilians by blowing up a Cuban airliner carrying mostly teenagers and setting off bombs in Havana hotel rooms. The underlying message--that each of our assassination attempts actually strengthens Castro by allowing him to play David to our Goliath--is eloquently expressed by Jimmy Carter, whose analysis stands in stark opposition to W's halting, ungrammatical calls in Spanish for his version of a free Cuba.
User Review - 10/10 by Edith NVery interesting programme. Long live Fidel Castro. Down with American terrorism.
User Review - 10/10 by Alejandro CReveals over 600 plots to assassinate Fidel Castro using multiple methods from exploding cigars to femmes fatales, a radio station rigged with noxious gas to a poison syringe posing as an innocuous fountain pen.
User Review - 10/10 by Lauren BDefinitely makes you think about how strong of a person that he is to survive all of that
User Review - 10/10 by Johnny HThis documentary has a little Michael Moore bent to it as it points out the humor in our countries obsession with Castro but the the hypocrisy of the Cuban exiles who claim their terrorist acts are justified in the name of a free Cuba has real sting when you see them show off photos of our recent and current leaders with big smiles and handshakes for these boastful criminals.
User Review - 8/10 by Caroline FIt was just interesting all of the ways that they have attempted to kill him ... exploding cigars and all. One of the interesting parts too was the interview with the man who gave the orders for the assassination of Che Guevera ...
User Review - 8/10 by Alex BA brilliant and sly exposure of a terrorist state--I don't mean Cuba.
User Review - 8/10 by Rafael Dinteresting history with a nice comic narative.

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