Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃe ɣeˈβaɾa]; June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia within popular culture.
As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout Latin America and was radically transformed by the endemic poverty and alienation he witnessed. His experiences and observations during these trips led him to conclude that the region's ingrained economic inequalities were an intrinsic result of capitalism, monopolism, neocolonialism, and imperialism, with the only remedy being world revolution. This belief prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Arbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow solidified Guevara's political ideology. Later, while living in Mexico City, he met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht, Granma, with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the victorious two-year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (Spanish: [fiˈðel ˈkastro]; born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011. Politically a Marxist-Leninist, under his administration the Republic of Cuba was converted into a one-party socialist state, with industry and business being nationalized under state ownership and socialist reforms implemented in all areas of society. On the international stage, he also served as the Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and 2006 to 2008.
Plot
Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.
Keywords: boy-with-glasses, female-student, graduate-student, gym, high-school, high-school-politics, hunger-strike, marijuana, montréal-quebec-canada, nerd
The revolution begins in high school
La révolution, ça commence au secondaire
Join the revolution
Leon: They think this is recess? This is supposed to be a fucking Revolution!
Alexandra Leith: Did you tip off the press?
Leon: I am the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky!
Leon: Was that it?::Sarah Bronstein: We had six hours notice, Leon.
Frank McGovern: I don't think you need a lawyer.
Eli Bronstein: How does it feel making your family the biggest laughingstock of the city?::Leon: Half the city, Eli. The French don't care.
David Bronstein: [Talking to Sarah] You're cheerleading? For what? For your brother being psychotic?
Leon: It's not over.::Principal Berkhoff: Oh I think we both know it is.
David Bronstein: [Holds up a copy of Leon Trotsky's biography] You recognize this, Leon?
Leon: [Last lines] You and I are gonna change the world!
Plot
16-year-old Fidel Castro loves America. He even hopes to reach Hollywood one day and become a star like his hero, Clark Gable. When Fidel goes on a double date he is instantly taken by Sally, a stunning beauty visiting from California. But when 25-year-old John F. Kennedy struts into the bar with a couple of other U.S. Navy soldiers, Fidel is forced to compete for Sally's attention, and he will never look at America the same way again.
Keywords: fidel-castro, john-f-kennedy
Plot
Fact-based (?) drama about the rise of Fidel Castro from a respected lawyer in Cuba to rabble-rousing dissident to power-hungry ruler of his nation. One wonders about the facts in this very homogenized presentation though. The story goes something like this: Fidel meets future wife, gets married, has a child, political aspirations get in way of family, Fidel has a politically-motivated affair, gets thrown in jail, gets expelled from the country, comes back and fights out of the jungle for a few years, casts then leader Baptistsa out of power and seizes leadership. Once seizing power, he kills everyone who opposes him or disagrees with him - although once again this aspect is very watered down. The promised idea of a free election is also quickly dismissed as not in the people's best interests. Fidel's immense popularity with the people at the time of his coming into power is depicted, but the anti-Castro thought is only briefly touched upon in a discussion with a former restaurant worker with whom Castro comes in contact and in follow-up notes at the film's end. The film may have been more successful if it ended at his rise to power as there are way too many unanswered questions about the years that follow. The Cuban missile crisis is only briefly touched upon and Castro's belief that he will be able to work with President Kennedy appears totally naive.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, che-guevara, communism, cuba, cuban, fidel-castro, government, one-word-title, revolution
He fought for freedom. He settled for power.
Plot
A collection of skits that made the Python troup famous, performed live at the Hollywood Bowl. Included are the singing philosophers, lumberjacks, the pope, and a suspiciously-male looking seabird vendor.
Keywords: absurd-humor, absurdism, actor-playing-multiple-roles, actress-playing-multiple-roles, albatross, audience-interaction, australian-stereotype, based-on-sketch-comedy, based-on-tv-series, blow-job
Never before in the history of human civilization has there been a movie called "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl"
Announcer: Hello and welcome to the Ronald Reagan Memorial Bowl, here in the pretty L.A. suburb of Hollywood. Well, we're about to witness All-in Wrestling, brought to you tonight, ladies and gentlemen, by the makers of Scum, the world's first combined hair oil, foot ointment, and salad dressing; and by the makers of Titan, the novelty nuclear missile. You never know when it'll go off.
First Bruce: They're a typical Hollywood audience. All the kids are on drugs and all the adults are on roller skates.
Albatross Woman: Albatross... Albatross. ALBATROSS. [looks to someone in the crowd] You're not supposed to be smoking that. Albatross.::Someone in the crowd: What flavour is it? What flavour is it?::Albatross Woman: Seagull sickle... Pelican bon-bon... ALBATROSS.::Wife: I will have two ice creams, please.::Albatross Woman: I don't have any ice creams, I've just got this albatross. ALBATROSS.::Wife: What flavour is it?::Albatross Woman: ...Well it's an albatross. Isn't it? It's not any bloody flavour. ALBATROSS.::Wife: It's got to be some flavour, I mean everything's got a flavour.::Albatross Woman: All right. All right. It's bloody... albatross flavour... Bleedin' seabird bleedin' flavour. ALBATROSS.::Wife: You get wafers with it?::Albatross Woman: Of course you don't getting fucking wafers with it, you cunt. It's a fucking albatross isn't it.
Michelangelo: Good evening, Your Holiness.::The Pope: Evening, Michelangelo. I want to talk to you about this painting of yours, The Last Supper. I'm not happy about it.::Michelangelo: Oh, dear. It took me hours.::The Pope: Not happy at all.::Michelangelo: Is it the jello you don't like?::The Pope: No.::Michelangelo: It does add a bit of colour, doesn't it. Oh, I know, you don't like the kangaroo.::The Pope: What kangaroo?::Michelangelo: No problem, I'll paint him out.::The Pope: I never saw a kangaroo.::Michelangelo: Uh, he's right at the back. No sweat, I'll make him into a disciple. All right?::The Pope: That's the problem.::Michelangelo: What is?::The Pope: The disciples.::Michelangelo: Are they too Jewish? I made Judas the most Jewish.::The Pope: No, it's just that there are 28 of them.
First Bruce: We find your American beer like making love in a canoe. It's fucking close to water.
Husband: It's the Bishop of Leicester.::Wife: How do you know?::Husband: Tattooed on the back of his neck. I think I'd better call the police.::Wife: Shouldn't you call the church?::Son: Call the Church Police.::Husband: Good idea.
Customer: I'd like to have an argument please.
Flying minstrel: I've got two legs, from my hips to the ground / And when I move them, they walk around / And when I lift them, they climb the stairs / And when I shave them, they ain't got hairs.
Barrister 1: I did my whole, "Serious offense" bit and then I waggled me wig!::Husband: You did what?::Barrister 1: I waggled me wig!
Yorkshireman 1: Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad would kill us, and dance about on our graves.::Yorkshireman 2: But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya'.