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Hector the Director.(Biography)
Hector Babenco pads quickly into his studio waiting room wearing black All Star high-tops, his unbuttoned pink dress shirt billowing behind him like a sail. His voice is raspy, thanks to a bad case of sinusitis that has him popping antibiotics "the size of torpedoes," he says. He could use another week in bed, but his new movie, "Carandiru," which is drawing record crowds in Brazil, has just been confirmed for the official competition at Cannes later this month. Reporters won't leave him alone, the distributor keeps calling and now some U.S. publicist is on the line and, it seems, getting bossy. "Don't get me wrong, I love America," says the Brazilian director, putting ...
- Taking Aim at Hollywood.(Hector Babenco)(Brief Article)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International November 19, 2001 700+ words
...long battle with cancer, Babenco, now 54, is back at work...killed in a 1992 police raid. Babenco recently spoke with NEWSWEEK...MARGOLIS: What is it like inside Latin America's biggest prison? BABENCO: It's unbearable, like...
- Daryl Hannah to Present Director Hector Babenco With Amnesty International's...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 12, 2004 700+ words
...Hannah co-starred in Babenco's 1991 critically acclaimed...acclaimed Brazilian director. Babenco is best known for such captivating...psyches and the horrors of Latin America's largest prison, culminating...police brutality in Brazil, Babenco's rendering is a monument...
- Los Angeles Premiere of Sony Pictures Classics' CARANDIRU to Open the Amnesty...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 11, 2004 700+ words
...brief program during which Babenco will receive the 2004 Artists...CARANDIRU Director: Hector Babenco. 2003. Brazil. 152 min...psyches and the horrors of Latin America's largest prison, culminating...police brutality in Brazil, Babenco's rendering is a monument...
- 'IRONWEED' ANOTHER LONGSHOT FOR BABENCO
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Michael Blowen, Globe Staff February 7, 1988 700+ words
...Woman" opened in 1985, director Hector Babenco was very nervous. His film adaptation...longshot to ever recoup its investment. Babenco spoke passionately of his four-year...movie about a fag in prison," he said. Babenco got the job done. William Hurt won an...
- Babenco back among prisoners; "Kiss of the Spider Woman's" director gives...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Strickler, Jeff June 6, 2004 700+ words
...the 10 years Brazilian filmmaker Hector Babenco spent battling cancer, the director of...couldn't even get off the couch," said Babenco, 58. "If it wasn't because I felt...stories they told him were fascinating," Babenco said. "I encouraged him to tape them...
- DIRECTOR HECTOR BABENCO SUFFERS HEART PALPITATIONS
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Michael Blowen, Globe Staff February 9, 1988 700+ words
Hector Babenco, Brazilian director of "Kiss of the...According to novelist William Kennedy, Babenco's friend and collaborator on "Ironweed...spoke to the director over the weekend, Babenco was on his way to the Sao Paulo airport...
- Disorderly behaviour; Will Self on film The badfellas aren't bad enough in...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) April 15, 2004 700+ words
...By coincidence, he also treated Hector Babenco for Hodgkinson's Lymphoma at this time...film director anecdotes about the jail. Babenco encouraged Varella to write them down...now, in turn, been adapted for film by Babenco. The director kicked off his career with...
- When Love Is Gone.(Arts)(Hector Babenco's The Past)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Margolis, Mac October 8, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Mac Margolis Hector Babenco's new film has him thinking about...three decades, film director Hector Babenco has been all over the map. Born in...Hurt an Oscar for best actor. Now Babenco returns to his native Argentina for...