Che: Part One

Che: Part One (2008)

Timing: 2:14 (134 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2008-09-05

Country

France, Spain, United States

Production

Morena Films, Wild Bunch, Telecinco Cinema, Ministerio de Cultura, Laura Bickford Productions

Genre

Drama, History, War

Budget

$35 000 000

Revenue

$1 731 665

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Director

Steven Soderbergh

Actors

Benicio del Toro, Demián Bichir, Santiago Cabrera, Vladimir Cruz, Alfredo de Quesada, Jsu Garcia, Kahlil Méndez, Elvira Mínguez, Andres Munar, Julia Ormond
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Scenario

Producer

Benicio del Toro, Laura Bickford, Pilar Benito, Silvana Paternostro, Vincent Maraval, Álvaro Augustin, Belén Atienza, Brahim Chioua, Gregory Jacobs, Philip Elway

Operator

Steven Soderbergh

Composer

Alberto Iglesias

Artist

Ezra Buenrostro, Lizzie Cuello Gebetsberger

Audition

Mary Vernieu, Eva Leira, J.C. Cantu

Editing

Pablo Zumárraga, Toni Novella, Carlos 'Búho' Tames
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• Benicio del Toro suggested Ryan Gosling for the role of Benigno "Ben" Ramirez. In preparation for the role, Gosling met the real-life counterpart of his character and learned to speak a little Spanish, however, excessively long preparation for filming ultimately forced him to leave the project.
• In one scene, Che snatches a bazooka from a comrade and demolishes the barracks with his first shot. Initially, it was planned that Che would first miss and only hit the barracks on the second attempt, but daylight was running out, and the cinematographer convinced director Steven Soderbergh to remove the "wild shot" from the script.
• The scenes with Che in the UN building were filmed two years before the start of principal photography. Producer Laura Bickford found out that the building was going to be renovated and organized the filming of Che Guevara's speech. These are the only scenes in the entire film that were shot on 16mm film; everything else was shot digitally.
• Initially, the plot, limited to Che's attempts to start a revolution in Bolivia, was being filmed by Terrence Malick, but he left the project due to funding problems, and Steven Soderbergh eventually took his place as director.
• Scenes with Che in the UN building were filmed two years before the start of principal photography. Producer Laura Bickford learned that the building was scheduled for renovation and organized the filming of Che Guevara’s speech. These are the only scenes in the entire film shot on 16mm film; all other footage was shot using digital cameras.
• Benicio del Toro suggested Ryan Gosling for the role of Benigno “Ben” Ramirez. In preparation for the role, Gosling met with the character’s real-life counterpart and learned some Spanish, but excessively lengthy preparation for filming ultimately forced him to leave the project.
• In one scene, Che grabs a bazooka from a comrade and destroys a barracks with his first shot. Initially, it was planned that Che would first miss and hit the barracks only on the second attempt, but daylight was running out, and the cinematographer convinced director Steven Soderbergh to remove the miss from the script.