Before Night Falls (film)

Before Night Falls
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJulian Schnabel
Screenplay by
  • Lázaro Gómez Carriles
  • Cunningham O'Keefe
  • Julian Schnabel
Based on
Produced byJon Kilik
Starring
Cinematography
  • Xavier Pérez Grobet
  • Guillermo Rosas
Edited byMichael Berenbaum
Music byCarter Burwell
Production
company
Grandview Pictures[1]
Distributed byFine Line Features[1]
Release dates
  • September 3, 2000 (2000-09-03) (Venice)
  • September 14, 2000 (2000-09-14) (TIFF)
  • December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22) (United States)
Running time
133 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish[1]
Budget$20 million[2]
Box office$8.5 million[3]

Before Night Falls is a 2000 American biographical drama film directed by Julian Schnabel. The film is based on both the autobiography of the same name by Reinaldo Arenas—published in English in 1993[4]—as well as Jana Boková's 1990 documentary Havana.

The screenplay was co-written by Schnabel, Lázaro Gómez Carriles and Cunningham O'Keefe. The film stars Javier Bardem (his international film debut, and who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor), Johnny Depp, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Santiago Magill and Michael Wincott. The film had its world premiere at the 57th Venice International Film Festival.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Before Night Falls". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
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  4. ^ Before Night Falls cinetropic.com.