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Article: The finder of "The Lost City": after 16 years of trying to gain Hollywood support for his film about the Cuban Revolution, actor/director Andy Garcia takes comfort in knowing that his vision is finally coming to the big screen.(THE ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST)
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- Latino Leaders
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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Meeting fascinating people like Andy Garcia is always a welcome and exciting experience. A dedicated actor who now as a director is just as passionate about his craft, Andy has an engaging air to him that makes him easy to talk to, easy to approach. We met in Burbank at a preview of his directorial debut, the new film "The Lost City, and again chatted a few clays later about his life, love and work.
"It took me about 16 years to get it [The Lost City] into pre-production," he says on this lovely Los Angeles afternoon. "It was a difficult type of material to get any support for. The traditional channels of distribution did not want to distribute the film. The ...