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  Evita (1996)
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan PerĂ³n, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Meryl Streep, Pia Zadora, Charo and Maria Conchita Alonso were considered for the role of Evita.
"Evita" is an opera, albeit a rock opera, in the true sense of the word -- there can't be fifty words of spoken dialogue in the entire movie.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0116250   (582 words)

  
  Filmtracks: Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
One of the major criticisms of Evita as a film was the fact that almost every moment of spoken word had to be incorporated into one of the musical's themes, with the actual few words of straight dialogue seeming completely out of place.
Evita in particular was an early Webber hit, and the styles you hear in its songs and score would be revised with greater impact in his subsequent hits.
From a life of poverty to one as the wife of Juan Peron, Argentina's president, Evita became, despite her vanity and manipulative behavior in real life, a fantastic character for romantic consumption by the mainstream.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/evita.html   (1658 words)

  
  Evita, the Swiss and the Nazis
Eva Peron, known as "Evita" by her adoring followers, was superficially on a trip to strengthen diplomatic, business and cultural ties between Argentina and important leaders of Europe.
Evita's first stop on her European tour was Spain, where Generalissimo Francisco Franco - her husband's model and mentor -- greeted her with all the dignified folderol of a head of state.
Through Evita's precise role in organizing the Nazi "ratlines" remains a bit fuzzy, her European tour connected the dots of the key figures in the escape network.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Global_Secrets_Lies/EvitaNazis.html   (3043 words)

  
 Eva: eva duarte de peron
Evita was venerated by the Argentine working class, mocked by the grandes dames of Buenos Aries society, and misunderstood by the military establishment.
Evita was born in the squalid village of Los Toldos in 1919, one of five illegitimate children her mother bore to Juan Duarte.
Evita ran off to Buenos Aries, the cultural mecca of Latin America, in company of a young tango singer (thought there is a lot of controversy over who she went with this theory is the most widely excepted version of her trip to Buenos Aries but not necessarily what i believe to be true).
www.evaperon.itgo.com /eva01.html   (1059 words)

  
 The Biography Channel - Eva (Evita) Peron Biography
Evita also had a high public profile, visiting factories and hospitals, and holding meetings with those whom she was trying to help.
Evita announced that she would be standing for vice-president in the 1951 election, on the same ticket as Peron.
Her candidacy was strongly opposed by the military and, while the old Evita might have stood up to this, her bad health, combined with the opposition, caused her to decline the nomination.
www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/596:0/Eva_Evita_Peron.htm   (523 words)

  
 Eva Peron Pathfinder
Evita had her critics as well, though, who saw her as an opportunist who used Perón as a way to gain power and wealth, who used the money she raised for charity for her own gain, and who flirted with fascism.
Certainly not a well-balanced or accurate depiction of Evita's life, but it is essential for the Evita scholar as it demonstrates the way she chose to portray herself to the world as well as provides a look at her fanatical Peronist doctrine.
Although the film version of Evita is a dramatic representation and not a documentary, it is of interest to the researcher because of its enormous role in the mythology of Evita in modern popular culture.
ils.unc.edu /~murrr/evita/evapath.html   (2392 words)

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