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Copacabana

Copacabana

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 3, 1985

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Comedy, Music, Romance, TV Movie

User Score

68%

Original Title

Copacabana

Production Companies

Stiletto Entertainment, Dick Clark Productions

Director

Waris Hussein

Description

In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan's Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate steps in and she is swept to Havana to work in a splashy nightclub act where she is convinced she will find her stardom. Instead, she finds Rico, a suave gangster and the club owner.