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{{for|the idiom|It takes two to tango}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Two to Tango
| name = Two to Tango
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| director = [[Héctor Olivera (film director)|Héctor Olivera]]
| director = [[Héctor Olivera (film director)|Héctor Olivera]]
| producer = [[Roger Corman]]<br>{{Interlanguage link multi|Alejandro Sessa|es}}
| producer = [[Roger Corman]]<br>[[Alejandro Sessa]]
| writer = [[Yolande Turner]]<br>[[José Pablo Feinmann]]<br>Beverly Gray (additional dialogue)
| writer = [[Yolande Turner]]<br>[[José Pablo Feinmann]]<br>Beverly Gray (additional dialogue)
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Últimos días de la víctima (novel)|Last Days of the Victim]]''|José Pablo Feinmann}}
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Últimos días de la víctima (novel)|Last Days of the Victim]]''|José Pablo Feinmann}}
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| cinematography = [[Leonardo Rodríguez Solís]]
| cinematography = [[Leonardo Rodríguez Solís]]
| editing = Eduardo López
| editing = Eduardo López
| studio = [[Aries Cinematográfica Argentina]]<br>[[Concorde-New Horizons]]<br>[[New Horizons Picture Corp|New Horizons Picture]]
| studio = [[Aries Cinematográfica Argentina]]<br>[[New Horizons Picture Corp|New Horizons Picture]]
| distributor = Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
| distributor = Aries Cinematográfica Argentina<br>[[Concorde Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1989|2|1|df=yes}}
| released = {{Film date|1989|2|1|df=yes}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
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'''''Two to Tango''''', also known as '''''Matar es morir un poco''''' ({{lang-en|"To Kill is To Die a Little"}}), is a 1989 American-[[Cinema of Argentina|Argentine]] [[suspense film]] directed by [[Héctor Olivera (film director)|Héctor Olivera]] and based on the classic novel ''[[Últimos días de la víctima (novel)|Last Days of the Victim]]'' by [[José Pablo Feinmann]], who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was one in a number of ten movies [[Roger Corman]] produced in Argentina during the 1980s.<ref name="arg">[https://muse.jhu.edu/article/170449 Falicov, Tamara L. "U.S.-Argentine Co-productions, 1982-1990: Roger Corman, Aries Productions, "Schlockbuster" Movies, and the International Market." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, vol. 34 no. 1, 2004, pp. 31-38. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/flm.2004.0015]</ref><ref>Videos good antidote to Valentine sentiments: [Final Edition]. Levy, Joanne. Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]12 Feb 1989: E3.</ref>
'''''Two to Tango''''', also known as '''''Matar es morir un poco''''' ({{lang-en|"To Kill is To Die a Little"}}), is a 1989 American-[[Cinema of Argentina|Argentine]] [[suspense film]] directed by [[Héctor Olivera (film director)|Héctor Olivera]] and based on the novel ''[[Últimos días de la víctima (novel)|Last Days of the Victim]]'' by [[José Pablo Feinmann]], who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was one in a number of ten movies [[Roger Corman]] produced in Argentina during the 1980s.<ref name="arg">[https://muse.jhu.edu/article/170449 Falicov, Tamara L. "U.S.-Argentine Co-productions, 1982-1990: Roger Corman, Aries Productions, "Schlockbuster" Movies, and the International Market." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, vol. 34 no. 1, 2004, pp. 31-38. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/flm.2004.0015]</ref><ref>Videos good antidote to Valentine sentiments: [Final Edition]. Levy, Joanne. Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]12 Feb 1989: E3.</ref>


==Synopsis==
==Plot==
A [[Hitman|professional assassin]] who does not wish to continue as such receives an order from his employer (a mysterious "Company") to kill one last target in [[Buenos Aires]]. While completing this task, he falls in love with the lover of his future victim, to whom he proposes fleeing to Nepal together. But suddenly everything gets complicated.
A [[hitman]] who wishes to leave his line of work is tasked by his agency with killing one final target in [[Buenos Aires]], but the situation becomes complicated when he falls in love with his target's lover and asks her to flee to [[Nepal]] with him.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==Production==
==Production==
The film was based on the classic novel ''[[Últimos días de la víctima (novel)|Ultimas dias de la victima]]'', by Argentine screenwriter, philosopher and novelist [[Jose Pablo Feinmann]]. The book was adapted as a movie for the first time in the Argentinian film ''[[Últimos días de la víctima (film)|Últimos días de la víctima]]'' (1982).
The film was based on the novel ''[[Últimos días de la víctima (novel)|Ultimas dias de la victima]]'', by Argentine screenwriter, philosopher and novelist [[Jose Pablo Feinmann]]. The book was adapted as a movie for the first time in the Argentinian film ''[[Últimos días de la víctima (film)|Últimos días de la víctima]]'' (1982).


The story was totally rewritten by a U.S. screenwriter, Yolanda Finch ([[Yolande Turner]]), together with Feinmann, for a North American audience.<ref name="arg"/>
The story was totally rewritten by a U.S. screenwriter, Yolanda Finch ([[Yolande Turner]]), together with Feinmann, for a North American audience.<ref name="arg"/>
==Receptiopn==

''Variety'' called it "uneven".<ref>{{cite book|year=1991|title=Variety's film reviews 1989-1990|publisher=R.R. Bowker|chapter=Two to Tango|page=22 February 1989|isbn=978-0-8352-3089-6 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/varietysfilmrevi0021unse/page/n53/mode/1up?}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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For the idiom, see It takes two to tango.
Two to Tango
Directed byHéctor Olivera
Written byYolande Turner
José Pablo Feinmann
Beverly Gray (additional dialogue)
Based onLast Days of the Victim
by José Pablo Feinmann
Produced byRoger Corman
Alejandro Sessa
StarringDon Stroud
Adrianne Sachs
Duilio Marzio
Michael Cavanaugh
Alberto Segado
CinematographyLeonardo Rodríguez Solís
Edited byEduardo López
Music byÓscar Cardozo Ocampo
Production
companies
Distributed byAries Cinematográfica Argentina
Concorde Pictures
Release date
  • 1 February 1989 (1989-02-01)
Running time
87 minutes
CountriesArgentina
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Two to Tango, also known as Matar es morir un poco (English: "To Kill is To Die a Little"), is a 1989 American-Argentine suspense film directed by Héctor Olivera and based on the novel Last Days of the Victim by José Pablo Feinmann, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was one in a number of ten movies Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s.[1][2]

Plot

A hitman who wishes to leave his line of work is tasked by his agency with killing one final target in Buenos Aires, but the situation becomes complicated when he falls in love with his target's lover and asks her to flee to Nepal with him.

Cast

Production

The film was based on the novel Ultimas dias de la victima, by Argentine screenwriter, philosopher and novelist Jose Pablo Feinmann. The book was adapted as a movie for the first time in the Argentinian film Últimos días de la víctima (1982).

The story was totally rewritten by a U.S. screenwriter, Yolanda Finch (Yolande Turner), together with Feinmann, for a North American audience.[1]

Receptiopn

Variety called it "uneven".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Falicov, Tamara L. "U.S.-Argentine Co-productions, 1982-1990: Roger Corman, Aries Productions, "Schlockbuster" Movies, and the International Market." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, vol. 34 no. 1, 2004, pp. 31-38. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/flm.2004.0015
  2. ^ Videos good antidote to Valentine sentiments: [Final Edition]. Levy, Joanne. Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]12 Feb 1989: E3.
  3. ^ "Two to Tango". Variety's film reviews 1989-1990. R.R. Bowker. 1991. p. 22 February 1989. ISBN 978-0-8352-3089-6.
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