Product Details

• Actors: Johnny Ventura, Celia Cruz, Grupo Niche, Los Toros Band, Frank Reyes
• Directors: Jose Delio Ares García
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, Full length, Full Screen, Surround Sound, NTSC
• Language: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Ares Multimedia
• DVD Release Date: November 1, 2005
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BU0C48
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,601 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #82 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Dominican Republic

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overall Disappointing - Could Have Been Outstanding, August 8, 2009

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CG (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 45 Aniversario: Johnny Ventura (DVD)

Here is the list of artists and selected songs:

Me Libere - Los Hermanos Rosario
Ajena - Frank Reyes
Los Reyes Del Carnaval - Los Reyes del Mambo
Enamorado - Los Toros Band
El Disco Rayado - Los Potros
Juliana - Cuco Valoy
Gringo Muere De Dolor - El Gringo de la Bachata
Sola - Kinito Mendez
Baila en la Calle - Fernando Villalona
En Tus Mandos - Milly Quezada
Mosaico Cachimo - Johnny Ventura
Gotas de Lluvia - Grupo Niche
Me Libere - El Gran Combo
Trampolin - El Gran Combo y Johnny Ventura
Mosaico de Salsas
La Vida es Carnaval - Celia Cruz
Guantanamera - Celia Cruz, Jose Alberto y Johnny Ventura

As you can see it is an excellent collection of artists and songs. The performances are ok. Nothing special. A few dancers here and there and some fireworks towards the end. The camera tends to wander around a bit and often focuses too much on the crowd instead of the performers.

No special features and no widescreen. You do have the option to choose between Stereo and 5.1...however that doesn't seem to matter much as the biggest issue with this DVD is that the sound quality is horrible. I'd probably say that the quality of the audio is somewhere between that of AM and FM radio.

I greatly enjoy Merengue, Bachata and Salsa. But this DVD is disappointing! And that's simply because of the poor audio quality. My recommendation: look for a different DVD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Sample of Spanish-Caribbean Music Talent, December 25, 2008

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Jasmin (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 45 Aniversario: Johnny Ventura (DVD)

This video is an excellent sample of Spanish-Caribbean music. All the performers gave their best to thrilled us with salsa, merengue, bachata, and an unforgetable performance by Celia Cruz, Johnny Ventura, and Jose Alberto "El Canario". A great addition to any collection of dance music and entertaining.

5.0 out of 5 stars Temendo!!, February 22, 2010

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Jose A. Santiago (Ponce, Puerto Rico United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 45 Aniversario: Johnny Ventura (DVD)

Me encanto este DVD en especial la presencia de Celia Cruz en una de sus ultimas presentaciones.