In 'papa,' Hemingway Returns To Cuba Via The Silver Screen

Hemingway in Cuba opens Friday in U.S. theaters as the first full-length Hollywood feature filmed on the island since the 1959 Cuban Revolution, having wrapped even before Havana and Washington's historic announcement that they would restore diplomatic ties. "Hemingway left as the doors were closing, and left his beloved home of many, many years to come back to the states and die 18 months later," said Adrian Sparks, a veteran stage actor with a striking resemblance to the Nobel Prize-winning author he portrays in the movie, in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Papa" is the first feature with a Hollywood cast and director to be shot on the island, although there have been other productions such as Wim Wenders' 1999 documentary "Buena Vista Social Club. On the heels of "Papa" and the resumption of diplomatic ties, a number of U.S.