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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783125381
Feature: Antonio Banderas (Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) delivers a powerful, larger-than-life performance as the title character of this incredible true story of how Mexican Revolutionary, Pancho Villa, allowed a Hollywood crew to film him in battle, altering the course of film and military history in the process. The adventure gets its start when early movie giants D.W. Griffith (Colm Feore) and
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783125380
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Hbo Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
MPN: 92123
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 11, 2004
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 07, 2003
Features:- Antonio Banderas (Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) delivers a powerful, larger-than-life performance as the title character of this incredible true story of how Mexican Revolutionary, Pancho Villa, allowed a Hollywood crew to film him in battle, altering the course of film and military history in the process. The adventure gets its start when early movie giants D.W. Griffith (Colm Feore) and
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Antonio Banderas (Spy Kids Once Upon a Time in Mexico) delivers a powerful larger-than-life performance as the title character of this incredible true story of how Mexican Revolutionary Pancho Villa allowed a Hollywood crew to film him in battle altering the course of film and military history in the process. The adventure gets its start when early movie giants D.W. Griffith (Colm Feore) and Harry Aiken (Jim Broadbent) send a junior executive Frank Thayer (Eion Bailey) to Mexico to persuade the cash-strapped publicity-hungry Villa to let them film his revolution. Stepping into the literal crossfire Thayer's crew risks their lives in the mingling of fiction and reality. After a string of dangerous exploits narrow escapes and double-crosses worthy of a silent action short Thayer and Villa make their movie and "The Life of General Villa" is released in the U.S. to popular acclaim. The film changes the public opinion in Villa's favor and proves that "the lens is mightier than the sword."Running Time: 110 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359212321 Manufacturer No: 92123
Amazon.com:
A bizarre footnote from film history comes to life in And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, an ambitious made-for-HBO opus that casts a jaundiced eye on Hollywood and politics. It's based on truth: in 1913, a movie crew went to Mexico to film general Pancho Villa, who was in the middle of leading a revolution in his country. Screenwriter Larry Gelbart and director Bruce Beresford use this mind-boggling situation to measure various Hollywood absurdities, but also to comment on the way showbiz has bent reality to fit convenient, crowd-pleasing expectations. Antonio Banderas gets a full head of steam going as Villa; he's so much better than anybody else in the movie, he underscores the weak performances of the other leads. You get the impression there were so many good anecdotes about this production, the movie can't quite find a focus. Still, for aficionados of movie lore, it's an absorbing look back at truly wild days. --Robert Horton
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Such shame... such waste of time... such insult to history... to real people... such hollywood arrogance ... how much did this cost again???!!! I am sorry I can't even finish watching it...
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I am grateful for this film. It introduced me to a remarkable if not astonishing incident in film history and history in general -- but one that has become unknown. This film is quite adequate or solid in its acting and production values.
The writer/producer's commentary is in the top 10% with plenty of appropriate and thoughtful information on the subject itself instead of the usual hype and self congratulations and ha-ha-ha remember this and that.
On the other hand, ... Read More
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I read alot of westerns as well as watch western movies, so when I found this DVD on a $5.00 rack what could I lose?
Now, I have read a few books concerning Pancho Villa, finishing one at the moment by Frank O'Rourke entitled THUNDER IN THE SUN, but I do not know much of Pancho Villa, the man of history, so while this movie was very riveting, I cannot speak to much of its historical accuracy. I can, however, speak to its entertainment value and for me it was a very enjoyable ... Read More
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The movie meet my needs well. I was able to show my Spanish class a little of the history of a famous Mexican and allow them some fun in the process.
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This is a B grade movie for HBO that is not even up to that networks standards. Disclaimer at the start {this movie could have happened.......] does not cover the utter nonsense of this film.Yes Pancho Villa did cut a deal with a movie company to shoot his revolution and that is where this movie takes off in a blaze of BS. YES, antonio Banderas is handsome, spanish and swaggers around alot. YES, Pancho Villa was an amazing historical character that fought the repressive totalitarian regiems of Diaz and ... Read More
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