And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself
by Bruce Beresford
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Actor: Alan Arkin, Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Jim BroadbentDirector: Bruce Beresford
Brand: HBO HOME VIDEO
Writer: Larry Gelbart
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Unknown
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 92123
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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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
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Summary: 5 Stars
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, if you are not intrerested very much in the history or Mexico or film making beyond the technical aspects then this may not grab you. It does not follow tightly the usual formula for suspense and drama in action storytelling. It is not an ordinary action flick or western.
The actual silent film that was made during the revolution about and including Villa, the most expensive film ever made up to that time, has been lost, as have been so many early films. So if you have a serious interest in history you will understand that the details in the film cannot stand for a documentary. There has to be a lot of fill-in and interpretation. Anyone with a serious interest in history will want to use the film as a yeast starter and go out and gather their own ingredients from academic sources and come up with their own best approximation of how this astonishing project back during the revolution might have played out in detail. There are a lot of good leads in the commentary as to the actual detailed facts of the project. For me this was a must.
If you happen to be interested in how films distort reality and heros, this is a very interesting back story that the film develops and this includes some moral dilemmas.Again, the commentary is very interesting here.
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THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF HOW MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY PANCHO VILLAALLOWED A HOLLYWOOD CREW TO FILM HIM IN BATTLE, ALTERING THECOURSE OF FILM & MILITARY HISTORY IN THE PROCESS.Bestsellers in DVD
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