Directed by:
Bruce BeresfordScreenplay:
Larry GelbartCinematography:
Peter JamesCast:
Antonio Banderas, Matt Day, Colm Feore, Alexa Davalos, Anthony Head, Kyle Chandler, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Michael McKean (more)VOD (5)
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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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Antonio Banderas
Spain
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Matt Day
Australia
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Colm Feore
USA
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Alexa Davalos
France
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Anthony Head
UK
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Kyle Chandler
USA
Best movies:
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Mexico
Best movies:
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Columbo (1971) (series)
Eion Bailey
USA
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
Almost Famous (2000)
Mindhunters (2004)
Alan Arkin
USA
Best movies:
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Michael McKean
USA
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Jim Broadbent
UK
Best movies:
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Damián Alcázar
Mexico
Best movies:
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Men with Guns (1997)
Fernando Becerril
Best movies:
The Thin Yellow Line (2015)
Ravenous (1999)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Jorge Jimenez
Best movies:
Blow (2001)
Illégal (2010)
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV movie)
Peter Gregory
Best movies:
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