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Mood:
- Captivating
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Plot:
- Obsessive QuestRebelliousnessFriendshipFilmmakingRevolutionCampaignHeroesState Affairs
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Genres:
- DramaAdventureHistoricalPeriod
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Place:
- Battle Zone
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Style:
- Surreal
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, 2003
English
USA
Profile of And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself can be described as captivating. The plot revolves around campaign, a revolution, and rebelliousness. The main genres are drama, adventure, and period. In terms of style, it is surreal. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a battlezone. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story.
Summary of And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Starring Antonio Banderas as the legendary Pancho Villa, Bruce Beresford's star-studded HBO production brings to life a truly surreal story. In the early 1900s, Villa, the enthusiastic Mexican revolutionary, was looking for a way to support his cause. Enter master filmmaker D.W. Griffith (Colm Feore), who was trying to take cinema to a whole new level. The resulting partnership resulted in the film THE LIFE OF GENERAL VILLA, a picture that bravely blurred the line between fiction and reality. In the process, Villa became a cultural sensation, giving both men the acclaim that they desperately seeked. Written by Larry Gelbart, AND STARRING PANCHO VILLA AS HIMSELF is another finely crafted HBO production.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 7 September 2003 |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
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as Pancho Villa
as Sam Drebben
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