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Desperado
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Desperado is a 1995 American action, crime, and thriller film directed, written, produced, and edited by Robert Rodriguez. The cast includes Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, and Joaquim de Almeida. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Los Hooligans Productions, with cinematography by Guillermo Navarro and music by Tito Larriva. It is part of the Mexico Trilogy and was filmed in Mexico, where its narrative is also set. The original languages are English and Spanish.
The movie has a runtime of 104 minutes and was released on August 25, 1995. It was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format. The film’s main subject is revenge. It received a rating of 7.1 on IMDb based on 208,639 votes and a vote average of 6.935 on TMDb from 3,129 votes. The production budget was $7,000,000, and it generated $25,405,445 in revenue.
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6.9El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
Cast
- Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Carolina
- Joaquim de Almeida as Bucho
- Steve Buscemi as Buscemi
- Cheech Marin as Short Bartender
- Carlos Gómez as Right Hand
Themes
- gunslinger
- showdown
- mexico
- ambush
- hitman
- guitar
- anti terror
- bartender
- revenge
- tragic hero
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Rodriguez
- Written by
- Robert Rodriguez
- Produced by
- Robert Rodriguez Bill Borden
- Starring
- Antonio Banderas Joaquim de Almeida Salma Hayek Steve Buscemi Cheech Marin Quentin Tarantino
- Cinematography
- Guillermo Navarro
- Edited by
- Robert Rodriguez
- Music by
- Los Lobos
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures , Los Hooligans Productions
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- August 25, 1995 ( 1995-08-25 )
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Spanish
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $58 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Desperado is a 1995 American neo-Western action film written, co-produced, edited, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. A sequel to El Mariachi (1993) and it is the second installment of Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy. It stars Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi, who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover. The film was screened out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
Desperado grossed $58 million worldwide, and received mixed to positive reviews. Co-starring Salma Hayek, it has been cited as her breakout role in anglophonic American film.
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