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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself poster
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
16
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 100 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A film about the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa agreeing to let a Hollywood film crew document his battles. The movie shows the making of a propaganda film and the strange alliance between the bandit leader and the American filmmakers.

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What happens

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself is a 2003 American Western biographical drama television film directed by Bruce Beresford, written by Larry Gelbart, and starring Antonio Banderas as Pancho Villa. The cast also includes Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent, Michael McKean, Eion Bailey, and Alexa Davalos. It premiered on HBO on September 7, 2003. Executive producer Joshua D. Maurer, who originally conceived the story and did extensive research, sold the project to HBO and then brought on executive producer Mark Gordon and hired Gelbart to write the screenplay. At the time of production, this was the most expensive 2-hour television/cable film ever made, with a budget of over $30 million. It was shot almost entirely on location in and around San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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