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Old Gringo (1989)
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6 October 1989 (USA)
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A woman inspired by a man of dreams swept into the arms of a general, and drawn into a worlds of danger.
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When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries...
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1 nomination
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Don't let the details kill a good story
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jane Fonda | ... | Harriet Winslow |
 | Gregory Peck | ... | Ambrose Bierce |
 | Jimmy Smits | ... | Gen. Tomas Arroyo |
 | Patricio Contreras | ... | Col. Frutos Garcia |
| Jenny Gago | ... | La Garduna |
 | Gabriela Roel | ... | La Luna |
 | Sergio Calderón | ... | Zacarias (as Sergio Calderon) |
| Guillermo Ríos | ... | Monsalvo (as Guillermo Rios) |
 | Jim Metzler | ... | Ron |
| Samuel Valadez De La Torre | ... | Consul Saunders |
| Anne Pitoniak | ... | Mrs. Winslow |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... | Pancho Villa (as Pedro Armendariz Jr.) |
| Stanley Grover | ... | Gen. Saunders |
| Josefina Echánove | ... | Clementina (as Josefina Echanove) |
 | Pedro Damián | ... | Capt. Ovando (as Pedro Damian) |
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Japan:120 min | USA:119 min
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According to the American Humane Association, the scene involving the shooting of General Arroyo's horse had no humane representative present but the AHA spoke with Gregory Peck, who was present during the entire filming of the scene. Peck described in great detail how the shocking effect was achieved, and assured the AHA that the horse, Twister, was not harmed. The AHA went to the California ranch where Twister is kept so that we could observe him recreate his specialty fall. Twister performed beautifully and is in excellent condition.
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Errors in geography: At the end of the movie as Harriet Winslow is crossing the Rio Grande, the river flows from right to left. If she were actually crossing the border from Mexico to America (northward), the river would flow from left to right (eastward).
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Gen. Tomas Arroyo:
Do you want to drink with me?
Ambrose Bierce: I thought you didn't drink.
Gen. Tomas Arroyo: Oh, I don't drink with the living. But tonight I come to visit the dead, to celebrate with them. Do you visit your dead ones, amigo?
Ambrose Bierce: No, but sometimes they come to visit me.
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Ambrose Bierce: I thought you didn't drink.
Gen. Tomas Arroyo: Oh, I don't drink with the living. But tonight I come to visit the dead, to celebrate with them. Do you visit your dead ones, amigo?
Ambrose Bierce: No, but sometimes they come to visit me.
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Referenced in From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999) (V)
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Gregory Peck's over the top performance and Jimmy Smits in over his head do not however destroy a good story. Jane Fonda truly loved this story but even she looks lost in the pages told. But just imagine the last days of Bitter as recounted here. Just picture the upheaval and pain so universally shared by any people in the throes of hell and in the midst, yeah corny, but in the midst of that pain, the universal tale of hope and love. Sacrifice for something bigger than yourself. A story teller must always moralize. Worth the watch. All romantics welcomed. (PS Note to director: There are light skin Mexicans (not me but others) - no need for the garish make-up - ugh.)