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Release Date:
12 September 2003 (USA) moreTagline:
The Time Has Come.Plot:
Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(46 articles)
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Muy caliente! more (463 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Antonio Banderas | ... | El Mariachi | |
| Salma Hayek | ... | Carolina | |
| Johnny Depp | ... | Sands | |
| Mickey Rourke | ... | Billy | |
| Eva Mendes | ... | Ajedrez | |
| Danny Trejo | ... | Cucuy | |
| Enrique Iglesias | ... | Lorenzo | |
| Marco Leonardi | ... | Fideo | |
| Cheech Marin | ... | Belini | |
| Rubén Blades | ... | Jorge FBI | |
| Willem Dafoe | ... | Barillo | |
| Gerardo Vigil | ... | Marquez | |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... | El Presidente (as Pedro Armendariz) | |
| Julio Oscar Mechoso | ... | Advisor | |
| Tito Larriva | ... | Cab Driver |
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Rated R for strong violence, and for language.Parents Guide:
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102 min | Italy:101 min (Venice Film Festival)Country:
USAColor:
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1.78 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Norway:18 (original rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Poland:18 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (#38421)Fun Stuff
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The role of Sands was originally intended for George Clooney. When he was unavailable, Robert Rodriguez considered Kurt Russell, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, and Nicolas Cage before deciding on Johnny Depp. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Lorenzo is practicing shooting, he takes his brother's bottle of alcohol and places it on the wall to shoot. The drunk picks the bottle up, and while he holds it, Lorenzo shoots it. They cut away to show Lorenzo, and when they cut back to the brother holding the bottle, the bottle has broken differently, and had a label. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Agent Sands: I never heard of him.
Belini: Who?
Agent Sands: The man you recommended.
Belini: The guitar fighter?
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La Culebra moreFAQ
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (2003) *** Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek, Mickey Rourke, Ruben Blades, Eva Mendes, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Gerardo Vigil, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Julio Oscar Mechoso, Tito Larriva. Wunderkind Robert Rodriguez' grand finale - Sergio Leone-style - of his South of the Border trilogy of El Mariachi, the lone assassin for hire cum renegade (Banderas once again) who is out for revenge (natch) for the murder of his beloved (the achingly gorgeous Hayek in flashbacks) while being hired' by gonzo-crazed CIA man Depp (in Walken mode) involving a corrupt federale (the heavenly femme fatale Mendes), a retired FBI agent (Blades) and a nasty presidente-wanna-be madman (Dafoe in heavy bronzer) resulting in a digital bloodbath with flying corpses, gravity defying stunts (and women to boot!) and much tongue-thru-cheek take-no-prisoners guerilla filmmaking Rodriguez has made a trademark for (writing, chopping' and directing) with more of the same to the nth degree. Bloody good carnage and suspension of disbelief should be checked at the door. And for the record: that is Rourke's own Chihuahua.