The Legend of Zorro (2005)

Director:

Martin Campbell

Writers (WGA):

Roberto Orci (screenplay) &
Alex Kurtzman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

28 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Western

Tagline:

This Fall, adventure begins with a Z.

Plot:

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega (Banderas) -- and his wife, Elena (Zeta-Jones) -- to take action.

Plot Keywords:

Zorro | California | Hero | Fight | Mask

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Alberto Reyes	...	Brother Ignacio
Julio Oscar Mechoso	...	Frey Felipe
Gustavo Sánchez Parra	...	Guillermo Cortez
Adrian Alonso	...	Joaquin de la Vega
Nick Chinlund	...	Jacob McGivens
Giovanna Zacarías	...	Blanca Cortez (as Giovanna Zacarias)
Carlos Cobos	...	Tabulador
Antonio Banderas	...	Don Alejandro de la Vega / Zorro
Michael Emerson	...	Harrigan
Shuler Hensley	...	Pike
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Governor Riley (as Pedro Armendariz)
Mary Crosby	...	Governor's Wife
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Elena de la Vega
Mauricio Bonet	...	Don Verdugo
Fernando Becerril	...	Don Diaz
Xavier Marc	...	Don Robau
Pepe Olivares	...	Phineas Gendler
Alexa Benedetti	...	Lupe
Tony Amendola	...	Father Quintero
Brandon Wood	...	Ricardo
Alejandro Galán	...	Constable (as Alejandro Galan)
Rufus Sewell	...	Armand
Leo Burmester	...	Col. Beauregard
Tina French	...	Peasant Woman
Rayo Rojas	...	Polo Attendant
Raúl Méndez	...	Ferroq (as Raúl Mendez)
Mar Carrera	...	Marie
Pedro Altamirano	...	Saloon Owner
Silverio Palacios	...	Head Jailer
Alfredo Ramírez	...	Guard
Juan Manuel Vilchis	...	Guard
Antonio Gallegos	...	Jail Guard
Phil Meheux	...	Lord Dillingham (as Philip Meheux)
Matthew Stirling	...	Stoker
Pedro Mira	...	Abraham Lincoln
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rowley Irlam	...	Sneering Man (uncredited)
Sol E. Romero	...	San Fransisco Lady (uncredited)
Valarie Trapp	...	Giselle (uncredited)

Directed by
Martin Campbell

Writing credits (WGA)
Roberto Orci		(screenplay) &
Alex Kurtzman		(screenplay)
Roberto Orci		(story) &
Alex Kurtzman		(story) and
Ted Elliott		(story) &
Terry Rossio		(story)
Johnston McCulley		(character)

Produced by
Gary Barber	....	executive producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	executive producer
John Gertz	....	co-producer
Marc Haimes	....	co-producer
Amy Lescoe	....	co-producer (as Amy Reid Lescoe)
Laurie MacDonald	....	producer
Walter F. Parkes	....	producer
Lloyd Phillips	....	producer
Olimpia Quintanilla	....	assistant unit producer
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Phil Meheux		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Stuart Baird

Casting by
Pam Dixon

Production Design by
Cecilia Montiel

Art Direction by
Tomas Owen
Kim Sinclair		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Jon Danniells

Costume Design by
Graciela Mazón

Makeup Department
Gerardo Perez Arreola	....	hair stylist
Ma. Teresa Chavez	....	key hair stylist: Mexico (as Maria Teresa Chavez)
Lourdes Delgado	....	key hair stylist: Mexico
Ken Diaz	....	makeup department head
Glen Eisner	....	makeup sculptor
Luis García	....	assistant makeup artist: Mexico
Karyn Huston	....	hair stylist: Ms. Zeta-Jones (as Karyn L. Huston)
Davina Lamont	....	special makeup effects artist
Fernando Legarreta	....	makeup artist
Raúl Sarmiento	....	makeup artist: Mexico
Amy Schmiederer	....	makeup artist: Ms. Zeta-Jones
Nena Smarz	....	makeup artist: Mr. Banderas (as Nena Smarz-O'Carroll)
Peter Tothpal	....	hair department head
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics (uncredited)
David Beneke	....	dental prosthetics (uncredited)
David Ruiz Gameros	....	key makeup artist: second unit (uncredited)
Carla Tinoco	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Aneta Cebula	....	production manager: second unit
Ian Hickinbotham	....	unit production manager
Eamon O'Farrill	....	unit manager: second unit
Anna Roth	....	unit production manager
Efrén Valladares	....	assistant production manager
Hugo Villa	....	unit manager
Gregor Wilson	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cristopher 'Choke' Correa	....	assistant director
Adrian Grunberg	....	first assistant director: Mexico
Manuel Hinojosa	....	first assistant director: second unit
Bernardo Jasso	....	second assistant director: second unit
Tim Lion	....	third assistant director: Mexico
Mauricio Lule	....	third assistant director: Mexico
John Mahaffie	....	second unit director
Dan Mansfield	....	second second assistant director: Mexico (as Daniel Mansfield)
Jamie Marshall	....	second assistant director
Bruce Moriarty	....	first assistant director
Stacy Perskie	....	second assistant director: Mexico
Michael Viglietta	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Luis Amezquita	....	greensman
Jesus J. Barba	....	model maker
Carlos Benassini	....	lead set designer
Pamela Borbolla	....	assistant art director
Curtis Corbitt	....	property master
Jill Cormack	....	on-set dresser
Pia Corti	....	painter
Joaquín de la Riva	....	set dressing assistant
Benjamin Edelberg	....	set designer
Franco Esile	....	lead man: reshoots
Jimmy Flores	....	propmaker gangboss
Collin Grant	....	storyboard artist
Ricardo M. Kaplan	....	art department coordinator
Philip Keller	....	storyboard artist
Neil Kirkland	....	construction coordinator
Michael Kocurek	....	propmaker gangboss
Ritchie Kremer	....	property master
Allan Lane	....	set dresser
Jorge León	....	set designer
Armando Lopez	....	set designer
Alejandra Martinez	....	scenic foreman
Iram I. Mendoza	....	set designer
Erick Monroy	....	set designer
Mily Moreno	....	set decoration coordinator
W. Rick Nichol	....	set designer
Armando Patino	....	graphic designer
Josh Patterson	....	greens supervisor
Monica Perez	....	assistant property master
Monica Perez	....	on-set propmaster
Laurel Pickering	....	lead painter
Moises Pineda	....	production buyer
Jeff Plauster	....	general foreman
Hector H. Rivera	....	set designer
Tomas Rodriguez Tovar	....	leadman (as Tomas Rodriguez)
Daniela Rojas	....	assistant set decorator
Jorge Sainz	....	sketch arts
Diego Sandoval	....	historical advisor to the art department
Ugo Serrano	....	weapons and props
John Stone	....	construction coordinator
Liz van den Berg	....	scenic foreman

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Bub Asman	....	supervising sound editor
Bill W. Benton	....	supervising sound mixer
Gaston Biraben	....	dialogue editor
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist
Ricardo Cabrera	....	cable person: sound
William Cawley	....	first assistant sound editor (as Bill Cawley)
John Chalfant	....	sound designer
Jeremiah Clifton	....	adr engineer
Fernando Cámara	....	production sound mixer
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
Teri E. Dorman	....	supervising dialogue editor
Michael Dressel	....	foley supervisor
Thomas Giordano	....	boom operator: additional photography Los Angeles
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jason W. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Suhail Kafity	....	sound effects editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Jason King	....	sound effects editor
Tateum Kohut	....	sound re-recording mixer
Linda Lew	....	foley editor
Howard London	....	adr mixer
Melissa Lytle	....	assistant sound editor
Steve Mann	....	sound effects editor
Alan Robert Murray	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin Murray	....	assistant sound editor
Timothy Nielsen	....	additional sound designer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
James Simcik	....	supervising adr editor
Fred Stafford	....	adr editor
Shawn Sykora	....	foley editor
Nancy Tracy	....	assistant adr editor
David Wolowic	....	assistant sound editor
Samuel C. Crutcher	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Michael Clarke	....	special effects technician (as Michael J. Clarke)
Antonio Cornejo	....	special effects technician: Mexico (as Carlos Antonio Cornejo)
Joe Digaetano	....	special effects technician
Jason Docherty	....	workshop supervisor: Weta Workshop
Jesus G. Duran	....	special effects coordinator: Mexico (as Chucho Duran)
Adrián Durán	....	special effects technician: Mexico
Fermín Durán	....	special effects technician: Mexico
Jeff Frink	....	special effects technician
Steve Galich	....	special effects coordinator: second unit
Scott Garcia	....	special effects technician
Sergio Gomez	....	special effects technician: Mexico
David Griffiths	....	miniatures: Weta Workshop
Sven Harens	....	miniatures
Luke Hawker	....	mold maker
Steve Ingram	....	special effects supervisor: miniatures unit, Weta Workshop
Sergio Jara Jr.	....	special effects assistant
Sergio Jara	....	special effects coordinator: second unit (as Sergio Jara Sr.)
Dagan Jurd	....	pyrotechnician
Kevin McTurk	....	miniatures
Gayle Munro	....	production manager: Weta Workshop
Joe Nolan	....	first assistant director: miniatures unit, Weta Workshop
Roger Porteous	....	special effects technician (as Roger J. Porteous)
Tania Rodger	....	workshop manager: Weta Workshop
David Simmons	....	special effects technician (as David L. Simmons)
Garth Steinheimer	....	special effects assistant
R. Bruce Steinheimer	....	special effects supervisor (as Bruce Steinheimer)
Richard Taylor	....	miniature train designer: Weta Workshop
Richard Taylor	....	miniatures designer & supervisor: Weta Workshop
Rick Thompson	....	first unit supervisor
Rick Thompson	....	special effects coordinator (as Richard L. Thompson)
Brian Van't Hul	....	effects consultant: Weta Workshop
Paul Verrall	....	special effects supervisor
Matt Ward	....	miniatures model maker
Chris Wolters	....	sword smith: Sword and Stone
Jeremy Shaw	....	miniatures (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Andrea Adams	....	animator: Peerless
Stella Ampatzi	....	digital compositor
Stella Ampatzi	....	digital paint artist: Peerless
Richard Bain	....	senior compositor: Peerless
Nick Bedford	....	digital effects coordinator: Peerless
Richard Bluck	....	miniature director of photography: Weta Workshop
Martin Body	....	senior rotoscope artist: Peerless
Jim Bowers	....	digital matte painter: Peerless
Mark Bradley	....	production assistant
David C. Bryant	....	CGI artist: Digiscope (as David Bryant)
Duncan Burbidge	....	assistant digital effects producer: Peerless
Marco Carpagnano	....	animator: Peerless
Lawrence Carroll	....	compositing supervisor: Digiscope
Marcus Carter	....	composite artist: Digiscope
Paul Charisse	....	senior animator
Andrew Cochrane	....	CGI artist: Digiscope
Mike Connolly	....	digital compositor
Brian Corpus	....	technical operations manager: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Christine Cram	....	digital paint artist: Peerless
Enid Dalkoff	....	composite artist: Digiscope
Amit Dhawal	....	composite artist: Digiscope
John Paul Docherty	....	digital effects supervisor (as Paul Docherty)
Clare Johanna Downie	....	administrator: Peerless
Ditch Doy	....	head of CG: Peerless Camera Company
Miller Drake	....	visual effects editor
Raffaele Fragapane	....	lead technical director: Peerless
Fortunato Frattasio	....	compositing supervisor: Digiscope
James French	....	technician
Anthony Fung	....	visual effects artist
Lorna Gusner	....	composite artist: Digiscope
Ed Hall	....	production assistant
Dion Hatch	....	digital visual effects supervisor: Digiscope
Dion Hatch	....	visual effects supervisor: Digiscope
Ben Hicks	....	digital compositor: Peerless
Katie Houston	....	administrator
Kent Houston	....	visual effects supervisor
Jack Hughes	....	digital compositor: Peerless
Dennis Jones	....	digital compositor: Peerless
Marc Jouveneau	....	digital compositor: Peerless
Patrick Keenan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Andrew Kingston	....	systems administrator: Peerless
Diane Kingston	....	digital effects producer: Peerless
Ryan Kirkwood	....	CGI artist: Digiscope
Patrick Ledda	....	lead technical director: Peerless
Fabio Leporelli	....	animator: Peerless
Fabio Leporelli	....	lead technical director
Dave Lo	....	modeler
Mark Alan Loso	....	composite artist: Digiscope (as Mark Loso)
Charlie Lovett	....	animator: Peerless
Sarah MacKenzie	....	administrator
Sarah Marchant	....	digital paint artist: Peerless
Stuart McAra	....	visual effects producer
Ian McFadyen	....	animator: Peerless
Ian McFadyen	....	digital effects artist
Mike McGuinness	....	animator: Peerless
Matt Merkovich	....	CGI supervisor: Digiscope
Kevin Moseley	....	composite artist: Digiscope
Danny Mudgett	....	composite artist: Digiscope
Eoin Murphy	....	animator: Peerless
Thomas Müller	....	visual effects artist: Peerless
John O'Lone	....	digital compositor: Peerless
Tim Ollive	....	CG artist
Tim Ollive	....	animator: Peerless
Rob Ozaeta	....	composite artist: Digiscope
Antoinette Perez	....	digital effects producer: Digiscope
Simon Pickard	....	animator: Peerless
Michael Plescia	....	composite artist: Digiscope
Terron Pratt	....	visual effects production coordinator: Digiscope
Brennan Prevatt	....	compositing supervisor: Digiscope
Janet Quen	....	senior compositor: Peerless
Paul Round	....	senior compositor: Peerless
Sean Rourke	....	visual effects editor: Digiscope
Marianne Speight	....	digital effects coordinator: Peerless
Mark Spevick	....	animator: Peerless
Mark Spevick	....	digital effects artist
Christopher Stack	....	imaging supervisor: Digiscope
Tom Stanton	....	CGI artist: Digiscope (as Thomas Stanton)
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	visual effects producer: Digiscope (as Mary Stuart)
John Swinnerton	....	senior compositor: Peerless
Craig Sylvester	....	CGI artist: Digiscope
Greg Szafranski	....	CGI artist: Digiscope
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Emeline Tedder	....	digital compositor: Peerless
Vincent Thomas	....	CG artist
Vincent Thomas	....	animator: Peerless
James D. Tittle	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title
Marc Twinam-Cauchi	....	CG artist
Marc Twinam-Cauchi	....	animator: Peerless
Brian White	....	CGI artist: Digiscope
Brian White	....	digital effects artist
John Whitlock	....	senior rotoscope artist: Peerless
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Gerardo Albarrán	....	stunts: Mexico (as Gerardo Moreno)
Daniel Arrias	....	stunts
Teresa Arteaga	....	stunts: Mexico
Omar Ayala	....	stunts: Mexico
Mark Brooks	....	stunts
Keith Campbell	....	stunts
Dino Dos Santos	....	stunt double: Antonio Banderas
Dino Dos Santos	....	stunts
Daniel Díaz	....	stunts: Mexico
Raúl Gaher	....	stunts: Mexico
Miguel García	....	stunts: Mexico (as Miguel Angel Garcia)
Leonardo Godinez	....	stunts: Mexico
Arturo Godínez	....	stunts: Mexico
Eduardo Gomez	....	stunts: Mexico
Tomás Guzmán	....	stunts: Mexico
Mark Henson	....	stunts (as Franklin Henson)
Rob Inch	....	stunts (as Robert A. Inch)
Rowley Irlam	....	stunts
Theo Kypri	....	stunts
Javier Lambert	....	stunts: Mexico
Bobby Lovgren	....	stunts (as Trevor Bobby Lovgren)
Arturo Marroquin	....	stunts: Mexico
Mauricio Martínez	....	stunts: Mexico
Gabriela Moreno	....	stunts: Mexico
Gary Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Adrian Rivera	....	stunts: Mexico
Mitchell Rivet	....	stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts
Kevin Sauer	....	stunts
Paul Shapcott	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Paul A. Shapcott)
Paul Shapcott	....	stunt double
Darren Sharpe	....	stunts
Mike Smith	....	stunts
Gerardo Soublette	....	stunts: Mexico (as Gerardo Soublete)
Ronn Surels	....	stunts
Steve Tartalia	....	stunts
Brent Woolsey	....	stunts
Armando Zamarripa	....	stunts: Mexico
Daniel Andrews	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Nicola Berwick	....	stunt double: Catherine Zeta Jones (uncredited)
Keith Campbell	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Shaughan Campbell	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Ben Cooke	....	stunt double: Rufus Sewell (uncredited)
Levan Doran	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Clinton Elvey	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Dusan Hyska	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Rob Inch	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Theo Kypri	....	stunt double: Antonio Banderas (uncredited)
Bobby Lovgren	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Paul Lowe	....	stunt double: Adrian Alonso (uncredited)
John Reynolds	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Diz Sharpe	....	stunts and stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Pablo Berti	....	assistant camera: aditional crew
Víctor Camacho	....	video assist operator
Andrew Cooper	....	still photographer
Jean Courteau	....	chief lighting technician
Kevin Fraser	....	dolly grip
Leigh Gold	....	first assistant camera
Luis Enrique Granados	....	video assist
Samuel R. Harrison III	....	video assist operator
Dion Hartley	....	best boy: miniature unit
Edgar Hurtado	....	second assistant camera
Juan Carlos Lazo	....	gaffer: second unit
John Mahaffie	....	director of photography: second unit
Cameron McLean	....	Steadicam operator: second unit
Ryan Nelson	....	grip
Juan Pablo Ojeda	....	second assistant camera
Luke Thomas	....	focus puller: second unit
Eduardo Flores Torres	....	camera operator
Angus Ward	....	first assistant camera
Alan Wilson	....	best boy electric: Weta Workshop
Robin Mounsey	....	rigger (uncredited)

Casting Department
Robert Mickelson	....	casting assistant
Jesus Quinones	....	casting assistant
Francisco Veyro	....	extras casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brooke Fein	....	costumer
Bridgitte Ferry	....	key set costumer
Stanley Hudson	....	costumer
Guy Miracle	....	key costumer
Jenny Rushton	....	key costume stand-by
Francisco Stoll	....	costumer
Jennifer Dozier	....	assistant costume designer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Ron Barr	....	digital intermediate editor
Adam Brailsford	....	apprentice editor
Justine Gerenstein	....	editor: main title sequence
Michael Hatzer	....	color timer
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Scott Janush	....	assistant editor
Trent Johnson	....	digital film colorist
Bruce Lomet	....	digital intermediate producer
Ron South	....	first assistant editor
Mike Sowa	....	digital preview timer
Greg Thompson	....	assistant editor
Valance Eisleben	....	high definition editorial services (uncredited)

Music Department
Bruce Babcock	....	orchestrator
Michael K. Bauer	....	music editor (as Michael Bauer)
Dick Bernstein	....	supervising music editor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
George Doering	....	musician
Juan Carlos Ertze	....	music preparation
Eduardo Gamboa	....	composer: songs "Fireworks", "Rondo", "Elena's Fanfare", "Waltz & Quadrille", "Old Mariachi Suite", "California Dianas", "Cantina's Polka"
Tom Hardisty	....	score recordist
Jim Honeyman	....	orchestrator
James Horner	....	orchestrator
Scott Hosfeld	....	musician
Edward Karam	....	orchestrator (as Eddie Karam)
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Barbara McDermott	....	assistant music editor
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
David Slonaker	....	orchestrator
James Thatcher	....	musician: French horn
Dave Wells	....	music librarian
Sylvia Wells	....	music score supervisor

Transportation Department
Arturo Curiel	....	transportation coordinator
Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.	....	transportation captain
Hector Salomon	....	transportation coordinator: second unit
Jose P. Soriano	....	driver

Other crew
Lucy Amador	....	first assistant accountant
Bob Anderson	....	sword master
Juan Aura	....	production assistant
Alejandro Ayala	....	general foreman
Ana Ballesteros	....	caterer
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	craft service coordinator
Doreen Beaulac	....	assistant accountant
J.B. Benna	....	production assistant
Kevin Berman	....	consultant
Dimitri Botkine	....	dialogue coach: Mr. Sewell
Jean Bourne	....	script supervisor
Dirk Buchmann	....	train coordinator
Karla Bukantz	....	assistant production office coordinator
Craig Bullen	....	animal trainer
Zelie Bullen	....	animal trainer (as Zelie Thompson)
Kim Buttlar	....	executive coordinator: Mr. Barber
Pamela Chizema	....	assistant accountant/payroll
Stephanie 'Tuty' Correa	....	key set production assistant
Sharon L. Craig	....	post-production accountant
Jennifer Côté	....	assistant: Ms. Zeta-Jones
Mario de Mendoza	....	set production assistant
Javier Del Rio	....	location assistant
Jim Dunlap	....	first assistant accountant
Joy Ellison	....	dialogue coach: Ms. Zeta-Jones
Alyssa Evans	....	production coordinator
Katyana Farzanrad	....	assistant: Mr. Campbell (as Katy Farzanrad)
David Fencl	....	master armorer
Carlos E. Fonseca Mondragon	....	production assistant
Tina French	....	dialogue coach: Mr. Alonso
Hallie Gallaga	....	assistant accountant
Yuria Goded	....	assistant production office coordinator
'Chico' Hernandez	....	head wrangler: Mexico (as Chico Hernandez)
Alfredo Hernandez	....	veterinarian
Lucy Herrera	....	first assistant accountant
Andres Ibañez	....	production assistant
Mark Ivie	....	sword master
Linda Kroll	....	assistant: Ms. MacDonald
Bill Lawrence	....	horse trainer
Alejandro Levi	....	location scout
Jack Lilley	....	head of animal department
Bobby Lovgren	....	horse trainer
Sandra Manterola	....	production assistant
Eduardo González Medina	....	production runner
Dianne Moffatt	....	script supervisor: second unit
Cristina Ramiro Monroy	....	assistant: Mr. Campbell (as Cristina Ramiro-Monroy)
Robin Mounsey	....	safety coordinator
Columbia Moya	....	choreographer (as Colombia Moya)
Carlos Muñoz Portal	....	location assistant
Miguel Necoechea Jr.	....	production assistant
Matt Neely	....	production assistant
Juan Pablo Noval	....	assistant location manager
Juan Pablo Noval	....	assistant train coordinator
Lucienne Papon	....	assistant: Mr. Campbell
Mauricio Pedroza	....	horse department coordinator
Yolanda J. Polonio	....	assistant: Mr. Banderas
Kate Powell	....	assistant production office coordinator
Nefi Ramirez	....	set paramedic
Jorge Eduardo Ramírez	....	set production assistant
Carla Raygoza	....	production coordinator
Horacio Rodríguez	....	location assistant
Jan Roth	....	production assistant
Jill Soper	....	production coordinator: New Zealand
Emily Sopp	....	assistant production coordinator: los angeles
Emily Sopp	....	production assistant
Sarah Spearing	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Dana Sulceski	....	assistant: Mr. Phillips
Cid Swank	....	publicist
Tony Swatton	....	sword maker
Riyoko Tanaka	....	assistant: Mr. Parkes
Marlena Thomas	....	executive coordinator: Mr. Birnbaum
Angelica Torres	....	assistant: Mr. Phillips
Axel Uriegas	....	set production assistant
Belinda Uriegas	....	production coordinator
Fernando Uriegas	....	location manager
Claudia Valdez	....	production coordinator: second unit
Tania Verduzco	....	production assistant
Jerry Wills	....	animal wrangler: second unit
Robyn Younie	....	assistant: Lloyd Phillips
Mario Zamacona	....	communications coordinator construction department
Antonio Zavala Kugler	....	news coverage director
Antonio Zavala Kugler	....	news coverage producer
Patricia Zavala Kugler	....	unit publicist
Mike Doto	....	production manager: titles (uncredited)
Phil Greig	....	laboratory technician (uncredited)
Jose Maria Hernandez III	....	horse wrangler (uncredited)
Ornella Jaramillo	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Scott Shepherd	....	promotions producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Tornado Productions Inc. (uncredited)
• Amblin Entertainment
• Spyglass Entertainment

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Spyglass Entertainment (2005) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2008) (2010) (Finland) (TV)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2006) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (UK) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Peerless Camera Company (visual effects)
• Digiscope (visual effects)
• Weta Workshop (miniature train)
• Blur Studio (motion capture)
• Eyetronics (3D scanning)

Other Companies

• Alianza Films International  location services (uncredited)
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints (as Deluxe)
• Earth Media Studios  post-production
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Also Known As:

"Z" - USA (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for sequences of violence/peril and action, language and a couple of suggestive moments

Runtime:

129 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Germany:12 | Netherlands:MG6 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:G | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-11 (re-rating) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Brazil:12 | Mexico:B | Taiwan:PG-12 | Sweden:11 | Peru:PT | Czech Republic:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG (certificate #40756) | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Singapore:PG13 (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Adrian Alonso, who plays Joaquín, did not know English, so he learned all his lines phonetically, just as Antonio Banderas did for The Mambo Kings (1992).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Telegraph wires connected the east and west coasts in 1861. Even if a telegraph message were relayed to the hidden receiver, it would have only been able to print a coded message, similar to Morse code, onto the ticker tape.

Quotes:

Zorro:Joaquin.
Joaquin:Papi.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige (#31.15)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Cantina's Polka

Not great, but enjoyable sequel

Just saw this at an Advanced Screening the other day and must admit i was not particularly looking forward to it. Mainly due to the fact that i loved the original. I loved its tongue in cheek campness, its fun and exciting action scenes, and Anthony Hopkins.

Thankfully LOZ has 2 out of the 3 (no Anthony Hopkins for obvious reasons) and while the film has clearly been dumbed down and made more "family friendly" as with all mainstream Hollywood sequels, it still has Banderas and Zeta Jones clearly having fun with it.

True, some of the CGI looks a bit naff, and there is a terribly unnecessary scene with a horse which made me laugh just because i would have cried because of the terrible effect, but the action scenes are action packed and use a fairly minimal amount of it.

As for the story there isn't really much to say of it, which is probably why it doesn't live up to its predecessors standards. But it trys well enough.

At the end of the day fans of the original Zorro film will probably enjoy this, as long as they don't expect it to be anything other than a fun popcorn sequel.