From Mexico with Love (2009)

Director:

Jimmy Nickerson

Writers:

Glen Hartford (writer)
Nicholas Siapkaris (writer)

Release Date:

11 February 2010 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Some dreams are worth fighting for

Plot:

A washed-up trainer takes a self-destructive young boxer under his wing.

Plot Keywords:

Boxing | Boxer | Farm | Convertible | Illegal Immigrant

Cast

Kuno Becker	...	Hector
Steven Bauer	...	Tito
Stephen Lang	...	Big Al Stevens
Alex Nesic	...	Robert Stevens
Danay Garcia	...	Maria
Angélica Aragón	...	Rosa
Bruce McGill	...	Billy
Steve Bilich	...	Patrolman Pete
Carl Ciarfalio	...	Jake
Henry Kingi	...	Georgie (as Henry Kingi Sr.)
Horacio Ramos	...	Migrant Man
Araceli Vasquez	...	Migrant Woman
Juan Gabriel Pareja	...	Chucho
Armando Guererro	...	Hector's First Opponent
Richard Ambrize	...	Old Carlos
Alsada Richardson	...	Old Berta
Robert Jauregui	...	Rancher
Anthony Alfaro	...	Carlito
Diana Edwards	...	Inez
Jimmy Nickerson	...	El Angelito
Amanda Rivas	...	Lupe
Pat Outlaw	...	Sparky's - Hector's First Opponent
Lisa Suarez	...	Lucia
Michael Klesic	...	The Accountant
Brian Burkhardt	...	Fat Boxer (as Brian Burkhart)
Kathleen Gude	...	Girl Boxer
Ron Yuan	...	Joe Scar (cameo)
Joseph Quinlan	...	Announcer
Gene LeBell	...	Referee
Jorge Orta	...	Food Delivery Guy
Glen Hartford	...	Lefty - Betting
Albert Alonzo	...	Priest (as Al Alonzo)
Brandon Turpin	...	Ollie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emelia Hartford	...	Featured
Peter Armendáriz	...	Migrant Worker (uncredited)
Anthony Cristo	...	Hector's Sparring Partner (uncredited)
Eddy Donno	...	Ring announcer (uncredited)
Tony Donno	...	Robert's Sparring Partner (uncredited)
Daniella Dotti	...	Hostess (uncredited)
Richard Dyer	...	Travis (uncredited)
Lu Johnson	...	Ringside Orthopedic Doctor (uncredited)
Robert E. Martinez	...	Migrant Worker (uncredited)
Fred Parker Jr.	...	Jakes' Lackey (uncredited)
Kourtney Pogue	...	Ring Girl (uncredited)
Monica Ramon	...	Hector's friend (uncredited)
Lazaro Solares	...	Manager Wrestler (uncredited)
Jesse Wilde	...	Texas Gambler (uncredited)

Directed by
Jimmy Nickerson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Glen Hartford		writer
Nicholas Siapkaris		writer

Produced by
Scotty Atkins	....	associate producer
Paul Baker	....	associate producer
Cord Douglas	....	co-producer
Delitha Floyd	....	associate producer
Glen Hartford	....	producer
Kenneth Hartford	....	executive producer (as Kenneth Herts)
Jady Herrmann	....	associate producer
James Lloyd	....	associate producer
James Lloyd	....	co-executive producer
Daniel Morabito	....	associate producer
Joseph Michael Roth	....	associate producer (as Joe Roth)
Bart Slanaker	....	associate producer
Daniel Toll	....	producer
Matthew Wellman	....	associate producer
Vikram Zutshi	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Ted Chu
Rick Lamb		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Paul Harb

Casting by
Brenda Ambrize
Kim Coleman

Production Design by
Ari Harati		(as Allee Harati)

Set Decoration by
Amy Soto

Costume Design by
Hazel Alonzo

Makeup Department
Jennifer Greenberg	....	makeup artist
Tracey Henton	....	key makeup artist: Los Angeles
Sherilyn Segal	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Michael Kolko	....	unit production manager
Gilda Longoria	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Katzman	....	first assistant director
Michael Kolko	....	second unit director
Tom Martin	....	first assistant director
Michael R. Melamed	....	second second assistant director: Los Angeles
Daniel R. Suhart	....	second assistant director
Ron Yuan	....	second unit director

Art Department
Carlos La Rotta	....	swing set dresser
Kimberly Merlin	....	set decorating assistant
Darren Minke	....	on-set dresser
Richard Sieloff	....	property master
Nicole Zepeda	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound re-recording engineer
John Bentley	....	sound mixer: San Antonio
James H. Coburn IV	....	sound mixer: Los Angeles
Bill Devine	....	adr mixer
Gregg Frazier	....	boom operator
Xavier Horan	....	sound editor
Marcus Hysmith	....	boom operator
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist
Rob McIntyre	....	adr recordist
Becky Sullivan	....	supervising sound editor
Brett Voss	....	foley mixer
David Williams	....	dialog editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Visual Effects by
Adam Avitabile	....	digital compositor
Chad Buehler	....	digital compositor
Manuela Schmidt de Souza	....	CG artist
Sk Nguyen	....	visual effects coordinator
Son Kim Nguyen	....	visual effects coordinator
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor
Paul Stemmer	....	visual effects editor

Stunts
Tony Donno	....	stunt boxer
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (as Henry Kingi Jr)
Ron Yuan	....	co-fight coordinator
Ron Yuan	....	fight coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Barrera	....	electrician
Jess Canales DeZamora	....	electrician
Neil Chisholm	....	grip diver
Tom Clark	....	gaffer
Ricardo Diaz	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
John Donofrio	....	grip
Ron Elliott	....	second assistant camera
Jacob Esquivel	....	electrician
Ralph Flores Jr.	....	gaffer: Los Angeles
Joe Iverson	....	electrician
Chris W. Johnson	....	director of photography: second unit
Lorna Leslie	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, additional photography
Greg Lomas	....	dolly grip
Tony Lopez-Cepero	....	electrician
Tony Lopez-Cepero	....	grip
Daniel Maldonado	....	electrician
Nicholas Mann	....	grip (as Nicholas Barker)
Justin Maresch	....	electrician
David Moir	....	still photographer
Ledge Musselman	....	stand-in: on-camera
Jessica Ramos	....	film loader
Landon Ruddel	....	key grip: Los Angeles crew
Andrew Saldana	....	epk videographer
Spencer Stoner	....	camera production assistant
Daniel Tkaczyk	....	best boy
Daniel Tkaczyk	....	electrician

Casting Department
Eve Streger	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Breanna Price	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Paul Bronkar	....	digital intermediate colorist
Nicholas Elwell	....	post-production assistant
Matthew W. Johnson	....	iq artist
Nona Khodai	....	first assistant editor
Morning Star Schott	....	digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Jonathan Beard	....	assistant to composer
Hannis Brown	....	assistant to composer
Brian Ross	....	music supervisor
Frederik Wiedmann	....	composer: additional music
Frederik Wiedmann	....	score mixer
Hyesu Yang	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Michael Burnette	....	transportation coordinator
William Gardner	....	transportation co-captain
William Smallwood	....	picture car coordinator
William Smallwood	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Larry Carter	....	stand-in
Raymond Decoux	....	stand-in
David D. Espinoza	....	stand-in
Jossara Jinaro	....	voice
Lauren Lewis	....	publicist
Gilda Longoria	....	production coordinator
Angelica Mata	....	extras coordinator/pa
John Mazza	....	assistant production coordinator
Ledge Musselman	....	production assistant
Jackie Noh	....	publicist
Aisa Palomares	....	stand-in
David Albert Pierce	....	production counsel
Cali Pomes	....	key set production assistant
Violet Saenz-Arocha	....	stand-in
Gregory Santoro	....	production assistant
Sonia Torres	....	production assistant
Brandon Turpin	....	assistant to director
Lennie Turpin	....	location manager
Ron Yuan	....	special consultant to director
Peter Armendáriz	....	photo double (uncredited)
Roberto Donati	....	adr voice (uncredited)

Production Companies

• From Mexico With Love
• BDS Productions
• Cinamour Entertainment

Distributors

• Roadside Attractions (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• DTP Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)

Special Effects

• LOOK! Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• National Bank of California  film financing
• Pierce Law Group  production legal services
• Runway  post-production
• SoundWorks Houston  additional adr

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sports violence, language, brief sensuality and drug references

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45376)

Filming Locations:

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Company:

From Mexico With Love

Quotes:

Big Al Stevens:Can't you control your animals?

Movie Connections:

References From Russia with Love (1963)

Disappointed

I watched "Goal! The dream begins" and loved it really much so I wanted to watch this movie also and was expecting something similar. In "From Mexico with love" there is very little action. I wanted to watch it with my husband but he survived only 15 min of it and I had to go on watching alone. My husband was right by quitting to watch it because it didn't get better till the very end. I found the movie very boring, it couldn't make me interested in it. The story is too simple, I was expecting the main character to achieve something more than that. Maybe this movie is more for the immigrants of USA, they can relate with it...