Coronado (2003)

An American woman, in search of her fiancé, becomes involved in a revolution of a Central American country.

Director:

Claudio Fäh (as Claudio Faeh)

Writers:

Volker Engel, Marc Weigert

Stars:

Kristin Dattilo, Clayton Rohner, Michael Lowry

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristin Dattilo	...	Claire Winslow
Clayton Rohner	...	Arnet McClure
Michael Lowry	...	Will Gallagher
John Rhys-Davies	...	Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos
Daniel Zacapa	...	Sancho
Gary Carlos Cervantes	...	Jose
David Earl Waterman	...	Renny
Byron Quiros	...	General Rafael
David Purdham	...	Ambassador Hurrie
Danny Mora	...	Skeptical Interrogator
Rafael J. Noble	...	Gullible Officer
Aline Mayagoitia	...	Anna
Claudia de la Cabada	...	Rafael's Subcomandante
José Escandón	...	Prison Guard
Roger Nevares	...	Outpost Guard Garcia

Storyline

After her fiancé' forgot a few documents at home, Claire Winslow goes to Switzerland in order to deliver them to him. When she arrives, however, she discovers that he is not there, and that he went to El Coronado, a central American country on the verge of a revolution. She goes there, and teams up Arnet McClure, a TV reporter who is secretly assisting the rebels with arms from the US government, who wants to bring down the rule of President Ramos.

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Plot Keywords:

switzerland | rebel | central america | president | jungle | 

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Taglines:

Let the revolution begin!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some action violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] (English)

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

22 April 2004 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Coronado - Intrappolati nella giungla

Filming Locations:

Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$4,700,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ARMS GmbH, Coronado Motion Picture LLC, Uncharted Territory

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to maps shown in the film, the location of the fictitious country of El Coronado roughly corresponds with the real country of El Salvador.

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Goofs

There are no snow-capped mountains clearly visible from the Zurich airport (this is a post-production CGI embellishment explained in the DVD special features).

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Alternate Versions

While the original ratio of this film is 2.35:1, video distributors in many countries (UK, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Norway) released the film in the wrong aspect ratio of 1.78:1. At this time (January 2005) the only release with the correct aspect ratio is the RC 1 DVD from Warner Home Video (unfortunately it is not anamorphically encoded).

User Reviews

An adventure video which pays homage to numerous predecessors.

A good action adventure yarn which pays homage to many predecessors including "Sorcerer", "Romancing the Stone", and the Indiana Jones trilogy.

What is even better though are the special features on the CD which explain and show how such a low budget film ($4.7 million) was able to be created using a number of camera and cg tricks. The best... the bridge scene. While this video uses a number of partially computer generated scenes, these are very seamless to the viewer, who is left to enjoy a predictable, but exciting story. What I really enjoyed was what they used in many shots instead of a regular jeep.