The Great Vazquez

Original title: El Gran Vázquez

20102010
1h 46m

Santiago Segura in El Gran Vázquez (2010)

Is it possible to live aside of the system, thinking only about the present and oneself? A feature film about Manuel Vázquez, the best comic book author in Barcelona during the sixties, but,... Read allIs it possible to live aside of the system, thinking only about the present and oneself? A feature film about Manuel Vázquez, the best comic book author in Barcelona during the sixties, but, mainly, a man with a very particular way of living his life.Is it possible to live aside of the system, thinking only about the present and oneself? A feature film about Manuel Vázquez, the best comic book author in Barcelona during the sixties, but, mainly, a man with a very particular way of living his life.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 8 nominations

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Taglines
- Se lo quitaba a los ricos para dárselo a sí mismo. [He took it from the rich and gave it to himself.]
Genres
- Biography
- Comedy
Parents guide

Trivia
The doctor who assists Rosa in the birth of her baby is the youngest son of the real Manuel Vázquez.

Goofs
In the bar where Vázquez meets Rosa, he is creating a character called Anacleto inspired by a magazine's cover where appears Don Adams like Maxwell Smart (from Get Smart (1965) but the movie happens in 1964, when the TV show not existed still.

Quotes
Vázquez: Come on.
Rosa: Wait a moment.
Vázquez: What's the matter?
Rosa: You think I'm some dumb just arrived from the country who enters a hotel with the first guy she meets in the street?
Vázquez: Well, I...
Rosa: Well yes. I am. Come on.

Connections
Featured in Así se hizo 'El Gran Vázquez' (2011)

Soundtracks
Play with Fire (And You'll Get Burned)
Written by Danny Cohen, Morris Levy, Richard Grasso (as Richie Grasso) and Gary Illingworth (as Gary Lee Illingworht)
Performed by Los Bravos