And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself
Based On The Incredible True Story
Antonio Banderas (Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) delivers a powerful, larger-than-life performance as the title character of this incredible true story of how Mexican Revolutionary, Pancho Villa, allowed a Hollywood crew to film him in battle, altering the course of film and military history in the process. The adventure gets its start when early movie giants D.W. Griffith (Colm Feore) and Harry Aiken (Jim Broadbent), send a junior executive, Frank Thayer (Eion Bailey) to Mexico to persuade the cash-strapped, publicity-hungry Villa to let them film his revolution. Stepping into the literal crossfire, Thayer's crew risks their lives in the mingling of fiction and reality. After a string of dangerous exploits, narrow escapes and double-crosses worthy of a silent action short, Thayer and Villa make their movie, and The Life of General Villa is released in the U.S. to popular acclaim. The film changes the public opinion in Villa's favor and proves that "the lens is mightier than the sword."
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Not bad, not Good - Tits
Bon, c'est un film vrai, c'est intéressant de voir qu'un producteur c'est mêlé au beau milieu d'une révolution pour faire un film. Cependant, je suis décu un peu car pour un film de HBO je m,attendais a plus. C'est loin d'être de la trame de BAnds of Brother.
Pour les amateurs d'antonio, c'est un film intéressantA true story - Reza
Yes that was a true story, and you can't expect to get entertained as a typic Hollywood product, but I liked it so much, Antonio Banderas did a great job, I could not find him playing a role even for a moment, as if I really was Pancho Villa!
I recommend it for all of his fans.
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Not bad, not Good - Tits
Bon, c'est un film vrai, c'est intéressant de voir qu'un producteur c'est mêlé au beau milieu d'une révolution pour faire un film. Cependant, je suis décu un peu car pour un film de HBO je m,attendais a plus. C'est loin d'être de la trame de BAnds of Brother. ...A true story - Reza
Yes that was a true story, and you can't expect to get entertained as a typic Hollywood product, but I liked it so much, Antonio Banderas did a great job, I could not find him playing a role even for a moment, as if I really was Pancho Villa!
I recommend ...