USA,
2003, 112 min
Directed by:
Bruce BeresfordScreenplay:
Larry GelbartCinematography:
Peter JamesCast:
Antonio Banderas, Matt Day, Colm Feore, Alexa Davalos, Anthony Head, Kyle Chandler, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Michael McKean (more)VOD (1)
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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. (official distributor synopsis)
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