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El Mariachi (1993)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Carlos Gallardo
Consuelo Gómez
Consuelo Gomez
Peter Marquardt
Movie Details
Genre Action; Crime
Director Robert Rodriguez
Producer Carlos Gallardo; Robert Rodriguez
Writer Robert Rodriguez
Studio Columbia / TriStar
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 81 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez captured the world's attention with this little 1992 film, made for only $7,500 (not counting the cost of a little prerelease polish) and originally destined for the Spanish- language video market. An enterprising studio executive saw the enormous Spielbergian talent in Rodriguez's work and decided to get El Mariachi out to the international public. A tight, inventive, highly entertaining movie from start to finish, the story concerns a guitarist mistaken for a hired killer and forced to fight a local crime boss and his army of goons. Rodriguez makes clever use of every available prop, from guitar cases to a beat-up bus to a funny-looking dog. But his promise as a director--he went on to make Desperado and From Dusk till Dawn--is evident in every scene. --Tom Keogh
Personal Details
Seen It No
Index 49
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Price $8.33
Store Best Buy
Links IMDB
Product Details
Edition Special Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 043396093065
Chapters 28
Release Date 2003
Subtitles English; French; Korean; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen