And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.
- Released
- 2003-09-07
- Genres
- Drama, History, War, Western, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Bruce Beresford
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 104 votes
Cast
- Antonio Banderas as Pancho Villa
- Eion Bailey as Frank Thayer
- Alan Arkin as Sam Drebben
- Jim Broadbent as Harry Aitken
- Matt Day as John Reed
- Michael McKean as William Christy Cabanne
- Kyle Chandler as Raoul Walsh
- Alexa Davalos as Teddy Sampson
- Colm Feore as D. W. Griffith
- Anthony Stewart Head as William Benton
- Saul Rubinek as Eli Morton
- Lilia Zelinna as Rosita
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