Once Upon a Time in Mexico [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Rodriguez Robert Rodriguez

Overview

Director Robert Rodriguez returns to the characters of his breakthrough hits El Mariachi and Desperado in this grand scale south-of-the-border action-adventure saga. Sands (Johnny Depp) is a rogue CIA agent who is working in cahoots with Mexican officials who've caught wind of a plan by corrupt military leader General Marquez (Gerardo Vigil) and ruthless drug kingpin Barillo (Willem Dafoe) to assassinate Mexico's president (Pedro Armend?riz Jr.). Sands needs to recruit a gunman to take out Barillo's assassins before they can complete their mission, and through barman Belini (Cheech Marin), Sands learns of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), a fabled musician turned vigilante with a remarkable talent for violence, and a score to settle with Marquez. El Mariachi is living quietly in hiding after the death of the woman he loved, Carolina (Salma Hayek), but Sands lures him back into action through the promise of a final showdown with his nemesis Marquez, forcing El Mariachi to retrieve his guitar case (containing a mighty arsenal) and once again do battle against the lawless. Robert Rodriguez not only directed Once Upon a Time in Mexico, but he wrote the screenplay, handled the camera work, edited the film, and composed the musical score.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/04/2011
UPC:	0043396227323
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	R
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	22,215

Special Features

Robert Rodriguez audio commentary; Ten-minute flick school; Inside Troublemaker studios; Deleted scenes with optional commentary; Ten-minute cooking school; The anti-hero's journey; Film is dead: an evening with Robert Rodriguez; The good, the bad and the bloody: inside knb fx; Blu-ray exclusive: the cutting room

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Antonio Banderas	El Mariachi
Salma Hayek	Carolina
Johnny Depp	Sands
Mickey Rourke	Billy
Eva Mendes	Ajedrez
Danny Trejo	Cucuy
Enrique Iglesias	Lorenzo
Marco Leonardi	Fideo
Cheech Marin	Belini
Rubén Blades	Jorge FBI
Willem Dafoe	Barillo
Gerardo Vigil	Marquez
Pedro Armendariz, Jr.	El Presidente
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	El Presidente
Julio Oscar Mechoso	Advisor
Tito Larriva	Cab Driver
Miguel Couturier	Dr. Guevera
Tony Valdes	Chicle Boy
José Luis Avendaño	Alvaro
Rodolfo De Alexandre	Omar(as Rodolfo d'Alejandre)
Natalia Torres	Mariachi's Girl
Steven Constancio	Right Hand
Troy Robinson	Romero
Ermahn Ospina	Qui-Que
Luz María Rojas	Pistolera
Mario Simon	Cook
Bernard Hacker	Blascoe
Cecilia Tijerina	Waitress
Carola Vázquez	Hospital Administrator
René Gatica	Chief Federale

Technical Credits

Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez	Screenwriter,Director,Producer
Elizabeth Avellan	Producer
Carlos Gallardo	Producer
Mary Vernieu	Casting

Editorial Reviews

In its wildly overwrought, burrito-Western way, is about as close to a home movie as you're likely to see in a megaplex.