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Desperado - Special Edition (1995)
Front Cover Actor
Antonio Banderas El Mariachi
Salma Hayek Carolina
Joaquim de Almeida Bucho
Cheech Marin Short bartender
Steve Buscemi Buscemi
Carlos Gómez Right Hand (as Carlos Gomez)
Quentin Tarantino Pick-up Guy
Tito Larriva Tavo
Angel Aviles Zamira
Danny Trejo Navajas
Movie Details
Genre Action
Director Robert Rodriguez
Producer Bill Borden; Robert Rodriguez
Writer Robert Rodriguez
Studio Columbia / TriStar
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 106 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
It's Sergio Leone meets Sam Peckinpah meets Quentin Tarantino in this ultraviolent, mythological shoot-'em-up by auteur Robert Rodriguez. In Desperado, Rodriguez creates larger-than-life, genre-tweaking stock characters and puts them through their paces. As they stride bravely through an Old West lightly dusted with camp humor, they're periodically called upon to nimbly dodge bullets and fireballs through outrageously choreographed displays of Hollywood pyrotechnics. In this bigger-budget semi-remake/semi-sequel to Rodriguez's indie sensation, El Mariachi (made, famously, for $7,000), Antonio Banderas is the darkly charismatic El Mariachi, the Mysterious Stranger in town; Steve Buscemi is perfectly cast as his weasely, motor-mouth Comic Sidekick, laying the groundwork for El Mariachi's entrance by spinning saloon stories to build up his legend; Cheech Marin is a standout as the Bartender, who really knows how to handle a toothpick; and gorgeous Salma Hayek is, well, the Girl--treated to the kind of full-blown, slow-mo introduction the movies traditionally lavish on beautiful new stars. It doesn't add up to much, but it's a kick. Be careful not to blow out your speakers with the DVD's Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. --Jim Emerson
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 80
Collection Status In Collection
Links IMDB
DVD Empire
Amazon US
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single side, Dual layer
UPC 043396099616
Chapters 28
Release Date 2003
Subtitles English; Spanish; French; Portuguese; Mandarin; Thai
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
PORTUGUESE: Dolby Digital Surround
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby