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Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Film information
NameOnce Upon a Time in Mexico
Directed byRobert Rodriguez
Produced byRobert Rodriguez
Elizabeth Avellan
Carlos Gallardo
Written byRobert Rodriguez
StarringAntonio Banderas
Salma Hayek
Johnny Depp
Mickey Rourke
Eva Mendes
Danny Trejo
Enrique Iglesias
Marco Leonardi
Cheech Marin
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Tito Larriva
with Rubén Blades
and Willem Dafoe
Music byRobert Rodriguez
CinematographyRobert Rodriguez
Editing byRobert Rodriguez
StudioTroublemaker Studios
Distributed byNorth America/Japan:
Columbia Pictures
International:
Dimension Films
Release dateSeptember 12, 2003 (USA)
Running time102 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Budget$29,000,000
Gross revenue$98,185,582
Preceded byDesperado

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Album information
NameOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrack: Once Upon a Time in Mexico
TypeSoundtrack
Artistvarious artists
ReleasedSeptember, 2003
GenreSoundtrack
Rock
Latin rock
Length51:44
LabelMilan Records
Previous albumSpy Kids 3-D: Game Over
(2003)
Next albumSin City
(2005)

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'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' is a 2003 action film written, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the final film in the "Mariachi Trilogy", which also includes El Mariachi and Desperado. Antonio Banderas reprises his role as El Mariachi. The film also stars Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek, Willem Dafoe, Enrique Iglesias, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes and Rubén Blades.

The film received positive reviews but was criticized for reducing El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) to an almost secondary character in his own trilogy, and also for having a convoluted plot. In the special features of the film's DVD, Robert Rodriguez has explained that this was intended, as he wanted this to be the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the trilogy.

The film holds the box office record for being the most improved second sequel of all-time grossing 122% more than Desperado. This film was shot in May 2001 before Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over in order to avoid a potential Screen Actors Guild strike. It was not only the first film Rodriguez ever shot digitally in HD (instead of 35mm film) but was also one of the first high budget films shot in HD pre-dating Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones .


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