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El Mariachi (DVD)

Carlos Gallardo (actor), Consuelo Gomez (actor) and Robert Rodriguez (director)

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Synopsis

This western pastiche follows the saga of a "mariachi" (Mexican musician) who wanders into town looking for work and accidentally gets mistaken for a hitman -- who just happens to hide his guns in a guitar case.

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Review

New York Times, 02/26/1993, p.C6, "...A skillful, familiar-feeling hybrid of film noir and Western conventions..."

Film Comment, 03/01/1993, p.2-5, "...It sports Sergio Leone visuals, snarling stichomythia in the dialogue, and the highest hit-rate for verbal and sight gags since AIRPLANE!..."

Rolling Stone, 03/18/1993, p.45-6, "...A surprise package stuffed with action and laughs....The exuberant Rodriguez pumps juice into every scene..."

USA Today, 02/26/1993, p.5D, "...[A] wry sense humor..."

Chicago Sun-Times, 03/12/1993, p.43, "...An enormously entertaining movie....Rodriguez shoots this story in a lively visual style that brings a lot of energy even to routine shots..."

Title Note

This was 24-year-old Robert Rodriguez's first film. He had hoped to use it to get Hollywood studios interested in hiring him; instead they picked up the film itself, and it became quite successful.
It was done on a budget of only $7000, and shot in 14 days.
A sequel, "El Mariachi: Corrido Dos" ("El Mariachi: The Second Song") is on the way.

Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.

The laserdisc edition of "El Mariachi" includes both the dubbed English soundtrack and the original Spanish soundtrack, as well as an alternate track with commentary by director Robert Rodriguez, and Rodriguez's short film, "Bedhead."

The Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS version (CTSHV# 53613) also includes the short "Bedhead".

Release Note

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Robert Rodrigues - Director
Featurette - 1. Robert Rodriguez's Short Film "Bedhead"
2. 10 MINUTE FILM SCHOOL
3. Sneak Peek At ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Robert Rodrigues - Director
Featurette:
1. Robert Rodriguez's Short Film "Bedhead"
2. 10 MINUTE FILM SCHOOL
3. Sneak Peek At ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO

Product Notes

While earning room and board for a song, a down-on-his-luck musician gets into deep hot water when he's mistaken for a guitar case-toting hitman in a small Mexican town. EL MARIACHI was produced by do-it-yourself Austin, Texas auteur Robert Rodriguez (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, SPY KIDS) on a shoe-string budget for the Mexican video market but earned a major studio release. Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

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