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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 7, 2003

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama, History, War, Western, TV Movie

User Score

70%

Original Title

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Production Companies

HBO Films, Green Moon Productions

Director

Bruce Beresford

Description

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.