And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself with Antonio Banderas: DVD Cover
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Director: Bruce Beresford Cast: Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey

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  • DVD Release Date: 05/11/2004
  • Original Release: 2003
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 18,544

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Closed Caption; Audio commentary by Oscar nominated writer/executive producer Larry Gelbart (Tootsie, series creator of M*A*S*H); Behind-the-scenes featurette

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Side #1 --
1. Invitation From Pancho [7:03]
2. Meet Pancho Villa [10:17]
3. Take One [11:19]
4. Screen Test [4:53]
5. Bandito Villa [7:54]
6. Making Headlines [4:23]
7. A Gentleman's Hand [5:22]
8. A Star Is Born [9:47]
9. President Villa [5:20]
10. Firing the Director [8:42]
11. The Federales [5:08]
12. Battle at Torreón [7:24]
13. The War Ends [6:02]
14. The Premiere [5:38]
15. A Hero's Ending [8:31]
16. End Credits [3:45]

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Antonio Banderas plays the title role in this cable-TV reenactment of a little-known chapter in the life of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The year is 1914: With Villa's war of rebellion against the Huerta forces going badly, he hits upon a brilliant method to finance his crusade. Actually, the idea is brought to him: American filmmakers D.W. Griffith (Colm Feore) and Harry Aiken (Jim Broadbent), then busy at work on The Birth of a Nation, approach Villa with a request that he sell them the movie rights to his revolution. Acting as Griffith and Aiken's representative, junior executive Frank Thayer (Eion Bailey) tags along with Villa as the rebel leader willingly "directs" the film of his campaign, even going so far as to delay mass executions until early morning so that the cameramen won't "lose the sun." Ultimately, Villa's dreams of cinematic glory are dashed when the American public, goaded on by certain special interest groups, turns against Pancho and his noble cause. By turns comic, tragic, gruesome, and ironic, And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself was first telecast by HBO on September 7, 2003. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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