And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself 2003  TV, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent, Matt Day, Colm Feore, Michael McKean, Alexa Davalos, Damian Alcazar, Fernando Becerril, Saul Rubinek, Pedro Armendariz Jr.
This HBO production relates the true story of Pancho Villa's partnership with movie pioneer D.W. Griffith. Needing funds to continue his revolution against Mexico's Huerta forces, he suggests to D.W. Griffith that a full-length movie of the actual war be made, including the battles. The resulting film was not received well by U.S. moviegoers because of the gruesome events of war.
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In the Time of the Butterflies 2001  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mariano Barroso
Cast: Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos, Lumi Cavazos, Mia Maestro, Pilar Padilla, Marc Anthony, Demian Bichir, Fernando Becerril, Ana Martin, Anthony Alvarez
This made-for-cable TV film is based on Julia Alvarez's novel, which was based on the true story of three sisters who resisted the rule of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, the despotic ruler of the Dominican Republic. In 1960, the sisters' bodies were found on the coast of the Dominican Republic after they had been fighting Trujillo's regime since their father had been killed. This is their story, though it is little more than a showcase for Salma Hayek.
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