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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Bandidos 1991 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Luis Estrada
Cast: Pedro Armendariz Jr., Ernesto Yanez, Gabriela Roel, Bruno Rey, Jorge Russek, Damian Alcazar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Felipe Cazals, Julian Pastor, Alan Gutierrez
The 1910 Mexican Revolution resulted in bandits looting across the countryside. A group of young boys follow behind the adults, picking up what was missed. Before long, the youngsters are looting on their own, which doesn't set well with the adult bandits.
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Casa de los Babys 2003  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor, Rita Moreno, Susan Lynch, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Bruno Bichir, Angelina Pelaez, Vanessa Martinez, Juan Carlos Vives
After six women arrive in South America with intentions of adopting babies, they find they must deal with a bureaucracy that mandates a lengthy residency requirement before adoption can take place. The women stay at a cheap hotel, Casa de Los Babys, where they must deal not only with each other but with the local population as well. Subplots abound in this memorable story.
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The Crime of Father Amaro 2002 R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Sancho Gracia, Ana Claudia Talancon, Angelica Aragon, Luisa Huertas, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Gaston Melo, Damian Alcazar, Andres Montiel, Gerardo Moscoso, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Veronica Langer
This film, based on an 1875 Portuguese novel, features Gael Garcia Bernal in the role of a newly ordained priest, Father Amaro, who is sent to a small, Mexican town to assist an elderly priest, Father Benito (Sancho Gracia), and to look into the activities of the town's other priests. It isn't long before Amaro falls in love with 16-year-old Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancon). As if this were not enough, Padre Benito has major drug connections as well as a mistress of his own–Amelia's mother, Sanjuanera (Angelica Aragon).
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Death and the Compass 1996  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Peter Boyle, Christopher Eccleston, Miguel Sandoval, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Alonso Echanove, Ariane Pellicer, Gabriela Gurrola, Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Eduardo Lopez Rojas
This tale is set in what appears to be a futuristic city where a popular detective, Erik Lonnrot (Peter Boyle), is working on the case of a murdered rabbi. He believes that the murder was occult motivated, but his superior believes it was a simple botched theft by a notorious criminal. Another death further convinces Erik that his theory is correct. The story plays out in a surreal environment as good fights evil.
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The Dogs of War 1980 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Christopher Walken, Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, JoBeth Williams, Robert Urquhart, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Ed O'Neill, Winston Ntshona
Soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon (Christopher Walken) becomes involved in the overthrow of an African dictatorship. This movie depicts what happens when greed takes over.
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Earthquake 1974  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Richard Roundtree, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Matthau, Ava Gardner, Genevieve Bujold, Lorne Greene, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Victoria Principal, Monica Lewis, Gabriel Dell, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Lloyd Gough
Construction engineer Stewart Graff (Charlton Heston) is undergoing marital problems with his wife Remy (Ava Gardner) and is having an affair with Denise (Genvieve Bujold). Now, his problems multiply when a devastating earthquake hits Los Angeles. It is the special effects that won this film an Oscar.
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Herod's Law 2000 R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Estrada
Cast: Damian Alcazar, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Leticia Huijara, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Salvador Sanchez, Isela Vega, Alex Cox, Guillermo Gil, Luis de Icaza, Juan Carlos Colombo, Manuel Ojeda, Ernesto Gomez Cruz
In 1949, a loyal party member–junkyard custodian Juan Vargas (Damian Alcazar)–is appointed mayor of a small Mexican town where corruption runs rampant. It doesn't take long before Juan learns and adopts the already-accepted process of bribes, abuse, and blackmail as the methods to accomplish what he wants for his town.
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His Most Serene Highness 2000 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Felipe Cazals
Cast: Alejandro Parodi, Ana Bertha Espin, Rodolfo Arias, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Blanca Guerra, Isaura Espinoza, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Salvador Sanchez, Abel Woolrich
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Alejandro Parodi) won the Battle of the Alamo, but his delay cost Mexico the War of Texas Independence, and the U.S. gained great expanses of land. Santa Anna was exiled but later allowed to return to Mexico. The final three days in his life are the focus of this historical drama.
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La Chevre 1981 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Goat
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Corynne Charbit, Andre Valardy, Jorge Luke, Michel Robin
Bumbling detective Francois Perrin (Pierre Richard) and a logic-oriented investigator, Campana (Gerard Depardieu) join forces to track down an absent-minded, accident-prone girl who is missing in Mexico. The key to the solution: retrace her steps because the klutzy Campana is apt to stumble onto the same things. With Campana's ensuing calamities, the clues naturally rise to the surface.
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The Legend of a Mask 1991 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jose Buil
Cast: Damian Alcazar, Hector Bonilla, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gina Morett, Roberto Cobo, Hector Ortega, Maria Rojo, Angel Fernandez, Pedro Altamirano, Octavio Gomez
A journalist (Damian Alcazar) is given the task of uncovering the mystery surrounding a famous wrestler, "The Masked Angel," who was recently found dead. But there are those who do not want the truth to come out.
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 The Legend of Zorro 2005  PG, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Adrian Alonso, Nick Chinlund, Rufus Sewell, Alberto Reyes, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Giovanna Zacarias, Carlos Cobos, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Mary Crosby, Shuler Hensley
Set during the era when California was preparing to become the 31st state, in this sequel to "The Mark of Zorro" (1998), the family–Zorro/Alejandro (Antonio Banderas), Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), and 10-year-old Joaquin (Adrian Alonso)–is older but not necessarily wiser. But Zorro is still saving the day. This time around, he fights against the French vintner Armand (Rufus Sewell) into whose arms Elena has run. 1 User Review
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| | love it | Anonymous 01/20/2007 | i love this movie its the best ever i like sword fights i hope you come up with a new zorro movie
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Licence to Kill 1989 PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe, Frank McRae, Everett McGill, Benicio Del Toro, Desmond Llewelyn, David Hedison, Wayne Newton, Anthony Starke, Robert Brown, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Priscilla Barnes
Timothy Dalton continues his James Bond portrayals in his second starring role as Agent 007. This time, he heads to Mexico to fight a drug empire after learning that drug dealer Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) has killed his CIA friend Felix Leiter's (David Hedison) bride on their honeymoon. Bond tracks down Sanchez, and the chase culminates on the highway and involves an oil tanker and a helicopter.
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 The Mask of Zorro 1998 PG-13, 136 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher, Maury Chaykin, Tony Amendola, Pedro Armendariz Jr., L.Q. Jones, Jose Perez, William Marquez, Victor Rivers, Moises Suarez, Humberto Elizondo
The original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins), was captured and imprisoned 20 years ago. At the time, his wife was killed, and his daughter Elena was kidnapped and raised by the ruthless Governor Montero (Stuart Wilson). Now, Don Diego breaks out of prison and trains a new Zorro (Antonio Banderas) to take his place and fight Montero who has returned to California to take control. Zorro sets off on his mission and, in the process, wins the heart of Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Style and tongue-in-cheek humor prevail in this entertaining film.
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Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 1993 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Larry Shaw
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Robert Loggia, David Clennon, Hilary Edson, Farrah Forke, Jennifer Lopez, Paula Marshall, Tom Irwin, Joan McMurtrey, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Jay Patterson, Sergio Calderon
Medically trained personnel are flying to a medical station in the rain forest when their plane crashes in a Mexican jungle. Survivors aid the wounded until help arrives, and then difficult decisions must be made on how to evacuate. Based on a true story.
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Old Gringo 1989 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Luis Puenzo
Cast: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jenny Gago, Jim Metzler, Anne Pitoniak, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gabriela Roel, Sergio Calderon, Guillermo Rios, Samuel Valadez De La Torre, Pedro Damian, Stanley Grover, Josefina Echanove
A culture shock occurs when an American schoolteacher, Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda), travels to Mexico to become a governess. Arriving at the hacienda, she realizes she is in the middle of a revolution and is kidnapped. Now she must choose a romantic alliance with either rebel General Tomas Arroyo or an American writer Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce (Gregory Peck) who has befriended Arroyo.
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 Original Sin 2001 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cristofer
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Allison Mackie, Jack Thompson, Gregory Itzin, Joan Pringle, Cordelia Richards, James Haven, Pedro Armendariz Jr.
Set around 1900, this story relates events that unfold when Julia (Angelina Jolie) answers an ad placed in a newspaper by wealthy Cuban Luis Vargas (Antonio Banderas) who is looking for a bride. Although Julia doesn't resemble the picture of herself originally sent to Luis, they marry. But wedded bliss doesn't last long; Julia takes off with Luis' cash reserves, and Luis follows in pursuit of his cash–but mostly looking for his true love, Julia.
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Survival Run 1980  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Spiegel
Cast: Peter Graves, Ray Milland, Vincent Van Patten, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Cosie Costa, Robby Weaver, Susan Pratt, Mariana Lobo, Randi Meryl, Daniel Ades
When a group of teenagers are stranded in the desert after the breakdown of their van, their problems accelerate when they are stalked by evil men whose intent is murder.
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The Treasure of the Amazon 1985  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rene Cardona Jr.
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Emilio Fernandez, Donald Pleasence, Bradford Dillman, John Ireland, Ann Sidney, Clark Jarrett, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Jorge Luke, Hugo Stiglitz
Set in the South American jungles, this violent film follows Gringo (Stuart Whitman) as he and his two cohorts search for a treasure. A demented Nazi-in-hiding (Donald Pleasence)–who conducts superman experiments–also seeks the treasure.
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Walker 1987 R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Marlee Matlin, Alfonso Arau, Rene Assa, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gerrit Graham, Blanca Guerra, Miguel Sandoval
Backed by multi-millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle), mid-19th century American doctor, lawyer, journalist William Walker (Ed Harris) gathers together a group of mercenaries, invades Nicaragua, and takes over the government. His purpose is to bring stability to the country and, in the process, ensure the safety of Vanderbilt's steamships traveling in the area. Walker proclaims himself President, but government corruption continues, Walker loses all support, and the Nicaraguans drive him out after just a couple of years.
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| 1. And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
2. Bandidos (1991)
3. Casa de los Babys (2003)
4. The Crime of Father Amaro (2002)
5. Death and the Compass (1996)
6. The Dogs of War (1980)
7. Earthquake (1974)
8. Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
9. Herod's Law (2000)
10. Highway Patrolman (1992)
11. His Most Serene Highness (2000)
12. La Chevre (1981)
aka: The Goat
13. The Legend of a Mask (1991)
14. The Legend of Zorro (2005)
15. Licence to Kill (1989)
16. The Mask of Zorro (1998)
17. Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 (1993)
18. Old Gringo (1989)
19. Original Sin (2001)
20. Survival Run (1980)
21. The Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
22. Walker (1987)
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