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Desperado
He came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.
( Action / Crime / Thriller )


Desperado Poster

MPAA Rating:
R
[strong bloody violence‚ a strong sex sequence and language]

US Runtime: 104 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Aug 25, 1995   [USA]
 
Director: Robert Rodriguez   [Director]
 
Writer: Robert Rodriguez   [Writer]
 
Producers: Elizabeth Avellan   [Co-Producer]
Bill Borden   [Producer]
Carlos Gallardo   [Co-Producer]
Robert Rodriguez   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Robert Rodriguez   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Steve Berlin   [Original Music Composer]
David Hidalgo   [Original Music Composer]
Conrad Lozano   [Original Music Composer]
Louie Pérez   [Original Music Composer]
Cesar Rosas   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Cecilia Montiel   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Graciela Mazón   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Reuben Cannon   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Columbia Pictures   (US)
Los Hooligans Productions   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang.

Cast:

Antonio Banderas
El Mariachi
Salma Hayek Pinault
Carolina
Joaquim de Almeida
Bucho
Steve Buscemi
Buscemi
Cheech Marin
Short Bartender
Carlos Gomez
Right Hand
Quentin Tarantino
Pick-Up Guy
Tito Larriva
Tavo
Ángel Avilés
Zamira
Danny Trejo
Navajas
Abraham Verduzco
Niño
Carlos Gallardo
Campa
Albert Michel Jr.
Quino
David Alvarado
Buddy
 
Angela Lanza
Tourist Girl
Mike Moroff
Shrug
Robert Arevalo
Opponent
Gerardo Moscoso
Priest
Peter Marquardt
Moco
Consuelo Gómez
Domino
Jaime de Hoyos
Bigoton
Cristos
Cristos
Richie Gaona
Case Opener
Tommy Nix
Fighting Barfly
Patricia Vonne
Bar Girl
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Mariachi Fan
Mark Dalton
Fighting Barfly
 

Uncredited Cast:


Reinol Martinez
Guy Scolding Niño Outside Tarasco Bar (uncredited)
 
Diego Sandoval
Empty Gun Man (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


David Alvarado
Stunts
Robert Arevalo
Stunts
Julian Bucio
Stunts
Steve M. Davison
Stunt Coordinator
Richie Gaona
Stunts
Ramiro González
Stunts
 
Allan R.J. Joseph
Stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.
Stunts
Javier Lambert
Stunts
Troy Robinson
Stunts
Gilbert Rosales
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


Dean Beville
Supervising Sound Editor
Matthew C. Beville
Sound Editor
Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.
Assistant Sound Editor
Thomas Raymond Fabbricante
Assistant Sound Editor
Judee Flick
ADR Editor
Gary S. Gerlich
Sound Editor
Tim Gomillion
Sound Recordist
Greg Hedgepath
Sound Editor
Larry Hopkins
Sound Mixer
 
Derek Marcil
ADR Mixer
Pedro Mejía
Boom Operator
Sergio Reyes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
B. Tennyson Sebastian III
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank Smathers
Foley Editor
Charles Ewing Smith
Dialogue Editor
Mark Ulano
Production Sound Mixer
Marvin Walowitz
Sound Effects Editor
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


B.J. Shelley
Special Effects Assistant
Bob Shelley
Special Effects Coordinator
 
Malinda Shelley
Special Effects Assistant
 

Art Department:


Mark Green
Assistant Property Master
Terry Haskell
Property Master
Ricardo M. Kaplan
Assistant Art Director
 
Ernesto López Ríos
Construction Coordinator
Eduardo López
Lead Set Dresser
 

Directing Crew:


Antonio Banderas
Special Guest Director
Steve M. Davison
Second Unit Director
Diego Sandoval
Second Assistant Director
 
Batan Silva
First Assistant Director
Joaquin Silva
Second Second Assistant Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


David Berryman
Second Assistant Camera
Ricardo Oscar Fernández
First Assistant Camera
Joaquin Gutierrez
Second Assistant Camera
Douglas Kirkland
Still Photographer
Gerardo Manjarrez
First Assistant Camera
Juan Martin
Electrician
 
Marco Morales Echeverría
Grip
Fernando Moreno
Chief Lighting Technician
Robert Rodriguez
Steadicam Operator
Jesús Romero
Key Grip
Antonio Sánchez Romero
Best Boy Electric
Rico Torres
Still Photographer
 
 

Casting Department:


David Giella
Casting Assistant
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Alana Caudillo
Wardrobe Assistant
Ireri Mazón Salas
Wardrobe Assistant
 
Adolfo Ramírez
Wardrobe Supervisor
Carlos Mungia Rodríguez
Wardrobe Supervisor
 
 

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