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Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.

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El Mariachi
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Carolina
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Sands
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Billy
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Ajedrez
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Cucuy
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Lorenzo
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Fideo
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Belini
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Jorge FBI
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Barillo
Gerardo Vigil ...
Marquez
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El Presidente (as Pedro Armendariz)
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Advisor
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Cab Driver
Miguel Couturier ...
Dr. Guevera
Toño Valdez ...
Chicle Boy
José Luis Avendaño ...
Alvaro
Rodolfo De Alejandre ...
Omar (as Rodolfo d'Alejandre)
Natalia Torres ...
Mariachi's Girl
Steve Constancio ...
Right Hand (as Steven Constancio)
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Romero
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Qui-Que
Luz María Rojas ...
Pistolera
Mario Simon ...
Cook
Bernard Hacker ...
Blascoe
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Waitress
Carola Vázquez ...
Hospital Administrator
René Gatica ...
Chief Federale
Silvia Santoyo ...
Bachelorette
Juan Pablo Llaguno ...
Bull Fighter
Ignacio Torre ...
Teacher (as Ignacio Torres)
Rojo Grau ...
Manny (as Rogelio Gonzalez Grau)
Jorge Becerril ...
Taco
Víctor Carpinteiro ...
Left Nut
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Que Pasa

Directed by

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Robert Rodriguez

Written by

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Robert Rodriguez ... (written by)

Produced by

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Elizabeth Avellan ... producer (as Elizabeth Avellán)
Carlos Gallardo ... producer
Sue Jett ... co-producer
Tony Mark ... co-producer
Robert Rodriguez ... producer
Luz María Rojas ... co-producer (as Luz Maria Rojas)

Music by

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Robert Rodriguez ... (scored by)

Cinematography by

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Robert Rodriguez ... (shot by)

Editing by

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Robert Rodriguez ... (chopped by)

Editorial Department

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Joan Kelley Bierman ... post-production coordinator
Susan Bliss ... post script services
Andy Cockrum ... apprentice editor
Tritia Espinoza ... international editor
Robert Frey ... post-production engineer
Chad Gunderson ... post-production coordinator: HD video, L.A.
Chris Jack ... post-production assistant
Lars Jensvold ... post-production editor: ILM
Matthew W. Johnson ... color timer
Jay Mahavier ... first assistant editor
Ethan Maniquis ... associate editor
Maia Medve ... post-production assistant
Bill Missett ... on-line editor
Don Montoure ... on-line assembly editor: HD video
Jim Passon ... color timer
Nicole Sieber ... post-production assistant
Andre Tréjo ... post-production coordinator: HD video, L.A. (as Andre Trejo)
Rob Bonstin ... assistant colorist (uncredited)
Valance Eisleben ... high definition editorial services (uncredited)

Casting By

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Mary Vernieu

Production Design by

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Robert Rodriguez

Art Direction by

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Melo Hinojosa

Set Decoration by

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Eva Castro
Patrice Laure

Costume Design by

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Graciela Mazón

Makeup Department

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Allan A. Apone ... special makeup effects artist: airbrush makeup
Troy Breeding ... hair assistant / makeup assistant
Carmen de la Torre ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Jake Garber ... special makeup effects: KNB EFX Group
Roxie Hodenfield ... department head hair (as Roxie Norman)
Barry R. Koper ... special makeup effects artist: airbrush makeup
Robert Kurtzman ... special makeup effects supervisor
Sandra Migueli ... hair assistant (as Sandra Miguelli) / makeup artist / makeup assistant (as Sandra Miguelli)
Greg Nicotero ... special makeup effects: KNB EFX Group, Inc.
Ermahn Ospina ... department head makeup
Scott Patton ... special makeup effects artist
Shannon Shea ... special makeup effects: KNB EFX Group, Inc.

Production Management

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Maria Brill ... post-production supervisor: ILM (as Maria Lyons)
Arturo del Río ... unit manager: Mexico (as Arturo Del Rio)
Jane Nerlinger Evans ... executive in charge of production
Tita Lombardo ... unit manager: Mexico
Tony Mark ... unit production manager
Brian McNulty ... post-production supervisor (as Brian Mcnulty)
Miguel Ángel Poveda ... post-production supervisor
Luz María Rojas ... unit production manager: Mexico (as Luz Maria Rojas)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Douglas Aarniokoski ... second unit director
Brian Bettwy ... first assistant director
Marco Polo Constandse ... second second assistant director: Mexico
Ricardo Del Río ... first assistant director: Mexico (as Ricardo Del Rio)
Frederic Henocque ... second assistant director: Mexico (as Federico Henocque)
Korey Scott Pollard ... second assistant director (as Korey Pollard)

Art Department

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Roberto Avila ... on-set dresser
Carlos Azucena ... assistant property master
Carlos Benassini ... assistant art director
Kevin Berve ... assistant property master
Kelly Bogdan ... property assistant: reshoots
Virginia Capobianco ... location property master
Alisarine Ducolomb ... art coordinator
Caylah Eddleblute ... property master
Steve Joyner ... head property master
Marcus LaPorte ... props: reshoots
Joe McCusker ... construction coordinator: additional photography
King Orba ... set dresser
Darren Patnode ... on-set dresser
Jeff Poss ... head prop maker
Kara Sutherlin ... stand-by painter
Alberto Villaseñor ... construction coordinator (as Alberto Villasenor)
George Yepes ... artist: 'Shotgun Messenger' banner painting

Sound Department

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Thomas Appel ... Post Sound Coordinator / first sound assistant
Dean Beville ... sound designer / sound supervisor
Matthew C. Beville ... foley editor (as Matt Beville)
Mike Chock ... sound effects editor
John Dunn ... sound effects editor
Brad Engleking ... mix record engineer
Larry Hopkins ... layback sound mixer
William Jacobs ... sound designer
Val Kuklowsky ... dialogue editor
Sean Landeros ... sound recordist
Patricio A. Libenson ... sound effects recordist (as Patricio Liebenson)
James J. Mase ... boom operator (as James Mase)
Carey Milbradt ... foley recordist
Ernesto Muñoz ... boom operator (as Ernesto Munoz)
Ed Novick ... production sound mixer
Tim Rakoczy ... first assistant sound editor (as Timothy Rakoczy)
Sergio Reyes ... re-recording mixer
Robert Rodriguez ... re-recording mixer / sound effects editor
Charles Ewing Smith ... dialogue editor
James Bailey ... foley artist (uncredited)
Matthew C. Beville ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Shayna Brown ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Chris Navarro ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Eric Thompson ... adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Eric Allard ... special effects assistant
Rodney Brunet ... animatic artist
William Dawson ... special effects assistant (as Bill Dawson)
Chiz Hasegawa ... coordinator: KNB EFX Group
David Heron ... special effects set supervisor (as Dave Heron)
Geoff Heron ... special effects supervisor: second unit (as Geoffrey Heron)
Sergio Jara Jr. ... special effects assistant
Sergio Jara ... special effects coordinator
Marcus LaPorte ... mold maker: reshoots
Brian Montgomery ... special effects technician: second unit
Dan Nelson ... special effects shop supervisor
Mike Reedy ... special effects coordinator
Glen Thomas ... special effects assistant

Visual Effects by

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Jean-Yves Audouard ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Patrice-Alain Barrette ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Michel Barrière ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies (as Michel Barriére)
Romain Bayle ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Sébastien Bergeron ... visual effects production supervisor: Hybride Technologies
Louise Bertrand ... production team: Hybride Technologies
Keefe Boerner ... visual effects coordinator
Mathieu Boucher ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Marc Bourbonnais ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies / lead technical director: Hybride Technologies
Xavier Bourque ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Caroline Brien ... production assistant: Hybride Technologies
Wayne Brinton ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Rodney Brunet ... creative team: Troublemaker Digital Studios
Caroline Bélisle ... production team: Hybride Technologies
Diane Caliva ... supervisor: digital cinema, ILM
Michael Cozens ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Thierry Delattre ... visual effects production supervisor: Hybride Technologies
Luc Desmarais ... technical support: Hybride Technologies
Anouk Deveault-Moreau ... visual effects production coordinator: Hybride Technologies (as Anouk Deveault Moreau)
Mathieu Dupuis ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Thierry Fortier ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Yanick Gaudreau ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Richard Gentner ... digital imaging operator
Jean-Sebastian Guay ... technical support: Hybride Technologies (as Jean-Sébastien Guay)
Paul Hill ... post producer: ILM
Gael Hollard ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Nadine Homier ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Darren Jones ... digital imaging engineer
Joseph Kasparian ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies / lead digital textures / lighting artist
Mathieu Lalonde ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Nicolas Langlois-Demers ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies / technical director: 3D character setup, Hybride
Jean Lapointe ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Evelyne Leblond ... production assistant: Hybride Technologies
Daniel Leduc ... visual effects producer: Hybride Technologies / visual effects supervisor
Francois Leduc ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Natasha Leonnet ... colorist: ILM
Ann-Sophie Linteau ... production team: Hybride Technologies
Ethan Maniquis ... visual effects editor
Fred Meyers ... principal engineer: digital cinema, ILM
Jim Morris ... president: ILM
Michel Murdock ... visual effects financial controller: Hybride Technologies
Chris Olivia ... creative team: Troublemaker Digital Studios
Jonathan Paquin ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Michael Parkinson ... IQ operator: ILM
Steve Pelchat ... technical support: Hybride Technologies
Pierre Raymond ... visual effects executive producer: Hybride Technologies
Robert Rodriguez ... executive producer: Troublemaker Digital Studios / visual effects supervisor
Frederic St-Arnaud ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies (as Frédéric St-Arnaud) / digital effects artist
Guillaume St-Aubin-Seers ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Ken Steel ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Sean Stranks ... digital compositor: Hybride Technologies
Sylvie Talbot ... production team: Hybride Technologies
Philippe Theroux ... computer graphics supervisor: Hybride Technologies (as Philippe Théroux)
Gaetan Thiffault ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies (as Gaétan Thiffault)
Alex Toader ... creative team: Troublemaker Digital Studios
Vincent Toussaint ... technical support: Hybride Technologies
Marco Tremblay ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies / lead modeler: Hybride Technologies
Jean Frédéric Veilleux ... compositor: Hybride
Jessy Veilleux ... computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies / matte painter
Yanick Wilisky ... computer graphics supervisor: Hybride Technologies
Michael Cordova ... film scanning and recording supervisor (uncredited)
Lloyd Hess ... technical support (uncredited)

Stunts

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David Barrett ... stunts
Cheryl Bermeo ... stunts
Tony Lee Boggs ... stunts (as Tony Boggs)
Joe Bucaro III ... stunts (as Joe Bucaro)
Jeff Dashnaw ... stunt coordinator
Dino Dos Santos ... stunt double: Antonio Banderas (as Dino Frenkiel) / stunts
Joe Finnegan ... stunts
Gilberto Aviña Gómez ... stunts: pistolero (as Gilberto Aviña Gomez)
Tom Harper ... stunts
Toby Holguin ... stunts
Josh Kemble ... stunts
Khristian Lupo ... stunts
Alex Madison ... stunts (as Gail Monian)
Norman Mora ... stunts
Ken Moreno ... stunts
Jimmy Ortega ... stunts
Steve Picerni ... stunts
Rex Reddick ... stunts
Shawn Robinson ... stunts
Troy Robinson ... stunt coordinator
Thomas Rosales Jr. ... stunts (as Thomas Rosales)
Gilbert Rosales ... stunts
James Ryan ... stunts / utility stunts
Dana Stein ... stunts
Cheryl Bermeo ... stunt double: Salma Hayek (uncredited)
Mark Brooks ... stunts (uncredited)
Alex Madison ... stunt double: Salma Hayek (uncredited)
Mauricio Magaña ... stunts (uncredited)
Benjamin Meade ... stunt double (uncredited)
Dustin Meier ... utility stunts (uncredited)
Norman Mora ... stunt double: Antonio Banderas (uncredited)
Víctor Quintero ... stunts (uncredited)
Mario Simon ... stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Edgar Ambriz ... electrician
Mark Burnett ... assistant engineer: HD
Greg Dellerson ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Sean Fairburn ... engineer: HD
Roberto Garcia ... grip
Francisco García ... grip (as Francisco Garcia)
Heriberto Gutiérrez ... additional first assistant camera (as Heriberto Gutierrez)
Juan Guzmán ... grip (as Juan Guzman)
Juan Fernando Guzmán ... electrician (as Juan Guzman Jr.)
Juan Hernandez ... electrician
Jimmy Lindsey ... camera operator / director of photography: second unit
Felipe Morales ... grip
Marco Morales ... electrician
Juan Manuel Moreno Morales ... electrician (as Juan Manuel Moreno)
Fernando Moreno ... electric best boy
Raúl Palacios ... electrician (as Raul Palacios Dominguez)
Nabil Rahme ... second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Nabil Rahmé)
Antonio Resendiz ... grip
Victor Rodall ... video assist
Jesus Rodriguez Jr. ... second grip (as Jesus Rodriguez)
Jesús 'Chucho' Rodriguez ... key grip (as Jesus 'Chucho' Rodriguez)
Robert Rodriguez ... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
Jesus Romero ... dolly grip
John 'Fest' Sandau ... chief lighting technician (as John Sandau)
Joel Schwartz ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Antonio Sánchez Romero ... electrician (as Antonio Sanchez)
Miguel Ángel Sánchez ... grip (as Miguel Angel Sanchez)
Stefan Tarzan ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Joaquin Tlaxcalteco ... dolly grip
Rico Torres ... still photographer
Joel Schwartz ... additional camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department

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Ken Steel ... lead animator
Michael Halley ... animator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Edna Arriola ... extras casting coordinator
Armando Guerrero ... extras casting assistant
Edna Guerrero ... extras casting
Jorge Guerrero ... extras casting
Gilberto Aviña Gómez ... Celaya (as Gilberto Aviña Gomez)
Leticia Loza Marquez ... extras casting
Shalimar Reodica ... casting assistant
Rafael Reyes ... extras casting assistant
Claudia Rosete ... extras casting secretary
Jay Scully ... casting assistant
Galleger Sitz ... extras casting secretary
Manuel Teil ... casting: Mexico
Francisco Veyro ... extras casting assistant
Arturo Zárate ... extras casting coordinator / extras casting: Mexico
Beanie Barnes ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Steve Constancio ... key set costumer (as Steven Constancio)
María del Carmen Delfin ... set costumer
Gabriela Fernandez ... on-set costumer (as Gabriela Fernandez Suarez)
Zeferino Gutierrez ... wardrobe assistant: second unit
Mariana Mazon ... costume assistant
Ireri Mazón Salas ... assistant costume designer (as Ireri Mazón)
Judith Salas ... assistant costume designer
Gisela Sanchez ... seamstress
Heather Priest ... assistant costume designer (uncredited)

Location Management

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Omar Arias González ... location manager: Guanajuato (as Omar Arias)
Rocio Barajas ... location coordinator
Joshua D. Clark ... location assistant: re-shoots
Martin Corkidi ... location manager: second unit
Eduardo Corona ... location manager: Queretaro
Kelly Kernan ... location manager: Texas
G. Pekas Lozano ... location manager: Guanajuato (as Gloria Lozano)
Angeles Morales ... location manager: San Miguel de Allende
Geraldine Sandoval ... location manager: Guanajuato
Erick Tamayo ... location manager: San Miguel de Allende

Music Department

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Pete Anthony ... orchestrator
Rick Del Castillo ... composer: additional music "Chingon Music" / musician: guitars
Jay Duerr ... music editor
Annette Fradera ... music consultant: Mexico
Kevin Globerman ... assistant music editor / score recordist
Don Grantham ... orchestrator
Steven Hufsteter ... composer: additional music "Chingon Music" / musician: guitars
Janet Ketchum ... music contractor
Christopher Klatman ... orchestrator (as Chris Klatman)
Penka Kouneva ... orchestrator
Bob Levy ... assistant engineer
Erik Lundborg ... orchestrator
Alan Meyerson ... score mixer
George Oldziey ... music co-producer / orchestrator / score coordinator
Tim Rakoczy ... music editor (as Timothy Rakoczy)
Stanley Sheldon ... music preparation (as Stan Sheldon)
Gary Slechta ... orchestrator
Dann Thompson ... assistant engineer (as Dann M. Thompson)
Lisa Tingle ... singer
Ignacio Torre ... piano teacher
Mike Watts ... orchestrator
Pete Anthony ... conductor (uncredited)
Carl Thiel ... music recording engineer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Gabi Endicott ... script supervisor
Andrea Martinez ... script supervisor: second unit

Transportation Department

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George Bolton ... transportation captain
Carlos Ponce de León ... transportation coordinator (as Carlos Ponce)
Mario 'Pikachu' Rojas ... driver: mexico city
Abiff Salcedo ... driver
Arturo Saldivar ... production driver
Mario Simon ... transportation coordinator
Chris Walden ... driver

Additional Crew

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Patricia D. Adams ... second assistant accountant
Juan Aguirre ... first assistant accountant
Roberto Ayala ... production assistant (as Roberto Ayala Meza)
Sara Bachelder ... additional set production assistant
Allison Baker ... executive assistant to producers
Ana Ballesteros ... caterer
Jose Manuel Ballesteros ... craft service
Steev Beeson ... production accountant (as Steve Beeson)
Emmanuel Cabare ... production assistant: second unit
Dan Carrillo Levy ... production assistant
John Charles ... software engineer: Sony DAC
Sandra Condito ... publicist
Amanda Curry ... post production assistant accountant
Carmen de la Torre ... production assistant (as Carmen De La Torre)
Christi Dembrowski ... assistant: Mr. Depp
Ryan Gaines ... business & legal affairs
Lilia Galeana ... production assistant
Santiago Garcia Galvan ... production assistant (as Santiago Garcia)
Ernesto Garabito ... production assistant: second unit
Andrea Giannetti ... studio executive: development
Ryan Gomez ... assistant: Mr. Rodriguez
Alejandro González ... stand-in: Gerardo Vigil
Ray Goynechea ... stand-in: Enrique Iglesias
Cynthia Graves ... production coordinator
Traci Hainsworth ... production resources
Victor Hernandez ... production assistant: second unit
Travis Hills ... production assistant
Jonathan Jakubowicz ... production assistant
Carrie Mae Jones ... assistant production coordinator (as Carrie Jones)
Dinah Lary ... assistant: Mr. Banderas
Harry Lu ... armorer
Mauricio Magaña ... stand in: Danny Trejo
Marisela Marquez ... production assistant: second unit
Juan Salvador Melgoza ... assistant accountant (as Salvador Melgoza)
Tavatha Menendez ... stand-in: Salma Hayek (as Tabata Mendez)
Michel Bellego Milan ... production assistant (as Michel Bellego Millan)
Whitney J. Miller ... post-production accountant (as Whitney Miller)
Norberto Nava ... security coordinator
Ngoc Nguyen ... publicity assistant
Cynthia Posner ... production assistant: San Miguel De Allende
Norma Ramos ... assistant accountant
Rashid Rashid ... production assistant
Gregorio Rodriguez ... security supervisor: Mexico
Arturo Romero ... production accountant
Sara Scarritt ... production coordinator (as Sarah Scarritt)
Mark Shultz ... office production assistant
Axel Uriegas ... assistant: Mr. Mark (as Axel Uriegas Duarte)
Jorge Valdés García ... stand-in: Antonio Banderas
Sue-Allen Villalva ... assistant production coordinator (as Sue Allen Villalva)
Patricia Zavala Kugler ... travel coordinator (as Patricia Zavala)
Fernando Corona ... stand-in (uncredited)
Sergio Missael Ramírez ... extras military instructor (uncredited)

Thanks

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Maria Cruz Hernandez ... special thanks
Leticia Ledezma ... special thanks
Racer Rodriguez ... special thanks (as Maximilliano)
Rebel Rodriguez ... special thanks (as Antonio)
Rocket Rodriguez ... special thanks (as Valentin)
Quentin Tarantino ... special thanks

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Plot Summary

Return of the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), in the final installment of the Mariachi/Desperado trilogy. The saga continues as El Mariachi makes his way across a rugged landscape on the blood trail of Barrillo (Willem Dafoe), a cartel kingpin with one last score to settle who is planning a coup d'etat against the president of Mexico. Enlisted by Sands (Johnny Depp), a corrupt CIA agent, El Mariachi demands retribution.

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Taglines The Time Has Come. See more »
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Also Known As
  • El Mariachi 3 (United States)
  • Legend of Mexico (Japan, English title)
  • Il était une fois au Mexique... Desperado 2 (France)
  • Irgendwann in Mexico (Germany)
  • El mexicà (Spain, Catalan title)
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Runtime
  • 102 min
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Box Office

Budget $29,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $23,424,118, 14 Sep 2003
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $98,185,582

Did You Know?

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Trivia Johnny Depp shot all of his scenes in eight days, but after filming was done he didn't want to leave. So he suggested to Robert Rodriguez that he play a small part, the priest that Antonio Banderas talks to in the church, and used his Marlon Brando impression. See more »
Goofs When Sands first meets the bubblegum-selling boy, the shots of the boy have been flipped - the writing on the pack is backwards. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Anti-Hero's Journey (2004). See more »
Soundtracks Sands Theme See more »
Crazy Credits After all the credits, we are treated to one last quick image of Agent Sands (Johnny Depp) with no eyes. See more »
Quotes Agent Sands: Are you a Mexi-CAN or a Mexi-CAN'T?
Cucuy: I'm a Mexi-CAN
Agent Sands: Good. Then do as I say.
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