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El Mariachi

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El Mariachi (1992)

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Reviews Counted:372

Fresh:318

Rotten:54

Average Rating:7.0/10

Consensus: Made on a shoestring budget, El Mariachi's story is not new. However, the movie has so much energy that it's thoroughly enjoyable.

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: While earning room and board for a song, a down-on-his-luck musician gets into deep hot water when he's mistaken for a guitar case-toting hitman in a small Mexican town. EL MARIACHI was produced by... While earning room and board for a song, a down-on-his-luck musician gets into deep hot water when he's mistaken for a guitar case-toting hitman in a small Mexican town. EL MARIACHI was produced by do-it-yourself Austin, Texas auteur Robert Rodriguez (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, SPY KIDS) on a shoe-string budget for the Mexican video market but earned a major studio release. Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. [More]

Starring: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Peter Marquardt

Starring: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Peter Marquardt

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Carlos Gallardo, Robert Rodriguez

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