{"id":3989,"date":"2015-01-25T21:54:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robert-rodriguez.info\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2022-04-14T11:16:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T10:16:49","slug":"desperado-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robert-rodriguez.info\/desperado-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperado (1995)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Desperado<\/strong> kicks off in spectacular fashion, with <strong>Steve Buscemi<\/strong> regaling barman <strong>Cheech Marin<\/strong> and his pals with the story of a near-mythic gunman, &#8220;the biggest Mexican I have ever seen&#8221;. His tall tale is intercut with footage of <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.robert-rodriguez.info\/el-mariachi-1992\/\">El Mariachi<\/a><\/strong> (now played by <strong>Antonio Banderas<\/strong>) wiping out a bar-full of real lowlifes. &#8220;I think he&#8217;s headed this way,&#8221; Buscemi adds helpfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desperado was Robert Rodriguez&#8217; first big budget production that he shot for Sony Pictures after the success of <strong>El Mariachi<\/strong>. It is both a remake and a sequel &#8211; or neither. A reimagining of the film in some way. There is a memorable cameo in there by <a href=\"\/\/www.robert-rodriguez.info\/quentin-tarantino\/\"><strong>Quentin Tarantino<\/strong><\/a> as the infamous &#8220;Pick-up guy&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong>: <em>Antonio Banderas<\/em> (Mariachi), <em>Salma Hayek<\/em> (Carolina), <em>Steve Buscemi<\/em> (Buscemi), <em>Danny Trejo<\/em> (Navajas), <em>Joaquin de Almeida<\/em> (Bucho), <em>Quentin Tarantino<\/em> (Pick-up Guy), <em>Cheech Marin<\/em> (Bartender), <em>Tito Larriva<\/em>, <a href=\"\/\/www.robert-rodriguez.info\/carlos-gallardo\/\"><em>Carlos Gallardo<\/em><\/a> (Campa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>more info soon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News: a BluRay is coming soon from Arrow Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get the BluRay: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0048LVDHG\/ref=as_li_tl?tag=rgz-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Amazon.com<\/a> (El Mariachi\/Desperado double), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00Q5JK7VM\/ref=as_li_tl?tag=rgz-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BestBuy Steelbook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006GXGFP4\/ref=as_li_tl?tag=rgz-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rodriguez Box <\/a>(French import, region-free) | From Amazon.co.uk | From Amazon.de<\/strong><br \/><strong>Get the DVD: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0000A2ZU1\/ref=as_li_tl?tag=rgz-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Amazon.com<\/a> | From Amazon.co.uk | From Amazon.de<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desperado kicks off in spectacular fashion, with Steve Buscemi regaling barman Cheech Marin and his pals with the story of a near-mythic gunman, &#8220;the biggest Mexican I have ever seen&#8221;.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[153,77],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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