And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself is a 2003 television film starring Antonio Banderas as Pancho Villa. The movie's tagline is Lights. Camera. Revolution. At the time of production, this was the most expensive 2-hour television/cable movie ever made, with a budget of over $30 million. The film is based on The Life of General Villa which was shot in 1914. The actual contract that Pancho Villa signed with Frank N. Thayer and the Mutual Film Compa... more

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself is a 2003 television film starring Antonio Banderas as Pancho Villa. The movie's tagline is Lights. Camera. Revolution. At the time of production, this was the most expensive 2-hour television/cable movie ever made, with a budget of over $30 million. The film is based on The Life of General Villa which was shot in 1914. The actual contract that Pancho Villa signed with Frank N. Thayer and the Mutual Film Company on January 5, 1914 to film the Battle of Ojinaga still exists and is in a museum in Mexico City. The original film has been lost, but some unedited film reels of the battle, showing Pancho Villa and his army fighting Federal forces, as well as photographs and publicity stills taken from the original film still exist. Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Antonio Banderas) finds himself without adequate funding to finance his war against the military-run government. He also finds himself at odds with the Americans because of the Hearst media... less