Comic genius Larry Gelbart's satirical, made-for-HBO meditation on truth vs. fiction infuses some life into the anemic biopic formula. In 1914, the Mutual Film Corporation agrees to pay Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Antonio Banderas) exclusive film rights to his exploits and the wily guerilla leader readily agrees: Not only does he need money to finance his revolution, but he knows the value of good publicity. Mutual mogul Harry Aitken (Jim Broadbent) dispatches his nephew, Frank Thayer (Eion Bailey), to Mexico with a skeleton crew. Aitkin feels an unexpected kinship with the charismatic Villa, enhanced by his encounters with ennobled peons and transplanted Yan...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
115 mins