And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Synopsis

In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.

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When & where

Streaming on

• HBO Max↗
• HBO Max Amazon Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Antonio Banderas
  as Pancho Villa
• 
  Eion Bailey
  as Frank Thayer
• 
  Alan Arkin
  as Sam Drebben
• 
  Jim Broadbent
  as Harry Aitken
• 
  Matt Day
  as John Reed
• 
  Michael McKean
  as William Christy Cabanne

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