El Mariachi

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Mexican film action film film

El Mariachi is a low-budget 1992 Mexican action film that launched director Robert Rodriguez’s career and became famous for its inventive guerrilla-style filmmaking.

Aliases (1)

El Mariachi series ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mexican film → action film → film →
awardReceived	Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival →
boxOfficeUSD	approximately 2,000,000 →
budgetUSD	7000 →
cinematographyBy	Robert Rodriguez →
colorProcess	Color →
countryOfOrigin	Mexico →
director	Robert Rodriguez →
distributor	Columbia Pictures →
editedBy	Robert Rodriguez →
filmingCountry	Mexico →
filmingLocation	Ciudad Acuña →
filmingStyle	guerrilla filmmaking →
followedBy	Desperado → Once Upon a Time in Mexico →
genre	action → crime → thriller →
hasSequel	Desperado → Once Upon a Time in Mexico →
hasWikipediaPage	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mariachi →
language	Spanish →
mainCharacter	El Mariachi →
mpaaRating	R →
musicBy	Eric Guthrie →
notableFor	launching Robert Rodriguez’s career → low-budget production →
originalNetworkOrDistributor	Columbia Pictures →
partOf	Mexico Trilogy →
plotSummary	A traveling musician is mistaken for a criminal and becomes embroiled in a violent conflict with a drug lord. →
producer	Robert Rodriguez →
productionCompany	Los Hooligans Productions →
protagonistPortrayedBy	Carlos Gallardo →
ratingSystem	MPAA →
releaseDate	1992-09-04 →
releaseYear	1992 →
runtimeMinutes	81 →
setIn	Mexico →
soundMix	Dolby →
starring	Carlos Gallardo → Consuelo Gómez → Jaime de Hoyos →
writer	Robert Rodriguez →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Desperado → El Mariachi → El Mariachi → Once Upon a Time in Mexico → Once Upon a Time in Mexico →	mainCharacter
Robert Rodriguez →	directed
Mexico Trilogy →	followsCharacter
Once Upon a Time in Mexico ("El Mariachi series") →	franchise
Mexico Trilogy →	hasPart
Robert Rodriguez →	notableWork
Mexico Trilogy →	startPart