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: Facing a lack of funding and negative American press, Villa (played by Antonio Banderas ) signs a $25,000 contract to allow a film crew to document his military campaign.

The 2003 HBO film is a historical drama that explores the "strange-but-true" 1914 alliance between Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa and early Hollywood filmmakers. Directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Larry Gelbart , the film details Villa’s attempt to fund his revolution by selling the exclusive movie rights of his actual battles to the Mutual Film Corporation. Production and Plot Overview And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

The film featured a star-studded cast and was, at the time, the most expensive television movie ever made with a budget of over $30 million. Antonio Banderas Frank Thayer Eion Bailey Sam Dreben Alan Arkin Harry Aitken Jim Broadbent D.W. Griffith Colm Feore Raoul Walsh Kyle Chandler Historical Accuracy Pancho Villa - News - IMDb : Facing a lack of funding and negative

: To accommodate the cameras, Villa reportedly agreed to fight battles only during daylight hours and even restaged some events for the lens. Production and Plot Overview The film featured a

: The actual silent film produced, The Life of General Villa , was the first American feature-length movie; today, the original is lost, with only unedited battle fragments surviving. Cast and Crew