Desperado (1995)


Desperado
Release Date01 May 1995
Budget$7,000,000
US Box Office$26,000,000
Other NamesОтчаянный
TaglineHe came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.
GenreAction, Crime, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCiudad Acuña, Coahuíla, Mexico
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby SR, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassAction Thriller, Gangster Film
MoodThrill Rides, Tough Guys
ThemesMistaken Identities, Lone Wolves
TonesVisceral, Rousing, Stylized, Tense, Gritty, Sensual, Earthy
TagsBad Guy, Death, Drug Dealer, Drugs, Family Member, Girlfriend, Good Guy, Gunfighter, Love, Revenge, Smuggling

Desperado is a 1995 action thriller film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas as the former mariachi who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover.


Cast and Crew


Short Bartender

Buscemi

Right Hand

Pick-up Guy

Angel Aviles
Zamira

Navajas

Abraham Verduzco
Niño

Albert Michel Jr.
Quino

Angela Lanza
Tourist Girl

Mike Moroff
Shrug

Robert Arevalo
Opponent

Gerardo Moscoso
Priest

Peter Marquardt
Moco

Consuelo Gómez
Domino

Jaime de Hoyos
Bigoton

Cristos

Richie Gaona
Case Opener

Mark Dalton
Fighting Barfly

Tommy Nix
Fighting Barfly

Patricia Vonne
Bar Girl

Elizabeth Rodriguez
Mariachi Fan

Reinol Martinez
Guy scolding Niño outside Tarasco Bar

Diego Sandoval
Empty Gun Man

Director

Producer

co-producer

Bill Borden
producer

co-producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Production Designer

Cecilia Montiel
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Art Director

Felipe Fernández del Paso

Costume Designer

Graciela Mazón
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Makeup Department

Rosie Duprat Fort
assistant makeup artist , assistant hair stylist

Ermahn Ospina
hair stylist, makeup artist

Douglas J. White
special effects makeup & prosthetics

Allan A. Apone
special makeup designer

Production Manager

Tony Mark
unit production manager

Luz María Rojas
unit production manager

Tamara Smith
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Diego Sandoval
second assistant director

Joaquin Silva
second second assistant director

Sebastián Silva
first assistant director

director: bathroom scene

Steve M. Davison
second unit director

Art Department

Mark 'Digger' Green
assistant property master

Terry Haskell
property master

Ricardo M. Kaplan
assistant art director

Eduardo Lopez
lead dresser

Ernesto López Ríos
construction coordinator

Sound Department

Dean Beville
supervising sound editor

Matthew C. Beville
sound editor

Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.
assistant sound editor

Thomas Raymond Fabbricante
assistant sound editor

Judee Flick
adr editor

Gary S. Gerlich
sound editor

Greg Hedgepath
sound editor

Pedro Mejía
boom operator

Sergio Reyes
sound re-recording mixer

B. Tennyson Sebastian III
sound re-recording mixer

Frank Smathers
foley editor

Charles Ewing Smith
dialogue editor

Mark Ulano
production sound mixer

Derek Marcil
adr mixer

Marvin Walowitz
sound effects editor

Special Effects

B.J. Shelley
special effects assistant

Bob Shelley
special effects coordinator

Malinda Shelley
special effects assistant

Steve Fink
prosthetics technician

Stunts

Julian Bucio
stunts

Steve M. Davison
stunt coordinator

Richie Gaona
stunts

Ramiro González
stunts

Allan R.J. Joseph
stunts

Henry Kingi Jr.
stunts

Javier Lambert
stunts

Troy Robinson
stunts

Gilbert Rosales
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

David Berryman
second assistant camera

Ricardo Fernández
first assistant camera

Joaquin Gutierrez
second assistant camera

Gerardo Manjarrez
first assistant camera

Marco Morales Echeverría
second grip

Fernando Moreno
chief lighting technician

Steadicam operator

Jesús Romero
key grip

Antonio Sánchez Romero
best boy electric

Rico Torres
still photographer

Juan Martín
electrician

Casting Department

David Giella
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Alana Caudillo
wardrobe assistant

Ireri Mazón Salas
wardrobe assistant

Adolfo Ramírez
wardrobe supervisor: men

Carlos Mungia Rodríguez
wardrobe supervisor: women

Editorial Department

Erik C. Andersen
non-linear associate editor

Daniel Fort
assistant film editor

Gloria Kaiser
color timer

Ethan Maniquis
assistant film editor

David Orr
color timer

Darren Block
post-production assistant

Music Department

Michael Connell
music editor

composer: additional music

Karyn Rachtman
music supervisor

Steven Hufsteter
musician: guitars

Transportation Department

Kenny Mason
transportation coordinator

Mark Gantt
driver

Other Crew

Robin Anderson
script supervisor

Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán
assistant location manager

Mariano Carranco
location manager

Anelis Patiño Coronas
production secretary

Deborah Dalton
assistant: Mr. Banderas

Fernanda Echeverria
production coordinator

Miguel Gurza
animal wrangler

Cheri Hall
production accountant

Elsa Hermoso
production accountant

Pamela Jaeckle
production coordinator

Don Levy
unit publicist

Jenny Manriquez
assistant: Mr. Borden

Juan Luis Obregón
production assistant

Leticia Avalos Ramos
production assistant

Carlos Renero
animal wrangler

Barry Rosenbush
production assistant

Daniel J. Shaw
production assistant

Josephine Batorski
studio teacher

Kelly Frazier
assistant production coordinator

Thanks

Carmen M. De Gallardo
special thanks

Ramiro Guzmán
special thanks

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Los Hooligans Productions

Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Columbia TriStar Films de España S.A.

Columbia TriStar Films

Columbia TriStar Film

Columbia TriStar Films

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
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Columbia TriStar

Encore Entertainment

Falcon

LK-TEL Vídeo

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Special Effects

Makeup Effects Laboratories
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Miscellaneous

Alimentacion Filmica Especializada
craft service , catering

D. Bassett & Associates
negative cutting

Del Rio Bar, Ciudad Acuña
special thanks

Epic Soundtrax
soundtrack on

Fire Department of Ciudad Acuña
special thanks

Hunters Lodge Bar
special thanks

Mayor and the People of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico
special thanks to

Otto Nemenz International
cameras by

Pacific Title
titles and opticals

Police Department of Ciudad Acuña
special thanks

Post Logic Studios
digital film mastering

Reuben Cannon & Associates
casting

Technicolor
prints by

The Chamber of Commerce of Ciudad Acuña
special thanks

The Office of the Governor of Coahuila, Mexico
special thanks

The Parish of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Ciudad Acuña
special thanks

Transit Department of Ciudad Acuña
special thanks

Wardlaw Frazier Casting
extras casting