Pancho Villa rides
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pancho Villa rides |
| Original title | Villa Rides |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 125 (German version 120) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Buzz Kulik |
| script |
Robert Towne Sam Peckinpah |
| production | Ted Richmond |
| music | Maurice Jarre |
| camera | Jack Hildyard |
| cut | David Bretherton |
| occupation | |
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Pancho Villa rides is a western film that was shot by an American production company in Spain in the wake of the spaghetti westerns successes with stylistic devices of the hip genre. The alternative title of the work, which premiered in German-speaking countries on September 20, 1968, is Rio Morte . The script was based on a story by William Douglas Lansford about the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa of the same name. Directed the with Yul Brynner and Robert Mitchum occupied starring film led Buzz Kulik .
action
Pilot Lee Arnold, who now and then brings deliveries to the men for the government troops , allows himself to be more deeply involved in political events and human relationships through his greed for money. When his engine goes on strike, he is forced to stay longer than planned. He falls in love with the daughter of a revolutionary, gets to know Pancho Villa personally and has to deal with his views as well as the harassment of the leader Fierro's right hand. Villa, on the other hand, learns that his president's naivete leads to fraud and further injustice; whose army chief Huerta does not grant Villa the fame that he would have earned through countless conquests. Arnold slowly developed an understanding of the goals of the revolution. When President Madero is assassinated by Huerta, Villa flees with him to the States, where he meets Arnold, who now lives in luxury. Now he supports Revolution Villas as much as possible.
criticism
The film doesn't do well with Joe Hembus ; because Mitchum was reluctant to warm up a well-known role, the scriptwriters rebelled against their talents, the film made a boastful impression. The lexicon of international films believes that it is just an “elaborately staged adventure film with no claim to historical accuracy.” Roger Ebert was also disappointed with the missed chance on an interesting topic. Similar to the New York Times , in which AH Weiler wrote that it was a sprawling Western with no historical claim, which he described as purely coincidental, if it should be present in a scene. The evangelical film observer was largely positive : “A technically perfect adventure on a historical basis that does not go into much depth. Despite a certain heroization, the hero's ambiguity cannot be overlooked. "
Remarks
The score was released on Dot Records .
The film was shot in El Casar de Talamanca , among others .
Web links
- Villa Rides in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Joe Hembus: The Western Lexicon , expanded new edition by Benjamin Hembus - 1567 films from 1894 to today. Munich 1995, ISBN 3-453-08121-8 . P. 520
- ↑ Pancho Villa rides. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Review of June 25, 1968
- ^ Review of July 18, 1968
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 455/1968.
- ↑ http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/21439/Villa+Rides