
El Mariachi

With a guitar in his hand and a price on his head, he wasn't looking for trouble. But trouble came looking for him.
Overview
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake el Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Sundance Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic (1993)
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Box office
Grossed $2.04M worldwide
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Filming locations
Filmed in Mexico
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Setting
Set in Mexico
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Sequels
Followed by Desperado
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Collection
Part of Mexico Collection
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Music
Music by Álvaro Rodríguez
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert Rodriguez
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Robert RodriguezWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 22, 1993
- Original language
- Spanish
- Budget
- $7.2K
- Revenue
- $2M
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- Mexico Collection
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In the United States
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