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    Once Upon A Time In Mexico
    Genre: Western

    Reviewed In Issue 82 (Mar 2004) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Rub

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4.5
    DD Sound Rating: 4.5
    DTS Sound Rating: NA
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    Reference Systems
    Critics' Composite Score: 3.5
    Internet Links
    http://www.sonypictures.com
    Special Features
    There are additional audio tracks included: a commentary track with director Robert Rodriguez, and a music and 5.1 isolated sound design track with intermittent Rodriguez commentary. There are also six featurettes: Ten Minute Flick School, which actually runs nine minutes; the 11-minute Inside Troublemaker Studios; Ten Minute Cooking School, which only runs six minutes; An Evening With Robert Rodriguez


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 08717
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Rating Reason):

    		 Strng violence, and for language
    (Retail Price): $28.95
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 102
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2003
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 01/20/04
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Robert Rodriguez
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    "Once Upon A Time In Mexico" there was a guitar fighter known as El Mariachi (Banderas), and he stole a beautiful woman (Hayek) away from a powerful and dangerous fellow known as Gen. Marquez (Vigil). Well, Marquez is being paid by the Barillo (Dafoe) cartel to kill the president of Mexico, and a guy named Sands (Depp) decides that El Mariachi is just the one to go after Marquez. It seems that the cartels have quite a price on Mariachi

    DVD Picture:
    While shown theatrically in

    Soundtrack:
    The Dolby

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