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Desperado

film by Rodriguez [1995]

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Desperado is a 1995 American neo-Western action film directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Antonio Banderas as a mariachi musician seeking revenge against the drug lord who murdered his lover. Salma Hayek also stars in the film, marking a notable collaboration with Rodriguez. The term "desperado" itself refers to a violent criminal who is unafraid of injury or capture.12

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Antonio Banderas
Hollywood success: Philadelphia and Interview with the Vampire
Rhapsody (1995); Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado (1995), in which Banderas played El Mariachi, a gun-toting musician; and Assassins (1995). In 1996 he starred with Madonna in the musical Evita (1996), portraying the role of Ché, the film’s narrator. Accused by some critics of overexposure, Banderas conceded that he was ambitious…
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Rhapsody (1995); Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado (1995), in which Banderas played El Mariachi, a gun-toting musician; and Assassins (1995). In 1996 he starred with Madonna in the musical Evita (1996), portraying the role of Ché, the film’s narrator. Accused by some critics of overexposure, Banderas conceded that he was ambitious…
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Salma Hayek
…Rodriguez, who cast her in Desperado (1995), alongside Antonio Banderas. Exposure in the action film catapulted the young actress into stardom. Her next major role was in another Rodriguez film, From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), a gory vampire movie that also starred George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino. In 1997
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…Rodriguez, who cast her in Desperado (1995), alongside Antonio Banderas. Exposure in the action film catapulted the young actress into stardom. Her next major role was in another Rodriguez film, From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), a gory vampire movie that also starred George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino. In 1997
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spaghetti western
Ongoing influence
…which includes El Mariachi (1992), Desperado (1995), and Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003), follows a mariachi musician-turned-gunfighter. The title of the last is a direct tribute to Leone’s Once upon a Time in the West (1968) and Once upon a Time in America (1984), and all three films…
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…which includes El Mariachi (1992), Desperado (1995), and Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003), follows a mariachi musician-turned-gunfighter. The title of the last is a direct tribute to Leone’s Once upon a Time in the West (1968) and Once upon a Time in America (1984), and all three films…
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Danny Trejo
Career
Trejo also appeared in Rodriguez’s Desperado (1995), Heat (1995), the From Dusk till Dawn films (1996, 1999, and 1999), Anaconda (1997), Con Air (1997), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Predators (2010), and the Bad Ass series (2012, 2014, and 2015), among many other roles. He was a recurring
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Trejo also appeared in Rodriguez’s Desperado (1995), Heat (1995), the From Dusk till Dawn films (1996, 1999, and 1999), Anaconda (1997), Con Air (1997), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Predators (2010), and the Bad Ass series (2012, 2014, and 2015), among many other roles. He was a recurring
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