Desperado (film)

Desperado
Desperado
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Rodriguez
Written by	Robert Rodriguez
Produced by	Robert Rodriguez; Bill Borden;
Starring	Antonio Banderas; Joaquim de Almeida; Salma Hayek; Steve Buscemi; Cheech Marin; Quentin Tarantino;
Cinematography	Guillermo Navarro
Edited by	Robert Rodriguez
Music by	Los Lobos
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures; Los Hooligans Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	August 25, 1995;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Spanish;
Budget	$7 million
Box office	$58 million

Desperado is a 1995 American neo-Western action film written, co-produced, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the second part of Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy. It stars Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover. The film was screened out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.^[5] Desperado grossed $58 million worldwide. It has been cited as Salma Hayek's breakout role.^[6]

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^ "Desperado". The Numbers. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
^ Baumgarten, Marjorie (September 1, 1995). "Desperado HoursFor a Few Dollars More". AustinChronicle.com. Desperado was financed by Columbia Pictures and quotes a production cost of $7 million
^ "Planet Hollywood". Screen International. August 30, 1996. pp. 14–15.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Desperado". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
^ "Salma Hayek on putting a menopausal woman in the centre of an action film". The Independent. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.