Movies by Alfonso Arau
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The Dead One (2007)
Cast: Michael Parks, Tony Plana, Maria Conchita Alonso …
Directed by: Brian Cox
Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte (Wilmer Valderrama) fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger battle awaits him when the…
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The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood (2002)
Cast: Wanda De Jesus, Rubén Blades, John Leguizamo …
Directed by: Susan Racho, Nancy De Los Santos, Alberto Domínguez …
The cinematic careers of Latino stars are celebrated in this progressive retrospective that deftly chronicles their many contributions. Movie clips and special interviews are used to narrate…
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Angel Eyes (2001)
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto …
Directed by: Luis Mandoki
Still recovering from a troubled past, Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) is a streetwise Chicago cop with a tough-as-nails exterior. When a violent assault leaves her vulnerable, Sharon receives…
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Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988)
Cast: Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Mexican authorities apprehend fugitive Yankee gold thieves Cross (Willie Nelson) and Boone (Jack Elam), but they're spared execution after promising to deliver a train full of dynamite…
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Three Amigos (1986)
Cast: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short …
Directed by: John Landis
Responding to a cable from a senorita in distress, three silent-film stars head to Mexico. Assuming they've been summoned to perform in a show, the trio is unaware they're expected…
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Romancing the Stone (1984)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
When a reclusive romance writer -- whose humdrum life in no way resembles the exploits of her fiery fictional heroines -- learns her sister's been kidnapped, she's soon embroiled in…
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Used Cars (1980)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Michael McKean …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Used-car salesman Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) needs money to run for State Senate. His boss, Luke (Jack Warden), loans him the cash, but then falls victim to an "accident" orchestrated by his…
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Posse (1975)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins …
Directed by: Kirk Douglas
Taking on triple duties as producer, director and star, Kirk Douglas plays a flinty federal marshal with big political aspirations -- and capturing notorious bandit Jack Strawhorn (Bruce…
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Tivoli (1974)
Cast: Alfonso Arau, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Gina Morett …
Directed by: Alberto Isaac
This heartwrenching film is an evocation of the frivolous Tivoli Theatre, which had its heyday in the 1940s and '50s. Authorities are prepared to demolish the theatre in order to expand…
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Calzonzin Inspector (1973)
Cast: Alfonso Arau, Pancho Córdova, Arturo Alegro …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Based on the comic strip The Super-Machos, director Alfonso Arau's film takes place in the town of San Garabato, Mexico. When a stranger arrives in town, everyone mistakes him for a…
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El Topo (1970)
Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta …
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
In this surreal Western, avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky uses allegory and religious iconography to tell the story of a gunfighter, El Topo (Jodorowsky), who wanders the desert on…
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The Wild Bunch (1969)
Cast: Emilio Fernandez, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Director Sam Peckinpah's brilliant 1969 Western epic tells the story of a bunch of aging outlaws, led by Pike Bishop (William Holden), whose botched plans to pull off one last job forces…
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A Painted House (2003)
Cast: Scott Glenn, Arija Bareikis, Robert Sean Leonard …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Based John Grisham's novel, this coming-of-age TV movie follows young Luke Chandler (Logan Lerman) through a summer of life-changing experiences, both good and bad, as he mingles with a…
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Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Cheech Marin, Fran Drescher …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Woody Allen plays a kosher butcher (wearing cowboy boots and a Stetson, no less) who slices and dices his philandering wife (Sharon Stone) but loses track of her hand -- which becomes…
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The Magnificent Ambersons (2000)
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Greenwood, Jonathan Rhys Meyers …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
When Orson Welles's 1942 film was first produced, it was drastically reedited by its studio, RKO Pictures, prompting a battle that raged for years. In 2001, A&E took Welles's…
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A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Love becomes complicated when World War II vet Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) falls for Victoria (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first…
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Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Cast: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Passionate Tita (Lumi Cavazos) is in love with Pedro (Marco Leonardi), but her controlling mother (Regina Torné) forbids her from marrying him. So when Pedro marries her sister, Tita…
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Calzonzin Inspector (1973)
Cast: Alfonso Arau, Pancho Córdova, Arturo Alegro …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Based on the comic strip The Super-Machos, director Alfonso Arau's film takes place in the town of San Garabato, Mexico. When a stranger arrives in town, everyone mistakes him for a…