800 Bullets (2002)

Name: 800 Bullets
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Released: 2002-10-18
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Sancho Gracia, Ángel de Andrés López, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela, Luis Castro

800 Bullets (2002), directed by Álex de la Iglesia, starring Sancho Gracia and Ángel de Andrés López.

10/18/2002 BR Action, Comedy and Western 2h 4m

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Almería, Tabernas desert, Spain, 2002. Texas Hollywood is a dilapidated and dusty town where Western movies have not been shot for decades. Julián Torralba and his partners, veteran film stuntmen, survive there, recreating pathetic action scenes for the pleasure of the few foreign tourists who visit the isolated region.

Flavio Martínez LabianoCinematography
Álex de la IglesiaDirector, Producer, Screenplay
Alejandro LázaroEditing
María AnguloProducer

About the film

800 Bullets (Spanish: 800 balas) is a 2002 Spanish film directed and produced by Álex de la Iglesia, who jointly penned it alongside Jorge Guerricaechevarría. The cast features Sancho Gracia, Ángel de Andrés, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela, Terele Pávez and Luis Castro, among others. The film, a tribute to Spanish stuntmen who worked in Spaghetti Westerns, features similarities to Spielbergian Oedipal melodramas.

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Plot

Julián Torralba is a former film stuntman in Almeria, Spain. He and several of his colleagues, who once made a living in American Westerns shot in Spain, now are reduced to doing stunt shows for minuscule audiences on the decaying set built for those old Westerns. Julián wrestles with dark memories of the death of his son, also a stuntman, and with estrangement from his daughter-in-law Laura and her son Carlos.

Carlos, a young boy, becomes intrigued with his late father's life and runs away to join Julián and his band of has-beens. There Carlos is initiated into the rambunctious life of these hard-drinking faux cowboys. But when Laura, a powerful executive looking for a new site for a tourist resort, learns that Carlos has joined the hated Julián, she moves to destroy even this remnant of Julián's once-proud career. Julián and the cowboys decide to fight back the only way they know how.

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Production

Produced by Pánico Films, 800 Bullets was shot in the province of Almería. Shooting locations included the Paseo de Almería, the Calle Reina Regente (both in the provincial capital, Almería), Santa María del Águila (El Ejido), Las Salinillas (Gádor-Gérgal-Rioja-

Tabernas), Garganta de Alfaro (Rioja) and the Poblado estudio Fort Bravo-Texas Hollywood (Tabernas). The film had a budget of around €5 million.

Release

The film had its world premiere on 11 October 2002 at the Sitges Film Festival (FICC), making its domestic theatrical release a week later, on 18 October. The film performed bad at the box office, becoming one of the economic blunders in 2002 Spanish cinema, grossing less than €2 million.

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References

Bibliography

Alonso García, Luis (2003). "Los tropecientos agujeros del poncho" (PDF). Ikusgaiak. 6. San Sebastián: 177–236. ISSN 1137-4438.

Peña Sevilla, Jesús de la (2009). "Klaatu, Barada, Nikto: Ha llegado Álex de la Iglesia" (PDF). Academia. Revista del Cine Español (158). Madrid: Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España: 17–19. ISSN 1136-8144.

Buse, Peter; Triana Toribio, Núria; Willis, Andy (2007). The cinema of Álex de la Iglesia. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719071362.

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800 Bullets at IMDb

Text from 800 Bullets on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/800_Bullets

Trivia

It cost US$ 4.4 million and grossed US$ 1.9 million in theaters — 0.4 times its budget.
It premiered on October 18, 2002, a Friday.
It runs 2h04 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "800 balas".
It won 1 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — Goya Award for Best Special Effects among them.
This film's quiz has 15 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosAlan Young Pictures, Panico Films, Canal+ España, TVE, EiTB
CountriesSpain
LanguagesSpanish, English, Italian
BudgetUS$ 4,380,750
Box officeUS$ 1,947,000
StatusReleased

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Awards

Goya Award for Best Special Effects 2002

Filming locations

Almería Province
Tabernas Desert
Borox
Almería

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Andalusia

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Crew

Flavio Martínez Labiano Cinematography
Álex de la Iglesia Director
Alejandro Lázaro Editing
Álex de la Iglesia Producer
María Angulo Producer
Roque Baños Original music
Álex de la Iglesia Screenplay
Jorge Guerricaechevarría Screenplay

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What is 800 Bullets about?

800 Bullets: Almería, Tabernas desert, Spain, 2002. Texas Hollywood is a dilapidated and dusty town where Western movies have not been shot for decades. Julián Torralba and his partners, veteran film stuntmen, survive there, recreating pathetic action scenes for the pleasure of the few foreign tourists who visit the isolated regio…

Who directed 800 Bullets?

800 Bullets was directed by Álex de la Iglesia in 2002.

Who stars in 800 Bullets?

The cast of 800 Bullets includes Sancho Gracia, Ángel de Andrés López, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela and Luis Castro.

How long is 800 Bullets?

800 Bullets runs for 124 minutes, or 2h04.

How much did 800 Bullets cost and how much did it make?

800 Bullets had a budget of US$ 4,380,750 and took US$ 1,947,000 at the box office.

What awards did 800 Bullets win?

800 Bullets has 1 recorded awards, among them Goya Award for Best Special Effects.