In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself has generally received positive reviews.
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By John Leonard (99) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 26 Jan 2018
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself was released in 2003 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 25 reviews, giving And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 75%.
With a score of 61%, And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2003, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 2003 with similar scores include films like American Wedding, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and Mona Lisa Smile.
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