El Mariachi
With a guitar in his hand and a price on his head, he wasn't looking for trouble. But trouble came looking for him.
1993 | 81m | Spanish
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Robert Rodriguez |
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| Writer: | Robert Rodriguez |
| Staring: |
| El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake el Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 22, 1993 |
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| Director: | Robert Rodriguez |
| Writer: | Robert Rodriguez |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | usa–mexico border, mistaken identity, mariachi, concealed weapon |
| Production Companies | Los Hooligans Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,040,920
Budget: $7,225 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: May 02, 2025 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Eric Guthrie | Music |
| Mark Trujillo | Music |
| Robert Rodriguez | Additional Editing, Director, Editor, Still Photographer, Camera Operator, Sound Editor, Writer, Special Effects, Director of Photography, Music Editor |
| Carlos Gallardo | Special Effects, Unit Production Manager, Dolly Grip |
| Richard Garibaldi | Colorist |
| Chris Knudson | Music |
| Cecilio Rodríguez | Music |
| Mario Gonzales | Carpenter |
| Gregory H. Watkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Roberto Martinez | Dolly Grip |
| Marc Wielage | Digital Colorist |
| Juan Francisco Suarez Vidaurri | Vocals, Musician |
| Mario Hernández | Stunt Coordinator |
| Manuel Salinas | Stunt Coordinator |
| Álvaro Rodríguez | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Carlos Gallardo | Producer |
| Elizabeth Avellan | Associate Producer |
| Robert Rodriguez | Producer |
| Carmen M. De Gallardo | Associate Producer |
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| 2025 | 5 | 143 | 556 |
Filmed in 1992 and being Robert Rodriquez’s film debut this is a film about a guitar player whom walk into town at the same time a gangster shoots up some dudes in a bar wearing same clothes so at first it’s a case of Mistaken identity but then I believe the Mariachi guy just kind of falls into the ... role of the renegade assassin that takes out the man running the streets or so he thinks... falling in love with the bosses girl... I thought this film was poetic, romantic and tragic all at the same time... I got a kick out of a scene where the dude’s in Domino’s tub as she holds a gun on him and forces him to sing... the song he sings was racy but supposedly an original of his... the film starred Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Peter Marquardt and Reinol Martinez. An interesting look at a criminal organization no necessarily organized, a raw slice of life piece if independent structure and I feel well paced for it's low budget. I recommend to see.