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Wikipedia article
'800 Bullets' is a 2002 Spanish film directed by lex de la Iglesia and penned by the former alongside Jorge Guerricaechevarra. The cast features Sancho Gracia, ngel de Andrs, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela, Terele Pvez and Luis Castro, among others. The film, a tribute to Spanish stuntmen who worked in Spaghetti Westerns, features similarities to Spielbergian Oedipal melodramas.
Plot
Julin 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. Julin 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 Julin 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 Julin, she moves to destroy even this remnant of Julin's once-proud career. Julin and the cowboys decide to fight back the only way they know how.
Cast
Production
Produced by Pnico Films, '800 Bullets' was shot in the province of Almera. Shooting locations included the Paseo de Almera, the Calle Reina Regente (both in the provincial capital, Almera), Santa Mara del guila (El Ejido), Las Salinillas (Gdor-Grgal-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.
Awards and nominations
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| align = "center" rowspan = "4" | 2003 || rowspan = "4" | 17th Goya Awards || Best Actor || Sancho Gracia || || rowspan = "4" |
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| Best Original Score || Roque Baos ||
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| Best Editing || Alejandro Lzaro ||
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| Best Special Effects || Juan Ramn Molina, Flix Bergs, Rafael Solrzano ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2002
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