800 balas (2002)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Álex de la Iglesia

Writers:

Jorge Guerricaechevarría (writer)
Álex de la Iglesia (writer)

Release Date:

18 October 2002 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Let the battle begin...

Plot:

Julián Torralba is a former movie stuntman in Almeria, Spain. He and several of his colleagues, who...

Plot Keywords:

Cowboy | Stuntman | Spain | Show | Stunt

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Sancho Gracia	...	Julián
Ángel de Andrés López	...	Cheyenne (as Angel de Andres)
Carmen Maura	...	Laura
Eusebio Poncela	...	Scott
Luis Castro	...	Carlos
Manuel Tallafé	...	Manuel (as Manuel Tallafe)
Enrique Martínez	...	Arrastrado (as Enrique Martinez)
Luciano Federico	...	Enterrador
Eduardo Gómez	...	Ahorcado (as Eduardo Gomez)
Terele Pávez	...	Rocío (as Terele Pavez)
Ramón Barea	...	Don Mariano (as Ramon Barea)
Cesáreo Estébanez	...	Andrés (as Cesareo Estebanez)
Eduardo Antuña	...	Taxista
Gracia Olayo	...	Juli
Berta Ojea	...	Angeles

Also Known As:

800 Bullets (International: English title)
Ochocientas balas (Spain) (alternative spelling)
800 balles (France) [fr]
800 damla yas (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
800 golyó (Hungary) [hu]
800 metaka (Serbia) (TV title) [sr]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content/nudity and some violence.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish | English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Spain:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Alan Young Pictures

Trivia:

The young man with beard, curly hair and glasses behind Laura when she talks to the camera is not Álex de la Iglesia but 'Francis Aguilar'. An Almeria-born director of short movies ("Zombeach"), he joined the crew of 800 balas and became a friend of de la Iglesia. They look so much alike that they decided to give him a cameo role to fool the audience.

Goofs:

Continuity: The placement of bullets in Sandra's ammo belt changes from shot to shot near the end of the movie.

Movie Connections:

References Due volte Giuda (1969)

Amusing and joyful Spanish comedy

Alex De la Iglesia is an excellent Spaniard director. He got much success as "Acción Mutante" " El Dia de la Bestia", " Perlita Durango" and ¨La Comunidad¨, among others. Here deals a homage to Spaghetti western. Sancho Gracia who made pretty western during the 60s and 70s, plays an old man who brings back to life a village that the nasties want its selling to speculators.

Sancho Gracia , his friends and the grandson must fight against the polices and baddies to obtain their purports. The final showdown between Sancho Gracia and Angel De Andrés López is overwhelming and exciting . In the film there are comedy, tongue and cheek, humor, action, drama and is very entertaining . Direction is rightly made, cinematography by Flavio Labiano and Roque Baños' musical score are breathtaking though remakes to Ennio Morricone. Rating: 6,5/10 Good. Well worth seeing.