"Emiliano Zapata (film) Emiliano Zapata, also known as Zapata, is a 1970 Mexican drama film directed by Felipe Cazals and written, produced, and starring Antonio Aguilar as Emiliano Zapata. One of the first large-scale, expensive, and unconventional epics ever to be made in Mexico, the film was shot in 70 millimeters and gave Aguilar the opportunity to portray his favorite revolutionary character. The film features astounding sets, and also many extras. Aguilar avoided to sing in the film, in order to give the film more realism, although he was displeased at the finished project. ""Emiliano Zapata"" won Premio ACE Cinema"
"Pancho Villa Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa (, ; ; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. As commander of the in the Constitutionalist Army, he was a military-landowner (caudillo) of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Given the area's size and mineral wealth, it provided him with extensive resources. Villa was also provisional Governor of Chihuahua in 1913 and 1914. Villa can be credited with decisive military victories leading to the ousting of Victoriano Huerta from the presidency in July"
"""Duck, You Sucker!"" and ""And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself"". In the 1952 film ""Viva Zapata!"", starring Marlon Brando as Emiliano Zapata, Huerta is portrayed by Frank Silvera. In the 1968 film ""Villa Rides"", Huerta was played by Herbert Lom. In the novel ""The Friends of Pancho Villa"" (1996), by James Carlos Blake, Huerta is a major character. Both Victoriano Huerta and Pancho Villa are referenced in the fourth ""Indiana Jones movie"", ""Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"" (2008), when Indiana (Harrison Ford) is recalling events in his childhood to his yet-to-be revealed son (Shia LaBeouf): ""It"
"of Pancho Villa"" (1996), by ""James Carlos Blake"" Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called ""Zapatismo"". Zapata was born in the rural village of Anenecuilco in Morelos State, where peasant communities were under increasing pressure from the small landowning class who monopolized land and water resources for sugar cane production with the support of dictator Porfirio Díaz. Zapata early on participated in political movements against Diaz"
"Pancho Villa (film) Pancho Villa is a 1972 American, British and Spanish spaghetti western film directed by Eugenio Martín. The film features Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors and Anne Francis. Shot in Spain, this ""brawling spectacle"" has an often-overlooked light-comedy satirical facet, which to this day often confuses the viewers. The storyline was developed during the Vietnam War and reflected certain antiwar sentiments in an American society. After being double-crossed in an arms deal by a gun merchant McDermott (Luis Dávila) from Columbus, New Mexico, a legendary Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa played by (Telly Savalas) and his US lieutenant"
"of Porfirio Díaz, the victory of Francisco Madero, and the ouster of Victoriano Huerta. He remains a heroic figure for many Mexicans. His military actions are worthy of listing individually. Pancho Villa Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa (, ; ; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. As commander of the in the Constitutionalist Army, he was a military-landowner (caudillo) of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Given the area's size and mineral wealth, it provided him with extensive resources. Villa"
"in his book ""Recuerdos de mi Vida"" about the hacienda’s beautiful patios and its ""“dozen orange trees that refreshed the atmosphere in a florentine marble fountain.”"" The same fountain described by José Zorrilla y Moral served as a place where Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata’s horses drank water, while waiting for their masters to finish dividing the country’s territory into North (Villa) and South (Zapata), during their triumphant arrival to the nation’s capital with the Conventionalist Army in 1914. Later on, the old Hacienda Goicoechea became a pulque factory of approximately 400 hectares, and around 1906, it was acquired by"
"units were trained by members of the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, U.S. Army. The Mexican Expedition was a military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa from 1916 to 1917. The expedition was in retaliation for Villa's illegal incursion into the United States and attack on the village of Columbus, Luna County, New Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution. The United States Army Center of Military History officially refers to the campaign as ""the Mexican Expedition"". The official beginning and ending dates are March 14, 1916 and February 7, 1917. National Guard units"
"Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. Magon was constantly watched by both U.S. and Mexican agents, and, though fearful of being extradited back to his homeland to face the firing squad, plotted a revolution in Baja California, right on the American border - being based in L.A., he was able to take advantage of the down trodden masses and enlist their support as a vanguard of socialist revolution. And what he got by way of volunteers was a very mixed bag indeed, comprising ‘U.S. Army deserters, border bandits, escaped convicts, mercenaries, and most of all Caryl ap Rhys Pryce’ (Gringo Revolutionary,"
"Battle of Tierra Blanca The Battle of Tierra Blanca was fought in 1913 during the Mexican Revolution. It took place about 35 miles (56 km) south of Ciudad Juárez. The outcome was a major victory for Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa over the forces of José Inés Salazar, commander of the federal forces loyal to then head of state Victoriano Huerta. The two armies were of relatively equal numbers, 5,500 of Villa's soldiers standing against an estimated 7,000 federal soldiers. But Salazar's troops were in theory more disciplined and had more artillery. The battle began on 23 November 1913, the first day"
"The Soldiers of Pancho Villa The Soldiers of Pancho Villa () is a 1959 Mexican epic historical drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Ismael Rodríguez, inspired by the popular Mexican Revolution corrido ""La Cucaracha"". It stars María Félix and Dolores del Río in the lead roles, and features Emilio Fernández, Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, and Pedro Armendáriz in supporting roles. The film was nominated for a Golden Palm award at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. It was named the ninety-sixth best film of Mexican cinema by ""Somos"" magazine. Filming took place in Zacatecas and in Sierra de Órganos National"
"law to do the following: Mexico has a history of various activities and insurrection by militia and paramilitary groups dating back several hundred years that include the exploits of historical figures such as Captain Manuel Pineda Munoz and Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa. This also includes groups such as the Free-Colored Militia (the interracial militias of New Spain, Colonial Mexico), the Camisas Doradas, and the contemporary Self Defense Council of Michoacan. However some of the previous examples are historical, the current official view on the existence of such militias in Mexico, when are not backed by the government, has been always label"
"of goods stolen by Villa/Arango, he was spared the death sentence sometimes imposed on captured bandits. Pancho Villa was forcibly inducted into the Federal Army, a practice often adopted under the Diaz regime to deal with troublemakers. Several months later, he deserted and fled to the neighboring state of Chihuahua. In 1903, after killing an army officer and stealing his horse, he was no longer known as Arango but Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa after his paternal grandfather, Jesús Villa. However, others claim he appropriated the name from a bandit from Coahuila. He was also known to his friends as ""La Cucaracha"""
"Villa and Emiliano Zapata. When Pancho Villa suffered a major defeated by Carranza’s General Álvaro Obregón in the spring of 1915, the Convention Government collapsed, and Carranza declared himself in control of the Mexico. Peláez could not abide Carranza or his plans to bring the oil industry under control of his central government, so he reorganized his irregular forces and took to the field again. Calling himself a General, he imposes taxes on the local oil companies to support a small loyal and well armed rebel force. Between 1915 and 1920, General Peláez and his forces held off several attempts"
"Manhattan. The Life of General Villa The Life of General Villa (1914) is a silent biographical action–drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself, shot on location during a civil war. The film incorporated both staged scenes and authentic live footage from real battles during the Mexican Revolution, around which the plot of the film revolves. The film was produced by D. W. Griffith and featured future director Raoul Walsh as the younger version of Villa. Walsh wrote extensively about the experience in his autobiography ""Each Man in His Time"", describing Villa's charisma as well as noting that peasants would knock"
"held most of the southern regions where the people of indigenous descent were located, and Pancho Villa led the northern areas dominated mostly by ranchers and miners. Madero's presidency proved to be short-lived, as he alienated almost all of his supporters by refusing to enact land reforms and developing weak and unsatisfactory programs for social change. General Victoriano Huerta eventually staged a coup that overthrew Madero and installed himself as president. His authoritarian and brutal methods of ruling, however, soon united the Constitutionalists, who were now being led by Venustiano Carranza, with Zapata and Villa in overthrowing Huerta. Carranza replaced"
"Villa (Alan Reed) in the north unite under the leadership of naive reformer Francisco Madero (Harold Gordon). Díaz is finally toppled and Madero takes his place, but Zapata is dismayed to find that nothing is changing. Madero offers Zapata land of his own while failing to take action to distribute land to the ""campesinos"" who fought to end the dictatorship and break up the estates of the elites. Zapata rejects the offer and seeks no personal gain. Meanwhile, the ineffectual but well-meaning Madero puts his trust in treacherous General Victoriano Huerta (Frank Silvera). Huerta first takes Madero captive and then"
"The Life of General Villa The Life of General Villa (1914) is a silent biographical action–drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself, shot on location during a civil war. The film incorporated both staged scenes and authentic live footage from real battles during the Mexican Revolution, around which the plot of the film revolves. The film was produced by D. W. Griffith and featured future director Raoul Walsh as the younger version of Villa. Walsh wrote extensively about the experience in his autobiography ""Each Man in His Time"", describing Villa's charisma as well as noting that peasants would knock the"
"Francisco Villa Museum The Francisco Villa Museum is dedicated to the life and times of Mexican Revolutionary Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa. This museum is in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. Villa was taking a fairly standard visit to Parral on July 20, 1923. However, he usually went accompanied by a number of bodyguards, and this time he went with only four associates. On his drive home, in a 1919 Dodge roadster that can be viewed at the Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution, someone shouted out ""Viva Villa!"" After that, seven riflemen appeared and fired more than forty bullets into the car. Nine"
"Battle of Zacatecas (1914) The Battle of Zacatecas, also known as the ""Toma de Zacatecas"" (Taking of Zacatecas), was the bloodiest battle in the campaign to overthrow Mexican President Victoriano Huerta. On June 23, 1914, Pancho Villa's División del Norte (Division of the North) decisively defeated the federal troops of General Luis Medina Barrón defending the town of Zacatecas. The great victory demoralized Huerta's supporters, leading to his resignation on July 15. Zacatecas, a silver mining town of 30,000, possessed a strategic military asset, a railroad junction that had to be captured in order to advance from the north on"
"for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant and will be preserved for all time. The Revenge of Pancho Villa The Revenge of Pancho Villa (1930–36)—Spanish title La Venganza de Pancho Villa—is a compilation film made by the Padilla family in El Paso, Texas, USA, from dozens of fact-based and fictional films about the celebrated Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (1878–1923). The films were stitched together with original bilingual title cards and dramatic re-enactments of Villa’s assassination were added to the revised print. ""The Revenge of Pancho Villa"" provides stirring evidence of a vital Mexican American film presence during the 1910s-1930s. In"
"twenty-first century. Hollywood's role in the shaping of the image of Villa, the Mexican Revolution, and U.S. public opinion has been the subject of a scholarly study. The 1934 biopic ""Viva Villa!"" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2003, HBO broadcast ""And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself"", with Antonio Banderas as Villa that focuses on the making of the film ""The Life of General Villa"". Actors who have portrayed Villa include: Villa was one of Mexico's greatest military leaders. His string of victories since the beginning of the Mexican Revolution were decisive in bringing the downfall"
"The Revenge of Pancho Villa The Revenge of Pancho Villa (1930–36)—Spanish title La Venganza de Pancho Villa—is a compilation film made by the Padilla family in El Paso, Texas, USA, from dozens of fact-based and fictional films about the celebrated Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (1878–1923). The films were stitched together with original bilingual title cards and dramatic re-enactments of Villa’s assassination were added to the revised print. ""The Revenge of Pancho Villa"" provides stirring evidence of a vital Mexican American film presence during the 1910s-1930s. In 2009, it was named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress"
"Mexico during the Mexican Revolution from the U.S. and France. It was initially used to document the battles of the war. Revolutionary general Pancho Villa himself starred in some silent films. In 2003, HBO broadcast ""And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself"", with Antonio Banderas as Villa; the film focuses on the making of the film ""The Life of General Villa"". Villa consciously used cinema to shape his public image. The first sound film in Mexico was made in 1931, called ""Desde Santa"". The first Mexican film genre appeared between 1920 and 1940, called ""ranchero"". While Mexico's Golden Age of Cinema"
"allegedly received a sum of money for his surrender. In the film ""Villa Rides"" (1968), Urbina was portrayed by Robert Viharo. Urbina is a major character in the novel, ""The Friends of Pancho Villa"" (1996), by ""James Carlos Blake"". Tomás Urbina Tomás Urbina (c. 1877–1915) was a general during the Mexican Revolution who allied with Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. Lieutenant Tomas Urbina and his counterpart and fellow General Rodolfo Fierro, have been cited as the two halves of Pancho Villa, Fierro representing his more violent side. Urbina was executed by General Fierro under the accusation that he betrayed Pancho"
"the exploits of historical figures such as Captain Manuel Pineda Munoz and Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa. This also includes groups such as the Free-Colored Militia (the interracial militias of New Spain, Colonial Mexico), the Camisas Doradas, and the contemporary Self Defense Council of Michoacan. However some of the previous examples are historical, the current official view on the existence of such militias in Mexico, when are not backed by the government, has been always label them as illegal and to combat them in a military and a political way. Modern examples on the Mexican view on militias are the Chiapas conflict"
"Emiliano Zapata (the agrarian reformer and commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution) and sees itself as his ideological heir. ""Zapatista"" originally referred to a member of the revolutionary guerrilla movement founded about 1910 by Zapata. His Liberation Army of the South (""Ejército Libertador del Sur"") fought during the Mexican Revolution for the redistribution of agricultural land. Zapata and his army and allies, including Pancho Villa, fought for agrarian reform in Mexico. Specifically, they wanted to establish communal land rights for Mexico's indigenous population, which had mostly lost its land to the wealthy elite of"
"conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa from 1916 to 1917. The expedition was in retaliation for Villa's illegal incursion into the United States and attack on the village of Columbus, Luna County, New Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution. The United States Army Center of Military History officially refers to the campaign as ""the Mexican Expedition"". The official beginning and ending dates are 14 March 1916 and 7 February 1917. National Guard units from Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico had been called into service on 8 May 1916. With congressional approval of the"
"named Francisco I. Madero. The popular heroes of the Mexican Revolution are the two radicals who lost: Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa. Dynamic equestrian statues of popular revolutionaries Zapata and Villa were erected in their respective strongholds. Zapata's name was appropriated by the rebels of Chiapas, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) while those who took and held power have a far more muted historical remembrance. Venustiano Carranza led the victorious Constitutionalist faction, but his attempt to impose a civilian presidential successor unacceptable to northern revolutionary generals prompted Carranza's flight from Mexico City in 1920 and then murder. Carranza"
"Tomás Urbina Tomás Urbina (c. 1877–1915) was a general during the Mexican Revolution who allied with Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. Lieutenant Tomas Urbina and his counterpart and fellow General Rodolfo Fierro, have been cited as the two halves of Pancho Villa, Fierro representing his more violent side. Urbina was executed by General Fierro under the accusation that he betrayed Pancho Villa during the ""Battle of El Ébano"" (Spanish: Batalla de El Ébano), a 72-day siege of the town of El Ébano in the state of San Luis Potosí, where Urbina finally surrendered his forces to the Constitutionalist faction, and"
"The amendment ratified the original intent of the Plan and called for a continuation of the conflict until the overthrow of Victoriano Huerta —who had ordered Madero's murder—and the establishment of a government loyal to the principles of the Plan. The Plan raised Zapata's profile and support from the peasantry in the Mexican South, as reflected by the increased membership to his ""Ejército Libertador del Sur"" (""Liberation Army of the South""). Allied with northern revolutionary armies, under Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa they were able to depose Huerta and bring a degree of order to the country, albeit temporary. Zapata"
"During the revolution, Abraham Gonzalez, the deposed Governor of Chihuahua and political mentor of Pancho Villa was imprisoned there by order of the unconstitutional then-president and dictator Victoriano Huerta. He would eventually be murdered on Huerta's orders. The Palace also served as the main office of the Federal Postal Service (since it was a federal office) in Chihuahua. In 2004 the postal service left the building and the palace was re-modeled in order to inaugurate a museum that would be called the Casa Chihuahua Centro de Patrimonio Cultural. It opened its doors again in 2006 and is today one of"
"Carranza's political plan gained the support of politicians and generals, including Pablo González, Álvaro Obregón, and Villa. The movement was collectively called the ""Ejército Constitucionalista de México"" (Constitutionalist Army of Mexico). The ""Constitucionalista"" adjective was added to stress the point that Huerta had not legally obtained power through lawful avenues laid out by Mexico's Constitution of 1857. Until Huerta's ouster, Villa joined with the revolutionary forces in the north under ""First Chief"" Carranza and his Plan of Guadalupe. The period 1913–1914 was the time of Villa's greatest international fame and military and political success. He recruited soldiers and able officers"