Machete
They just messed with the wrong Mexican.
Country
Production
Budget
$10 500 000
Revenue
$45 491 656
Director
Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis
Actors
Scenario
Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez
Producer
Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan, Rick Schwartz, Ashok Amritraj, Alan Bernon, Ed Borgerding, Myles Nestel
Operator
Jimmy Lindsey
Composer
Chingon
Artist
Christopher Stull
Audition
Mary Vernieu, J.C. Cantu
Editing
Short description
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
What's left behind the scenes
- Scenes with Lindsay Lohan were filmed in 3 days.
- Chris Cooper turned down the role in the film after reading the script, saying: "It's the most absurd thing I've ever read."
- When the frame changes at 01:37:48, it is visible that Michelle Rodriguez holds the rifle with the stock on the outside of her arm, and in the next frame, on the inside.
- Chris Cooper turned down a role in the film after reading the script, stating, "It's the most absurd thing I've ever read."
- The scenes featuring Lindsay Lohan were filmed in 3 days.
- Machete's file, which Agent Rivera was reviewing, lists Danny Trejo's actual date of birth as May 16, 1944.
- On May 5, 2010, a trailer appeared online, released in honor of the Mexican national holiday Cinco de Mayo. The trailer immediately caused a wave of outrage among Americans, and Robert Rodriguez was accused of inciting racial hatred.
- The idea to make a film about a hitman betrayed by his own clients came to Rodriguez and Tarantino back in the 90s. Rodriguez decided to realize this idea only after the release of the film 'Grindhouse,' which featured a trailer for 'Machete' as a teaser for future premieres, even though the film didn't even exist as a project at the time.
- In Machete's personnel file, which Agent Rivera was reviewing, Danny Trejo's real date of birth is listed as May 16, 1944.
- On May 5, 2010, a trailer was released online in honor of the Mexican national holiday Cinco de Mayo. The trailer immediately sparked a wave of indignation among Americans, and Robert Rodriguez was accused of inciting racial hatred.
- The idea to film a movie about a hitman who was double-crossed by his clients came to Rodriguez and Tarantino back in the 90s. Rodriguez decided to realize this idea only after the release of "Grindhouse", which featured a trailer for the then-nonexistent film "Machete" as an announcement of upcoming movie premieres.
- Robert Rodriguez wrote the script back in 1993 after coming up with the plot for "Desperado".
- Robert Rodriguez wrote the script back in 1993, after coming up with the plot for the movie "Desperado."
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