From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Mexican
The Mexican
The Mexican Roberts, with a plot that is an unusual mixture of roman-
tic comedy and road movie.
The script was originally intended to be filmed as an
independent production without major motion picture
stars, but Roberts and Pitt, who had for some time been
looking for a project they could do together, learned
about it and decided to make it. The movie was then ad-
vertised as a typical romantic comedy star vehicle, some-
what misleadingly, as the script does not focus solely on
the Pitt/Roberts relationship and the two share relative-
ly little screen time together. Ultimately, the film earned
$66.8 million at the U.S. box office.[1]
Plot
The story follows Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt) as he travels
through Mexico to find an antique gun, The Mexican, and
smuggle it into the United States. Five years earlier, Wel-
bach had caused a traffic accident in which he hit the
car of local mobster Arnold Margolese (Gene Hackman),
who was jailed for five years after the police searched
Theatrical release poster his car following the crash, finding someone tied up in
Directed by Gore Verbinski his trunk. In compensation for the jail time, Welbach has
been sent on various errands by Margolese’s second-in-
Produced by Christopher Ball command, Bernie Nayman (Bob Balaban). This will be his
John Baldecchi
Lawrence Bender final errand. Welbach has a girlfriend, Samantha (Julia
Roberts), who constantly argues with him, among oth-
Written by J.H. Wyman er things about his lack of commitment to their relation-
Starring Brad Pitt ship.
Julia Roberts The gun has a legendary history, involving a curse in-
James Gandolfini volving its likelihood to misfire and its involvement in a
J. K. Simmons jilted love-triangle where it is used as a suicide weapon.
Music by Alan Silvestri The gunsmith’s assistant was in love with the gunsmith’s
daughter, and was killed by another interested noble-
Cinematography Darius Wolski
man, prompting the suicide of their object of affection.
Editing by Craig Wood The legend is reprised in the story.
Distributed by DreamWorks
Release date(s) March 2, 2001 (2001-03-02)
Cast
• Brad Pitt as Jerry Welbach
Running time 123 minutes
• Julia Roberts as Samantha Barzel
Country United States • James Gandolfini as Winston Baldry
Language English • J. K. Simmons as Ted Slocum
• Bob Balaban as Bernie Nayman
Budget $57 million • Sherman Augustus as Well Dressed Black Man (The
Box office $147,845,033 real Leroy)
• Michael Ceveris as Frank
The Mexican is a 2001 American romantic comedy film di- • David Krumholtz as Beck
rected by Gore Verbinski and starring Brad Pitt and Julia • Gene Hackman as Arnold Margolese (Uncredited)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Mexican
Production References
The Mexican made use of Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí, [1] "The Mexican (2001) - Box office / business".
Mexico, as a film location, as well as various areas in Las http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236493/business.
Vegas, Nevada and Los Angeles, California.
External links
Box office • The Mexican at the Internet Movie Database
The film opened at #1 at the North American box office • The Mexican at Box Office Mojo
making $20,108,829 USD in its opening weekend, al- • The Mexican at Rotten Tomatoes
though the film had a 39% decline in earnings the follow- • The Mexican at Metacritic
ing week, it was enough to keep the film at the top spot
for another week.
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Categories: English-language films, 2001 films, 2000s comedy films, 2000s crime films, 2000s romantic comedy films,
American criminal comedy films, American LGBT-related films, American romantic comedy films, Films directed by
Gore Verbinski, Films set in Las Vegas, Films set in Mexico, Films shot in Las Vegas, Films shot in Los Angeles, Califor-
nia, Films shot in Mexico, Road movies, DreamWorks films
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