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800 BALAS [800 BULLETS] MONDAY 27 OCTOBER AT 7PM UGC SHAFTESBURY AVE SCREEN 2
Country Spain Running Time 125 mins Format 35mm Dir/Prod °lex de la Iglesia S'play °lex de la Iglesia, Jorge GuerricaechevarrĆa DoP Flavio Labiano Cast Luis Castro, Sancho Gracia, Eusebio Poncela, ?gel de Andr»s L ¬pez, Carmen Maura Print Source P"nico Films E panicofilms@panicofilms.es A spoiled young kid named Carlos suddenly discovers some hidden secrets about his family. He never knew his father, nor will his mother tell him anything about his grandfather. But Carlos knows that his grandfather was a stuntman on famous westerns. So he decides to explore the unknown part of his family, and escapes to a touristy place in the middle of nowhere called Texas Hollywood to try to meet his grandfather. When his mother finds out she can't take it and she swears by all means necessary to destroy the wild west village. But cowboys are not cowards and here is where the movie really kicks into overdrive. Carlos will defend the village with everything he's got. This is a phenomenal masterpiece in homage to spaghetti western classics, and it's definitely this director's most complete work. There are many brilliant moments and, the director manages to pull off the rare trick of engaging an audience right through from opening scene to rear title crawl. The pure imagination and all the ideas executed and transferred to the screen are nothing less than spectacular, as are the impressive visuals. See this even if you don't like westerns; the movie is about courage, friendship, and packed full of highly original humour. AK Alexander de la Iglesia made his feature film debut with the film Accion Mutante (1993), produced by Almodovar. His sophomore film, Day of the Beast (1995) became the highest-grossing internationally released film from Spain. |
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