Viva Zapata!
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| Viva Zapata! | |
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| Image:Viva zapata(1).jpg Film poster | |
| Directed by | Elia Kazan |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Written by | John Steinbeck Edgecumb Pinchon |
| Starring | Marlon Brando Jean Peters Anthony Quinn |
| Music by | Alex North |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Editing by | Barbara McLean |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | February 7, 1952 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Language | English Spanish |
| IMDb profile | |
Viva Zapata! is a 1952 biographical drama film directed by Elia Kazan. Based on the novel "Zapata" by John Steinbeck, the film's screenplay is itself co-written by Steinbeck.
This fictionalized film of rebel Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) follows his life from his peasant upbringing, through his rise to power in the early 1900s, to his death. Zapata was joined by Pancho Villa (Alan Reed) in his rebellion against tyrannical President Porfirio Diaz.
[edit] Awards
- Academy of Motion Pictures, AMPAS (1952) Won: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Anthony Quinn.
- Academy of Motion Pictures, AMPAS (1952) Nominations: Best Actor in a Leading Role, Marlon Brando; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Claude E. Carpenter; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Alex North; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay: John Steinbeck.
- Nomination for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival 1952 - Best Actor: Marlon Brando (won)
[edit] Movie facts
- The phrase "Viva Zapata!" is also used in times of protest by those who face injustice. The shout is often accompanied by "Tierra y Libertad"
- Filming locations: Durango, Colorado; Roma, Texas; and New Mexico.
- The film tends to romanticize Zapata and in doing so distorts the true nature of the Mexican Revolution. Still, Zapata did fight - not to conquer Mexico but to free the land for the peasants of Morelos and the other southern Mexican states.
- There is also a book titled Zapata by John Steinbeck. The original screenplay was written by the author and the book contains a newly found introduction by Steinbeck, the original proposed screenplay, and the official movie script.
- This movie was the inspiration for the name of the Zapata Corporation, founded by George H. W. Bush.
- Senator John McCain has stated this to be his favorite movie.[1]
[edit] External links
Films directed by Elia Kazan |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) • The Sea of Grass (1947) • Boomerang! (1947) • Gentleman's Agreement (1947) • Pinky (1949) • Panic in the Streets (1950) • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) • Viva Zapata! (1952) • Man on a Tightrope (1953) • On the Waterfront (1954) • East of Eden (1955) • Baby Doll (1956) • A Face in the Crowd (1957) • Wild River (1960) • Splendor in the Grass (1961) • America, America (1963) • The Arrangement (1969) • The Visitors (1972) • The Last Tycoon (1976) |
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