With a decades worth of work under his belt combined with critical and commercial success, he finally received his first opportunity to star in an american production at the age of 32. Based on the zorro character created by johnston mcculley, the series premiered on october 10, 1957 on abc. Alejandro antonio banderas dances provocatively with elena catherine zetajones, much to the chagrin of montero stuart wilson. He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and indigenous peoples of california against corrupt and tyrannical officials and other villains. Directed by martin campbell, the film stars academy awardnominee antonio banderas, academy award winners anthony hopkins and catherine zetajones, stuart wilson, matt letscher, and more. The legend of zorro commits a lot of movie sins, but one is mortal. Jul 16, 2018 in 1992, antonio banderas was an established star of spanish cinema. Screenplay by john eskow, ted elliott and terry rossio. There are also the silent films the mark of zorro and don q, son of zorro with douglas fairbanks and the campy 80s movie zorro, the gay blade.
Despite the fact that republic was featuring zorro in a b feature followed by two serials, 20th century fox appropriately, considering his name decided to make an a feature based on the original novel and the fairbanks film. Don diego escapes and returns to his old headquarters, where he trains aimless drunk alejandro murrieta antonio banderas to be his successor. Antonio banderas biography and filmography antonio. Tornado occasionally toronado is a horse ridden by the character zorro in several films and books.
The mask of zorro the internationally successful feature the mask of zorro, starring anthony hopkins, antonio banderas and catherine zetajones, premiered in summer 1998. The curse of capistrano, a 1919 novel by johnston mcculley that introduced the character zorro. Meanwhile, montero who has secretly raised diegos daughter, elena catherine. He had worked with countryman pedro almodovar on five films and was a twotime goya nominee, spains oscar.
A young thief, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, is trained by the once great, but aged zorro, who also pursues vengeance of his own. Zorro asks them to bend over and then proceed to kicknudge them out the window. He would succumb to a heart attack, november 15, 1958, while filming the biblical costumer, solomon and sheba edward small productionsunited artists. If you watch carefully, youll notice that the guard on the right furthest from zorro reacts to the kick too early. He began his acting career with a series of films by. You will recall the mask of zorro 1998, which first united antonio banderas and catherine zetajones as zorro and elena, in a resurrection of the character first played by douglas fairbanks sr. With a decades worth of work under his belt combined with critical and commercial success, he finally received his first opportunity to star in an american. Being as jetblack as zorros costume enables horse and rider to more easily elude capture at night. Zorro, also known as the new zorro, new world zorro, and zorro 1990, is an american actionadventure drama series featuring duncan regehr as the character of zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical don rafael montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter. Released by sony classical in 1998 ask 60627 containing music from the mask of zorro 1998. The distinctive mark left by the fictional character zorro. It was directed by martin campbell and stars antonio banderas, anthony hopkins, catherine zetajones, and stuart wilson. It stars antonio banderas, catherine zetajones, rufus sewell, michael emerson and nick chinlund.
Zorro also known as disneys zorro is an american spanish actionadventure western series produced by walt disney productions. Tyrone power was still active at the beginning of the zorro series tv run. Watch the mask of zorro online stream full movie directv. By the 1990s, the masked bandit zorro had appeared in countless books, serials, tv shows, and more than a dozen featurelength films but it wasnt until antonio banderas signed on for the mask of zorro that the character was actually portrayed by a spanish actor. The mask of zorro is a 1998 american swashbuckler film based on the character of the masked vigilante zorro created by johnston mcculley. The mark of zorro 1920 film the mark of zorro 1940 film mark of zorro 1975 film the mark of zorro 1974 film. Aug 04, 2017 as per usual, the original article can be found below if thats more your thing.
In 1924 it was republished as the mark of zorro following the success of the 1920 film, and the novel has since been reprinted using both titles the mark of zorro, a silent film starring douglas fairbanks. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. The most awkward scene in the mask of zorro fact fiend. In 1992, antonio banderas was an established star of spanish cinema. Most commonly heard was of that to tyrone powers performance in the 20th century fox film, the mark of zorro 1940. Oct 27, 2005 the legend of zorro commits a lot of movie sins, but one is mortal. James horner scores the music and phil meheux is the cinematographer.
The masked fox returns to fight against injustice and evil, with his witty banter and his trademark swordsmanship. Right from the opening shot of canvas being slit by the two young boys hoping to get a glimpse of zorro anthony hopkins through to the confessional scenes between antonio banderas and catherine zeta jones where she explains her passion for a bandit dialogue above indoors or out the mask of zorro is a treat to look at. The legend of zorro is directed by martin campbell and is a sequel to the mask of zorro from 1998. Watch the antonio banderas the legend of zorro interview. The sequel, the legend of zorro, premiered in october 2005, once again starring antionio banderas and catherine zetajones. He was born jose antonio dominguez banderas on august 10, 1960, in malaga, andalusia, spain. The film may be uneven, but it succeeds on many levels. The most recent ones are the two with antonio banderas the mask of zorro and the legend of zorro. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
The image measures 2100 1400 pixels and was added on 21 april. As per usual, the original article can be found below if thats more your thing. The legend of zorro 2005 trailer hd antonio banderas. In these films, the latest in a long history of zorro films, the. The mask of zorro debuts on 4k ultra hd jana on camera. With george ardisson, giacomo rossi stuart, femi benussi, ignazio spalla.
Being as jetblack as zorro s costume enables horse and rider to more easily elude capture at night. Antonio banderas looks back as mask of zorro turns 20. My favorite is the mark of zorro which has a great sword fight between tyrone power and basil rathbone. That one scene in the mask of zorro movie in which zorro cutting off elena monteros dress is so ingrained in pop culture that the entire scene has its own entry on wikipedia, oddly thats not the weirdest part of this entry, no, the weirdest part is that both people in that scene later admitted to being.
The legend of zorro publicity still of catherine zetajones. Antonio banderas the legend of zorro interview movie. Seventyeight episodes were produced, and four hourlong specials were aired on the walt disney anthology series. Antonio banderas biography and filmography antonio banderas.
Began fouryear course of studies in classics at malagas school of dramatic art, 1974. The mask of zorro remains antonio banderas best performance and he give his all on screen. May 28, 20 watch the antonio banderas the legend of zorro interview. The mask of zorro, 1998 film starring anthony hopkins and antonio banderas disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title the mark of zorro. Regehr portrayed the fearless latino hero and fencer on the family channel from 1990 to 1993. The second feature the legend of zorro is a decent enough movie and has some of its own great moments, i just suggest you not watch it immediately following the first one as it simply cannot compare to the walltowall fun and sheer exhilaration of the mask of zorro. The legend of zorro 2005, the sequel to 1998s the mask of zorro, again starring antonio banderas. Antonio banderas born august 10, 1960, better known as antonio banderas, is a spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer. His name is pronounced in the spanish way, tornahdo except in the 1998 movie the mask of zorro. The mask of zorro soundtrack from 1998, composed by james horner. In the scene where captain love and antonio banderas as zorro meet in the hallway of the hacienda, two guards rush down the hallway and drop their rifles and swords.
Antonio banderas actors and actresses film reference. After fighting to help california become the 31st state of the union, zorro antonio. The 4k ultra hd disc includes neverbeforeseen deleted scenes, a music video, and more. See more ideas about the legend of zorro, the mask of zorro and zorro movie. Born in malaga, spain, a place where rich britons would go to escape a. The mask of zorro 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Oct 24, 2005 zorro, also known as the new zorro, new world zorro, and zorro 1990, is an american actionadventure drama series featuring duncan regehr as the character of zorro. Zorro 2249 5th st, berkeley, california 94710 rated 4. Az nmhh koronavirussal kapcsolatban kiadott kozlemenyevel osszhangban a videa. Antonio banderas, one of spains most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen. Zorro serie tv ita streaming film per tutti ita completo.
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