800 Bullets
800 Bullets (Spanish: 800 Balas) is a 2002 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Sancho Gracia and Carmen Maura. The film is about the Westerns made in Almería, Spain and the Spaghetti Western in general. The characters are old stuntmen.
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 Theatrical release poster by Oscar Mariné | |
| Directed by | Álex de la Iglesia |
| Produced by | Álex de la Iglesia |
| Written by | Jorge Guerricaechevarría Álex de la Iglesia |
| Starring | Sancho Gracia Carmen Maura |
| Music by | Roque Baños |
| Cinematography | Flavio Martínez Labiano |
| Edited by | Alejandro Lázaro |
| Distributed by | Warner Sogefilms A.I.E., TLA Releasing |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish English Italian |
Plot
Julián Torralba is a former film stuntman in Almeria, Spain. He and several of his colleagues, who once made a living in American Westerns shot in Spain, now are reduced to doing stunt shows for minuscule audiences on the decaying set built for those old Westerns. Julián wrestles with dark memories of the death of his son, also a stuntman, and with estrangement from his daughter-in-law Laura and her son Carlos.
Carlos, a young boy, becomes intrigued with his late father's life and runs away to join Julián and his band of has-beens. There Carlos is initiated into the rambunctious life of these hard-drinking faux cowboys. But when Laura, a powerful executive looking for a new site for a tourist resort, learns that Carlos has joined the hated Julián, she moves to destroy even this remnant of Julián's once-proud career. Julián and the cowboys decide to fight back the only way they know how.