where was the movie once upon a time in mexico filmed
Guanajuato, Mexico San Miguel de Allende
title: Once Upon a Time in Mexico text: three qualities can be observed in the film. It was also revealed in the director's commentary on the DVD that Depp himself came up with the character's first and middle names. Made on a US$29 million budget, the film was shot in May 2001 before "" (2002) and "" (2003) in order to avoid a potential Screen Actors Guild strike. Shooting took place over seven weeks in Querétaro, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, Mexico. It was the first big budget film to be shot in high definition digital video. Rodriguez chose to shoot on digital after George Lucas, who title: Once Upon a Time in Mexico text: Once Upon a Time in Mexico Once Upon a Time in Mexico (also known as Desperado 2) is a 2003 American contemporary western action film written, directed, produced, photographed, scored, and edited by Robert Rodriguez. It is the third and final film in Rodriguez's "Mexico Trilogy", and is a sequel to "El Mariachi" and "Desperado". The film features Antonio Banderas in his second and final performance as El Mariachi. In the film, El Mariachi is recruited by CIA agent Sheldon Sands (Johnny Depp) to kill Armando Barillo (Willem Dafoe), a Mexican drug lord who is planning a coup d'état against title: Once Upon a Time in Mexico text: Weekly" gave the film a "B" rating and praised Depp's performance with its "winking grace notes of Brandoesque flakery ... is as minimal and laid-back as his "Pirates of the Caribbean" turn was deep-dish theatrical". Once Upon a Time in Mexico Once Upon a Time in Mexico (also known as Desperado 2) is a 2003 American contemporary western action film written, directed, produced, photographed, scored, and edited by Robert Rodriguez. It is the third and final film in Rodriguez's "Mexico Trilogy", and is a sequel to "El Mariachi" and "Desperado". The film features Antonio Banderas in his second and final title: Once Upon a Time in Mexico text: was shooting "", showed him early footage shot digitally. Impressed, Rodriguez chose to shoot digitally, but he knew he did not have enough time to shoot "Spy Kids 2". Instead, he pitched a sequel to "Desperado" to Miramax and wrote a script in six days. The initial draft was 65 pages long, which he padded with a subplot borrowed from an unproduced short film. When Miramax expressed hesitation over the added subplot, he readily removed it. His primary influence was Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy", specifically "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". Rodriguez said shooting digitally saved time and money, title: Once Upon a Time in America text: to rob the Federal Reserve, was shot at the Don CeSar in St. Petersburg, Florida. The New York's railway "Grand Central Station" scene in the thirties flashbacks was filmed in the Gare du Nord in Paris. The interiors of the lavish restaurant where Noodles takes Deborah on their date were shot in the Hotel Excelsior in Venice, Italy. The gang's hit on Joe was filmed in Quebec. The view of the Manhattan Bridge shown in the film's poster can be seen from Washington Street in Brooklyn. The shooting script, completed in October 1981 after many delays and a writers' strike