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Get the Gringo
Key Art
Directed byAdrian Grunberg
Written byMel Gibson
Stacy Perskie
Adrian Grunberg
Produced byMel Gibson
Bruce Davey
Stacy Perskie
StarringMel Gibson
CinematographyBenoît Debie
Edited bySteven Rosenblum
Music byAntonio Pinto
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox Home Entertainment[1]
Release date
May 1, 2012[1]
Running time
96 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish[2]
Box office$7,378,034[3]

Get the Gringo (also known as How I Spent My Summer Vacation)[2] is a 2012 American film starring Mel Gibson and directed by Adrian Grunberg.

Plot

The Gringo (Mel Gibson) is convicted and sent to a Mexican prison for stealing money from a crime boss. As he learns his way through the town-like prison, he meets a 10 year old boy who is special because he has a rare blood type and a Mexican crime boss in the same prison needs his liver. It is up to the titular gringo to save the boy's life and break out of prison.

Cast

Production

The script was written by Mel Gibson.[4] The film is directed by Adrian Grunberg,[5] who worked as a first assistant director with Gibson on Apocalypto. The film was produced by Gibson, Bruce Davey and Stacy Perskie.[6] Executive Producers included Mark Gooder, Vicki Christianson, Ann Ruark, Len Blavatnik.[7] Filming began in March 2010 in San Diego, Brownsville, Texas, and Veracruz, Mexico.[8] Most of the filming took place at the Ignacio Allende Prison.[9] Benoît Debie was the cinematographer on the film.[10]

The film's theatrical release began in Israel in March of 2012 before reaching 22 other countries over the next six months[2][11] In the UK, the film was released under its original title of "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." As of the July, the film had taken in $4.5 million at the box office.[12] The film's US premiere coincided with a ten-city, same-day tour with Mel Gibson appearing at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema with co-star Kevin Hernandez and director Adrian Grunberg on April 18, 2012.[13] The other nine cities screened the film and received a satellite feed of the Q&A. The film did not have a regular US theatrical release instead appearing on video on demand (VOD). At the event, Gibson said of the VOD release, "We're just in a different era. Many people just like to see things in their homes....I think it's the future." [14] The film was first publicly-released exclusively through video-on-demand services in the United States.[1][7][15][16] In Icon’s deal with Fox, Get the Gringo did have an exclusive preview window on DirecTV May 1st before it was released on other VOD services a month later. Its release date on Blu-ray Disc was set as July 17, 2012 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the US.[17]

Reception

Get the Gringo has received largely positive reviews, gaining an 80% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Urban Cinefile said, "Mel Gibson is back doing what he knows, playing a flawed character with redeeming qualities who is also a resourceful tough guy."[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mel Gibson's 'Get the Gringo' – Coming Straight to DirecTV VDO". Deadline.com. 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  2. ^ a b c d "HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION". bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. March 18, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Box office / business for Get the Gringo". IMDb.com. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  4. ^ "Details on How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Mel Gibson's Other New Film | /Film". Slashfilm.com. 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  5. ^ "How I Spent My Summer Vacation". screendaily.com. 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  6. ^ "Mel Gibson Set to Star In 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation'". FirstShowing.net. 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  7. ^ a b "Get the Gringo: Film Review". Hollywoodreporter.com. 2012-04-220. Retrieved 2012-04-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Mel Gibson Takes A Summer Vacation". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  9. ^ "Icon Goes All In For Mel Gibson's How I Spent My Summer Vacation". CinemaBlend.com. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  10. ^ Elizabeth Day (2012-06-05). "Mel Gibson: saint and sinner | Film | The Observer". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  11. ^ "How I Spent My Summer Vacation (2012) – Release dates". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  12. ^ Get the Gringo. Box Office Mojo. See http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=LB&id=_fGETTHEGRINGO01
  13. ^ Villalpando, Nicole. Newsmakers: Entertainment (column). Austin American-Statesman, 18 April 2012, p. D-02.
  14. ^ Horn, John. Mel Gibson's 'Get the Gringo' has a one-night theatrical run. Los Angeles Times, 19 April 2012. See http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/04/mel-gibson-get-the-gringo.html
  15. ^ Empireonline.com "Get The Gringo Trailer Online". empireonline.com. 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-05-03. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Text "Empire" ignored (help); Text "Movie News" ignored (help)
  16. ^ "GET THE GRINGO Starring Mel Gibson to Be Released Straight to Video-On-Demand". Collider.com. 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  17. ^ "Get the Gringo". Blu-ray.com.
  18. ^ "Get the Gringo". Rotten Tomatoes.
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