800 Bullets

800 Bullets
Theatrical release poster by Oscar Mariné
Directed by	Álex de la Iglesia
Written by	Jorge Guerricaechevarría Álex de la Iglesia
Produced by	Álex de la Iglesia
Starring	Sancho Gracia Carmen Maura
Cinematography	Flavio Martínez Labiano
Edited by	Alejandro Lázaro
Music by	Roque Baños
Distributed by	Warner Sogefilms A.I.E., TLA Releasing
Release date	2002 (2002)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	Spain
Languages	Spanish English Italian

800 Bullets (Spanish: 800 Balas) is a 2002 Spanish 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.

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.

External links

• 800 Bullets at IMDb