| Men with Guns | |
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| Directed by | John Sayles |
| Written by | John Sayles |
| Based on | A character from The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Slawomir Idziak |
| Edited by | John Sayles |
| Music by | Mason Daring |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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| Budget | $2.3 million[1] |
| Box office | $910,773[2] |
Men with Guns (Spanish: Hombres armados) is a 1997 American political drama film edited, written and directed by John Sayles, inspired by the 1992 novel The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman. It stars Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado, Damián Alcázar and Mandy Patinkin. The executive producers were Lou Gonda and Jody Patton.[3]
Set in an unnamed Latin American country, it is the story of one man's discovery of what actually happened in the political history of his nation as well as his students. It was filmed in Mexico and most of the crew were Mexican.
- ^ Gerry Molyneaux, John Sayles, Renaissance Books, 2000 p 240.
- ^ Box Office Mojo web site.
- ^ Men With Guns at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.