JackNacho Libre Trailer
September 7th 2006 07:39
Nacho (Jack Black) is a holy man without skills. After growing up as an orphan in a Mexican monastery, he is now a grown man and the monastery’s cook, but doesn’t fit in and is often looked down upon. Nacho cares deeply for the orphans he feeds, but his food is terrible – mostly, if you ask him, a result of his terrible ingredients. He realizes that he must hatch a plan to make money to buy better food for “the young orphans, who have nothing” (…and if in doing so Nacho can impress the lovely Sister Encarnación, that would be a big plus). When Nacho is struck by the idea to earn money as a Lucha Libre wrestler, he finds that he has a natural, raw talent for wrestling. As he teams with his rail-thin, unconventional partner, Esqueleto (the Skeleton), Nacho feels for the first time in his life that he has something to fight for and a place where he belongs. As Lucha is strictly forbidden by the church elders at the monastery, Nacho is forced to lead a double life. Disguised by a sky blue mask, Nacho conceals his true identity as he takes on Mexico’s most famous wrestlers and takes on a comedic quest to make life a little sweeter at the orphanage. It will be released on the 14th of September in Australia.
Interesting Facts:
* Fray Tormenta ("Brother Tempest"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, is a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed. His film rights were optioned by producer David Klawans.
*The plot of the film is also similar to that of the character King from the Tekken series of video games.
*Jack Black trained with a real luchador prior to filming.
* Many fans of Jared Hess's film Napoleon Dynamite have called Nacho Libre "Napoleon Dynamite Lucha Libre", or a "Spanish Napoleon Dynamite".
* The costume that Nacho uses when wrestling looks nearly identical to the action figure that is thrown out of the bus in the beginning of Napoleon Dynamite.
* There are many wrestling in-jokes spread throughout the movie, such as Nacho hitting someone on the head with a guitar, ala Jeff Jarrett.
* According to an interview with Jack Black, the movie takes place in the early 1970s.
*Professional wrestler Human Tornado appears in the movie as "El Snowflake"
* Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler, who are both well known to be wrestling fans, turned down the lead role because they refused to be part of anything that made a joke out of a sport they love.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jared Hess
Produced By: Jack Black, David Klawans, Julia Pistor, Mike White
Written By: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Mike White
Starring: Jack Black, Hector Jimenez, Troy Gentile, Moises Arias, Lauro Chartrand
Distributed By: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: June 16th, 2006 - US; September 14th, 2006 - AUS
Running Time: 100 minutes
Budget: US $25 million
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Nacho Libre.
Interesting Facts:
* Fray Tormenta ("Brother Tempest"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, is a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed. His film rights were optioned by producer David Klawans.
*The plot of the film is also similar to that of the character King from the Tekken series of video games.
*Jack Black trained with a real luchador prior to filming.
* Many fans of Jared Hess's film Napoleon Dynamite have called Nacho Libre "Napoleon Dynamite Lucha Libre", or a "Spanish Napoleon Dynamite".
* The costume that Nacho uses when wrestling looks nearly identical to the action figure that is thrown out of the bus in the beginning of Napoleon Dynamite.
* There are many wrestling in-jokes spread throughout the movie, such as Nacho hitting someone on the head with a guitar, ala Jeff Jarrett.
* According to an interview with Jack Black, the movie takes place in the early 1970s.
*Professional wrestler Human Tornado appears in the movie as "El Snowflake"
* Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler, who are both well known to be wrestling fans, turned down the lead role because they refused to be part of anything that made a joke out of a sport they love.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jared Hess
Produced By: Jack Black, David Klawans, Julia Pistor, Mike White
Written By: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Mike White
Starring: Jack Black, Hector Jimenez, Troy Gentile, Moises Arias, Lauro Chartrand
Distributed By: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: June 16th, 2006 - US; September 14th, 2006 - AUS
Running Time: 100 minutes
Budget: US $25 million
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Nacho Libre.
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