Pancho Villa in popular culture

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Pancho Villa was famous during the Mexican Revolution and has remained so, holding a fairly mythical reputation in Mexican consciousness, but not officially recognized in Mexico until long after his death. [1] As the "Centaur from the North" he was considered a threat to property and order on both sides of the border, feared, and revered, as a modern Robin Hood.

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Pancho Villa remains a controversial figure in the United States. USA Today reported, "A terrorist in 1916, a tourist attraction in 2011. ... On Jan. 8, 1916, 18 U.S. businessmen were massacred by Villa's men in a train robbery in northern Mexico. It was not the first or last of Villa's atrocities; he personally shot a priest who begged for clemency for his villagers, as well as a woman who blamed him for her husband's death." [2]

In films, video, and television

Villa appeared as himself in the films Life of Villa (1912), [3] Barbarous Mexico (1913), [4] With General Pancho Villa in Mexico (1913), The Life of General Villa (1914) [5] and Following the Flag in Mexico (1916). [6]

Films based on Pancho Villa have appeared since the early years of the Revolution and have continued to be made into the twenty-first century. Hollywood's role in the shaping of the image of Villa, the Mexican Revolution, and U.S. public opinion has been the subject of a scholarly study. [7] The 1934 biopic Viva Villa! was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. [8] [9] In 2003, HBO broadcast And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself , with Antonio Banderas as Villa that focuses on the making of the film The Life of General Villa . [10] [11]

Actors who have portrayed Villa include:

More films about Villa:

In literature

In music

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