Mi querido Tom Mix = My dear Tom Mix / Amaranta en co-producción con Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía ; Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica ; Gobierno del Estado de Zacatecas presentan ; argumento y guión, Consuelo Garrido ; productor, Jorge Sánchez ; director, Carlos García Agraz.
Publisher:
Facets Video,
Copyright Date:
1992?
Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Ana Ofelia Marguía (Joaquina), Federico Luppi (cowboy drifter), Manuel Ojeda (Dr. Evaristo), Damián García Vázquez (Felipe), Zan Zhi Guo (Sr. Fong), Mercedes Olea, Jorge Fegan, Carlos Chávez, Eduardo Palomo. Developed from a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. Fullscreen. Original release title in Mexico: Mi querido Tom Mix; release title in the U.S. was My dear Tom Mix. Running time listed on container is 120 min. Special features: trailer; filmographies.
Summary:
Joaquina is an old lady in a town in Northern Mexico in the 1930s who loves to watch Tom Mix in silent films. When the town is threatened by bandits, she writes to Mix to ask him to save them.
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