| For Greater Glory | |
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| Directed by | Dean Wright |
| Written by | Michael James Love |
| Produced by | Pablo Jose Barroso |
| Starring | Andy García Oscar Isaac Catalina Sandino Moreno Santiago Cabrera Rubén Blades Bruce McGill Adrian Alonso Eva Longoria Peter O'Toole |
| Cinematography | Eduardo Martinez Solares |
| Edited by | Richard Francis-Bruce Mike Jackson |
| Music by | James Horner |
Production company | NewLand Films |
| Distributed by | ARC Entertainment (US) 20th Century Fox (Mexico) |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $10,353,194 |
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada, also known as Cristiada and as Outlaws, is a 2012 epic historical war drama film[1] directed by Dean Wright and written by Michael Love, based on the events of the Cristero War.[2][3][4][5][6] It stars Andy García, Eva Longoria, Oscar Isaac, Rubén Blades, Peter O'Toole (in his last film appearance released in his lifetime), and Bruce Greenwood. The film is the directorial debut for Wright, a veteran visual effects supervisor on films including The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003),[1] and was released on June 1, 2012.
- ^ a b Young, James, "Cristiada welcomed in Durango", August 21, 2010, Variety
- ^ Joes, Anthony James, Resisting Rebellion, pp. 68, 69–80, University Press of Kentucky 2006: "The Cristero movement, called by Mexicans La Cristiada, fought against religious persecution by the regime in Mexico City."
- ^ Edmonds-Poli, Emily and David A. Shirk Contemporary Mexican Politics, p. 51, Rowman & Littlefield 2009: "Growing outrage at government restrictions and continued persecution of the clergy led to a series of uprisings in central Mexico known collectively as the Cristero rebellion."
- ^ Chand, Vikram K., Mexico's Political Awakening, p. 153, University of Notre Dame Press, 2001: "In 1926, the Catholic hierarchy had responded to government persecution by suspending Mass, which was then followed by the eruption of the Cristero War...."
- ^ Bethel, Leslie, Cambridge History of Latin America, p. 593, Cambridge Univ. Press: “The Revolution had finally crushed Catholicism and driven it back inside the churches, and there it stayed, still persecuted, throughout the 1930s and beyond.”
- ^ Ruiz, Ramón Eduardo, Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People, p. 355, W. W. Norton & Company 1993: referring to the period: "With ample cause, the church saw itself as persecuted."