Men with Guns

Men with Guns
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Sayles
Written byJohn Sayles
Based onA character from The Long Night of White Chickens
by Francisco Goldman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySlawomir Idziak
Edited byJohn Sayles
Music byMason Daring
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • August 30, 1997 (1997-08-30) (Telluride)
  • March 27, 1998 (1998-03-27) (United States)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
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.

  1. ^ Gerry Molyneaux, John Sayles, Renaissance Books, 2000 p 240.
  2. ^ Box Office Mojo web site.
  3. ^ Men With Guns at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.