A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
Arlin Miller
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- TriviaThe movie's screenplay almost never made it to Pierce Brosnan. Richard Shepard said: "I wrote it to make it on digital video for two hundred fifty grand. I wrote the most outrageous character I could (in Julian Noble), because I figured it would never get made in Hollywood."
- GoofsWhen Julian is telling the story about his first mistake in Manila, the camera can be seen, hidden behind palm leaves and bamboo, when two guys holding a mirror are walking through the frame.
- Quotes
Julian Noble: I'm as serious as an erection problem.
- Crazy credits"The filmmakers do not condone bullfighting, but respect its long tradition in the Mexican culture. It was extremely important to the producers that no bulls were harmed because of the production of 'The Matador'. In no way did the producers of this film create, arrange or organize any of the bullfights seen within this movie. Sequences staged by the producers employed fake and computer-generated bulls exclusively. Absolutely no animals were harmed by the production of this movie."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Last Holiday/The Matador/The Libertine (2006)
- SoundtracksA Town Called Malice
(1982)
Written by Paul Weller
Performed by The Jam
Courtesy of Polydor Ltd. (U.K.)
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
This film is fantastic. Finally well-written characters you can love for all their good and bad. Pierce Brosnan is flat-out hysterical in this self-effacing role. I think its the best thing he's ever done. He's done other roles that exhibited shades of being capable of this kind of fully-fledged work, but this role finally gave him the room to run with it. I almost died when he walked across the hotel lobby in his underwear and boots. And Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis are a couple to aspire too, as well as actors to aspire too. Kinnear is so goofy likable that his turn in the end is truly gratifying. You give good actors good work to play with and they give us something more back.
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- Dec 9, 2005
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- Also known as
- Matador
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,594,698
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $69,100
- Jan 1, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $17,356,268
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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