Mexico trilogy El Mariachi ; Desperado ; Once Upon a time in Mexico
(Video) 

Originally released as separate motion pictures: El Mariachi (Special edition; ©1992, 1993 US release), Desperado (Special edition; ©1995), and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (©2003).

El Mariachi special features: Director's commentary; Robert Rodriguez's short film 'Bedhead'; "10-minute film school" featurette; new film transfer from original negatives supervised by Robert Rodriguez.

Desperado special features: 10 more minutes with Robert Rodriguez - anatomy of a shootout; director commentary; director and cast filmographies.

Once...Mexico special features: Robert Rodriguez audio commentary; deleted scenes; "Film is dead: an evening with Robert Rodriguez"; "Ten-minute flick school" featurette; "Ten-minute cooking school" featurette; "Inside Troublemaker Studios" featurette; "The anti-hero's journey" featurette; "The good, the bad and the bloody: inside KNB Fx" featurette.

El Mariachi: a Los Hooligans production ; co-produced by Carlos Gallardo ; music by Eric Guthrie, Chris Knudson, Cecilio Rodriguez, Alvaro Rodriguez, and Marc Trujillo ; edited by Robert Rodriguez ; director of photography, Robert Rodriguez.

Desperado: a Los Hooligans production ; co-produced by Bill Borden ; music by Los Lobos ; edited by Robert Rodriguez ; costume designer, Graciela Mazón ; production designer, Cecilia Montiel ; director of photography, Guillermo Navarro.

Once upon a time in Mexico: a Dimension Films co-presentation ; a Troublemaker Studios production ; co-produced by Elizabeth Avellán, Carlos Gallardo ; music by Robert Rodriguez ; edited by Robert Rodriguez ; costume designer, Graciela Mazón ; production designer, Robert Rodriguez ; director of photography, Robert Rodriguez.

El Mariachi cast: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez.

Desperado cast: Antonio Banderas, Joaquim de Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino.

Once upon a time in Mexico cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin, Rubén Blades, Willem Dafoe.

A trio of stories about a traveling musician known as "El Mariachi" who seeks revenge for the death of his friends and family. In EL MARIACHI, A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him. In DESPERADO, Former musician and gunslinger El Mariach arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang. And in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.

El Mariachi MPAA rating: R; for strong violence; CHV rating: 18A.

Desperado MPAA rating: R; for strong bloody violence, a strong sex sequence and language; CHV rating: R.

Once...Mexico MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, and for language; CHV rating: 18A.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) and anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1; Once...Mexico only) presentations; 2.0 Dolby Digital (El Mariachi), Dolby Digital (Desperado), 5.1 Dolby Digital (Once...Mexico, English), Dolby surround (Once...Mexico, French.

El Mariachi: Spanish or dubbed French dialogue; optional English, Spanish, French or Korean subtitles.

Desperado: English, dubbed French, dubbed Spanish or dubbed Portuguese dialogue; optional English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese (Mandarin), or Thai subtitles.

Once upon a time in Mexico: English or dubbed French dialogue; optional English or French subtitles.

Closed-captioned (all movies).

National Film Registry selection, 2011 (El Mariachi).