: To accommodate the cameras, Villa reportedly agreed to fight battles only during daylight hours and even restaged some events for the lens.
The film featured a star-studded cast and was, at the time, the most expensive television movie ever made with a budget of over $30 million. Antonio Banderas Frank Thayer Eion Bailey Sam Dreben Alan Arkin Harry Aitken Jim Broadbent D.W. Griffith Colm Feore Raoul Walsh Kyle Chandler Historical Accuracy Pancho Villa - News - IMDb
: Facing a lack of funding and negative American press, Villa (played by Antonio Banderas ) signs a $25,000 contract to allow a film crew to document his military campaign.