!Three Amigos!

1986

Director: John Landis

Distributor: Orion Pictures

Key Elements: Lines – Characters – Concept –Music

My Review:

Three out-of-work, bumbling actors of the silent film area accept a job playing their characters in a Mexican city. But when they arrive, they realize that the city believed them to be actual heroes and not just actors.

Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short in a movie together - That alone tells you this will be hilarious. And it is.

There’s also a surprisingly pretty song sequence in the desert when the guys sing “Blue Shadows.”

Trailer:



Quotes:

• Wherever there is injustice, you will find us.
  - Wherever there is suffering, we'll be there.
  - Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find...
  - The Three Amigos!
• Well, we're just gonna have to use our brains.
  - Damn it!
• I was thinking later, you could kiss me on the veranda.
  - Lips would be fine.
• Can I have your watch when you are dead?
• Oh great! Real Bullets!
• Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you.
  - So when do you think Carmen will open up her flower to you?
  Tonight, or I will kill her!
• In a way, each of us has an El Guapo to face. For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us, El Guapo is a big, dangerous man who wants to kill us. But as sure as my name is Lucky Day, the people of Santa Poco can conquer their own personal El Guapo, who also happens to be *the actual* El Guapo!

Still: