The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Action, Adventure, Comedy.
Director Martin Campbell, well-known to the action arena after 1995’s GoldenEye, teams up with executive producer Steven Spielberg to bring the first Hollywood production of creator Johnston McCulley’s Zorro in over four decades to the big screen. With scenic 18th century Mexico as a backdrop, Anthony Hopkins plays the original Zorro, a.k.a. Don Diego de la Vega, intent on revenge after rival enemy Don Raphael Montero (Stuart Wilson) murdered his wife and took his daughter, Elena.
After being imprisoned for 20 years, the fabled hero removes his mask and takes on a tarnished young apprentice, Alejandro Murieta (Antonio Banderas), to infiltrate Montero’s plan to take control of California from Santa Anna. A boisterous outlaw with his own desire for revenge, Murieta works with Diego to avenge his brother’s death by the sword of Montero’s right-hand man, Captain Harrison Love (Matt Letscher, in his big screen debut). After Diego’s extensive training in swordfighting, discipline and manners, a new Zorro appears wreaking vengeance and stealing the heart of a now-grown Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones). A sizable summer hit, the film served as Zeta-Jones’ stepping stone to leading lady status as the high-spirited heroine.
Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Johnston McCulley (character Zorro), Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, John Eskow, Randall Jahnson
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher, Tony Amendola, Julieta Rosen
►Cast:
José María de Tavira | ► | Young Alejandro Murrieta |
Diego Sieres | ► | Young Joaquín Murrieta |
Emiliano Guerra | ► | Boy Crying |
Yolanda Orizaga | ► | Woman Crying |
Paco Morayta | ► | Undertaker |
William Marquez | ► | Fray Felipe |
Stuart Wilson | ► | Don Rafael Montero |
Tony Amendola | ► | Don Luiz |
Anthony Hopkins | ► | Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro |
Pedro Altamirano | ► | Squad Leader |
Luisa Huertas | ► | Nanny |
María Fernández Cruz | ► | Baby Elena de la Vega |
Mónica Fernández Cruz | ► | Baby Elena de la Vega |
Julieta Rosen | ► | Esperanza de la Vega |
Antonio Banderas | ► | Alejandro Murrieta / Zorro |
Raúl Martínez | ► | Heavyset Lieutenant |
Victor Rivers | ► | Joaquín Murrieta |
L.Q. Jones | ► | Three-Fingered Jack |
José Pérez | ► | Cpl. Armando Garcia |
Tony Cabral | ► | Soldier Holding ‘Wanted’ Poster |
Tony Genaro | ► | Watering Station Owner |
Iván Rafael | ► | Small Boy at Watering Station |
David Villalpando | ► | Stupid Soldier |
Matt Letscher | ► | Capt. Harrison Love |
Maury Chaykin | ► | Prison Warden |
Paul Ganus | ► | Prison Guard |
Sergio Espinoza | ► | Leper Zorro |
Conrad Roberts | ► | Black Zorro |
Abel Woolrich | ► | Ancient Zorro |
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ► | Don Pedro |
Moisés Suárez | ► | Don Héctor |
Humberto Elizondo | ► | Don Julio |
Fernando Becerril | ► | One of the Six Dons |
Alberto Carrera | ► | One of the Six Dons |
Eduardo López | ► | One of the Six Dons |
Gonzalo Lora | ► | One of the Six Dons |
Rudy Miller | ► | One of the Six Dons |
Manolo Pastor | ► | One of the Six Dons |
Diego Sandoval | ► | Padre at the Beach |
Catherine Zeta-Jones | ► | Elena |
Enrike Palma | ► | Bartender |
Erika Carlsson | ► | Don Pedro’s Wife |
Manuel de Jesús Vásquez Morales | ► | Guitar-Playing Soldier |
Óscar Zerafín González | ► | Giant Soldier |
Vanessa Bauche | ► | Indian Girl |
Kelsie Kimberli Garcia | ► | Baby Joaquín |
Kaylissa Keli Garcia | ► | Baby Joaquín |
JD Roberto | ► | Firing Squad Drummer |
Eduardo Roman | ► | Guard at Goldmine |
Taso N. Stavrakis | ► | Firing Squad Soldier #1 |