Nacho Libre (2006)

Director:

Jared Hess

Writers (WGA):

Jared Hess (written by) &
Jerusha Hess (written by) ...
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Release Date:

16 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

He's nacho average hero

Plot:

Berated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).

Plot Keywords:

Lucha Libre | Nun | Mexico | Wrestling | Corn

Awards:

10 nominations

Cast

Jack Black	...	Nacho
Ana de la Reguera	...	Sister Encarnación
Héctor Jiménez	...	Esqueleto
Darius Rose	...	Chancho (as Darius A. Rose)
Moises Arias	...	Juan Pablo
Carlos Maycotte	...	Segundo Nuñez
Richard Montoya	...	Guillermo
Cesar Gonzalez	...	Ramses (as Cesar Gonzalez 'Silver King')
Rafael Montalvo	...	Elderly Monk
Julio Sandoval	...	Snaggle Tooth Monk
Ventura 'Tigre Hispano' Lahoz	...	Arena Referee #1
Felipe Jesus 'Terror Chino' Hernandez	...	Arena Referee #2
Enrique Muñoz	...	Señor Ramon
Carla Jimenez	...	Candidia
Agustin 'Rigo' Rey	...	Galindo #1
Ricardo 'Caballero de la Muerte' Castillo	...	Galindo #2
Troy Gentile	...	Young Nacho
Donald Chambers	...	Silencio
Julio Escalero	...	Ramses Trainer
Peter Stormare	...	Emperor
Armando 'Mucha Crema' Gaytan	...	Pro (Coliseo) Announcer
Rafael Gonzalez Lopez	...	Pro (Coliseo) Referee
Antonio Salazar Gomez	...	Ring (Arena) Announcer
Albert M. Madrid	...	Paradise
Lauro Chartrand	...	Sage
Filiberto Estrella	...	Duende #1 (as Filiberto Estrella Calderon)
Gerson Virgen Lopez	...	Duende #2
Leobardo Magadan	...	Commentator #1
Jorge Valdés García	...	Commentator #2 (as Jorge Valdez Garcia)
Craig Williams	...	El Snowflake
Brett Chan	...	Dynasty
Mike Ching	...	El Chino
Abelardo 'El Pandita' Hernandez	...	Muñeco
Emiliano 'Dalia Negra' Quiroga	...	Carlos Rosales
Luis Garcia Rendon	...	Mariachi Man
Armando Tapia	...	Monk #1
Carlos Cesar Caballero	...	Monk #2
Feliciano Ramos Mendoza	...	Amateur Announcer
Carlos 'El Mimo' Acosta Barroso	...	El Pony
Ignacio 'Iñaqui Goci' Gonzalez Camarena	...	El Semental
Alfonso Ramírez	...	Amateur Referee (as Alfonso Ramirez 'Pompin')
Miguel Angel Bonequi Trujillo	...	Hacienda Tough Doorman
Aaron Yamir Ramirez Esobar	...	Young Street Kid
Rodolfo Garcia Merino	...	Motivational Coach
María González	...	Peasant Woman (as Maria Gonzalez)
René Campero	...	Wrestling Official (as Rene Campero)
Lisa Owen	...	Nacho's Mother
Cristóbal Puente	...	Nacho's Father (as Cristobal Puente)
Zenaido Avendaño	...	Usher
Rosenda Hernandez	...	Woman
Joaquin Luis Jimenez	...	Ashen Faced Man
Ismael Garcia y Su Trio	...	Mariachi Band
Dominick Kurek	...	Mad Fan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tyler Steelman	...	Hero Boy (uncredited)
Rachel Thorp	...	Hero Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Jared Hess

Writing credits (WGA)
Jared Hess		(written by) &
Jerusha Hess		(written by) &
Mike White		(written by)

Produced by
Jack Black	....	producer
Benjamin Cooley	....	associate producer
Ricardo Del Río	....	co-producer (as Ricardo Del Rio Galnares)
David Klawans	....	producer
Ben LeClair	....	associate producer (as Ben Le Clair)
Steve Nicolaides	....	executive producer
Julia Pistor	....	producer
Damon Ross	....	co-producer
Sharon Seto	....	field producer: EPK
Mike White	....	producer

Original Music by
Danny Elfman

Cinematography by
Xavier Pérez Grobet

Film Editing by
Billy Weber

Casting by
Carol Lewis
Jory Weitz

Production Design by
Gideon Ponte

Art Direction by
Hania Robledo

Set Decoration by
Maria Paz Gonzalez
Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb

Costume Design by
Graciela Mazón

Makeup Department
Ruth Bermudo	....	assistant makeup artist
Anadia Buenrostro	....	assistant hair stylist
Lourdes Delgado	....	key hair stylist
Esther Lomeli	....	hair stylist: second unit
Sandra Miguell	....	key makeup artist (as Sandra Migueli)
Roz Music	....	hair stylist: Mr. Black
Roz Music	....	makeup artist: Mr. Black
Patricia Romero	....	prosthetic artist
Patricia Romero	....	special makeup effects artist
Felipe Salazar	....	makeup artist: second unit
Jorge Siller	....	prosthetic artist
Jorge Siller	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Pablo Buelna	....	unit production manager
Emmanuel Cabare	....	assistant production manager
Arturo Del Rio	....	unit production manager
Susan McNamara	....	unit production manager: additional photography
Graham Stumpf	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Melissa V. Barnes	....	second assistant director: additional photography (as Melissa Barnes)
Renan Bendersky	....	second assistant director
Frederic Henocque	....	first assistant director
Victor Herrera McNaught	....	second second assistant director (as Victor Herrera)
Patrick Heyerdahl	....	third assistant director
Jose Jimenez	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Jose Abel Jimenez)
Dennis Maguire	....	first assistant director: second unit
Steve Nicolaides	....	first assistant director
Nick Powell	....	second unit director
Brendalyn Richard	....	second second assistant director: re-shoots
Esteban Sanchez	....	second second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Carlos Alvarez	....	drafts person
Devorah Galván Caballero	....	props (as Devorah Galvan)
Alida Castelan	....	art department coordinator
Pia Corti	....	lead person (as Pia Ana Corti Velaquez)
José Luis Cuevas	....	on-set dresser (as Jose Luis Cuevas Lopez)
Juan Antonio Cuevas	....	head carpenter
Claudia Fernández de Cevallos Gtz	....	assistant set dresser
Israel Delgado Rivera	....	graphic designer (as Israel Delgado)
Aimee Dominguez	....	property master
Raúl Farías	....	on-set painter (as Raul Farias)
Jesús Flores	....	head painter (as Jesus Flores Vazquez)
Carlos Gamboa	....	set designer (as Carlos Adalid Gamboa)
Esteban García Mejia	....	lead person (as Esteban Garcia Mejia)
Laura González	....	set dresser (as Laura Gonzalez)
Victor Hernandez	....	props
Christopher Lagunes	....	assistant art director
Rodolfo Martinez	....	construction foreperson
Eugenia Ogarrio	....	greens person
Celso Peña	....	property master
Fabian Peña	....	props
Hector Perez	....	greens person
Magali Sagarra	....	art director assistant
Joseph Strachan	....	storyboard artist
Carlos Alvarez Tovar	....	set designer (as Carlos Alberto Alvarez Tovar)
Alberto Villaseñor	....	construction coordinator (as Alberto Vallasenor Kuri)
Mauricio Waldo	....	on-set dresser
Federico Etcheverry	....	set dressing assistant (uncredited)
Laura González	....	decoration coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	sound recordist
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer
Ricardo Cabrera	....	cable person
Gabriel Coll Barberis	....	sound mixer: second unit
Kim Drummond	....	adr supervisor
Kim Drummond	....	dialogue editor
Marc Fishman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor (as Chris Flick)
David Giammarco	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Giammarco	....	supervising sound editor
Joan Giammarco	....	adr editor
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Wayne Griffin	....	dialogue editor
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Klein	....	foley supervisor (as Jonathan A. Klein)
Jonathan Klein	....	sound effects editor (as Jonathan A. Klein)
Jeff Malham	....	dubbing engineer
Marc Mann	....	synth recording
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Rupert Nadeau	....	assistant sound editor
Santiago Núñez	....	sound mixer
Bryan Pennington	....	consultant: Dolby film sound
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Joe Schiff	....	first assistant sound editor
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Luis E. Ambriz Martínez	....	special effects assistant (as Luis Ambriz)
Alfredo Antonio	....	special effects assistant
Jorge Farfan	....	special effects supervisor (as Jorge Farfan Barros)
Enrique Gómez Lara	....	special effects assistant
Jaime Ramírez Guerrero	....	special effects assistant (as Jaime Ramirez)

Visual Effects by
Satish Babu	....	digital compositor
Syd Dutton	....	visual effects
Collin Fowler	....	visual effects coordinator: Illusion Arts
Mark Kenaston	....	rotoscope artist
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer
Mary E. Manning	....	3D artist (as Mary Manning)
Fumi Mashimo	....	animation supervisor
Kelvin McIlwain	....	visual effects supervisor
Sarah Ogletree	....	visual effects coordinator
Richard Patterson	....	digital supervisor
Catherine Sudolcan	....	visual effects producer
Bill Taylor	....	visual effects
Andrew Tucker	....	3D artist
David S. Williams Jr.	....	compositing supervisor
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Keith Adams	....	stunts
Hugo Aguilera	....	stunts (as Hugo Aguilera Herrera)
Omar Israel Ayala de la Pena	....	stunts
Omar Ayala	....	stunts
Julian Bucio	....	stunt coordinator: Mexico
Wilebardo Bucio	....	stunts (as Willebaldo Bucio)
Alejandro de la Peña	....	stunts (as Alejandro de la Peña Garcia)
Cesar Alvarez del Castillo	....	stunt rigger
Jose Antonio Garcia	....	stunts
Martha Garrido	....	stunts (as Martha Alicio Garrido Jimenez)
Gabriel Godínez	....	stunts (as Gabriel Godinez Leon)
William Hitchon	....	stunts
Cody Laudan	....	stunt double
Felipe Lopez de la Peña	....	stunts
Raúl López	....	stunts (as Raul Lopez Arteaga)
Juan Carlos Olalde	....	stunts
Nick Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Thomas Sellitti Jr.	....	stunts
Rafael Valdez	....	stunts
Jimmy Waitman	....	stunts (as Michael J. Waitman)
Toni Bucio	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Brett Chan	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Lauro Chartrand	....	assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Mike Kinney	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Thomas Sellitti Jr.	....	stunt double: Jack Black (uncredited)
Jimmy Waitman	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Joel Badillo	....	technician: Panavision (as Joel Badillo Delgado)
Adam Barth	....	video assist operator
Víctor Camacho	....	24 frames (as Victor Camacho)
Gustavo Castillón	....	second assistant photographer: "a" camera (as Gustavo Castillon)
Daniel Daza	....	still photographer
Wilma Gómez Luengo	....	first assistant photographer: "a" camera (as Wilma Gomez)
Juan Fernando Guzmán	....	gaffer: second unit
Victor Guillermo Hernandez	....	electrician
Ronald Hersey	....	director of photography: second unit (as Ron Hersey)
Gerardo Manjarrez	....	Steadicam operator
Gerardo Manjarrez	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Juan José Martínez	....	electrician (as Juan Jose Martinez)
Armando Medina	....	video assist (as Armando Medina Parra)
Thomas Miligan	....	second assistant camera: re-shoots
Felipe Morales	....	second company grip
Fernando Moreno	....	chief lighting technician
Miguel Angel Nava	....	grip
Eliseo Orozco	....	film loader
Raúl Palacios	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Raul Palacios)
Francesco Jaime Pastrana	....	second assistant photographer: "b" camera (as Francisco Pastrana)
Matthew A. Petrosky	....	camera operator: re-shoots
Jesus Rodriguez Jr.	....	first company grip (as Jesus Rodriguez)
Juan Manuel Rodríguez	....	grip (as Juan Manuel Rodriguez)
Manuel Rodríguez	....	grip (as Miguel Rodriguez)
Jesus Romero	....	dolly grip operator (as Jesus Romero 'Kimba')
Miguel Ángel Sánchez	....	grip (as Miguel Angel Sanchez)
Antonio Sánchez Romero	....	chief electrician (as Antonio Sanchez)
Carlos Silva	....	video assist (as Carlos Silva Sosa)
Stefan Tarzan	....	first assistant camera: re-shoots
Jaimie Trueblood	....	still photographer
Deron Tse	....	additional grip: re-shoots
Josue Vargas	....	electrician
Raymundo Verde	....	first assistant photographer: "b" camera (as Raymundo Verde Pena)

Casting Department
Rakefet Abergel	....	casting associate: USA
Stefan A. Anderson	....	extras casting assistant
Sara Bachelder	....	extras casting
Carla Hool	....	casting: Mexico
Jeanne McCarthy	....	casting consultant
Hans Tester	....	adr voice casting
Rodrigo Urbano	....	casting associate: Mexico
Jorge Valdés García	....	extras casting
Belinda Gardea	....	casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hilary Niederer	....	set costumer: re-shoots
Lupita Peckinpah	....	assistant costume designer
Francisco Stoll	....	set costumer
Sarah Trost	....	costume designer: title cape

Editorial Department
Charles Bunn	....	assistant editor
Carlos M. Castillón	....	apprentice editor
George Chavez	....	color timer
D.R. Farquharson	....	digital intermediate producer: EFilm (as Dan Farquharson)
Bob Fernley	....	digital intermediate producer
Natasha Leonnet	....	digital film colorist
Jack Lewars	....	digital colorist assistant
Richard B. Molina	....	first assistant editor: avid
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein	....	negative cutter (as Mary Nelson-Fraser)
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Steve Bartek	....	orchestrator
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music preparation
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	orchestra contractor
Greg Hayes	....	score recordist
John Houlihan	....	music consultant
Will Kaplan	....	music editor
Marc Mann	....	conductor: choir
Marc Mann	....	orchestrator
Blake Neely	....	conductor
Bobbi Page	....	choir contractor
Liza Richardson	....	music consultant
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Shie Rozow	....	associate music editor
Shie Rozow	....	scoring music editor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Andrew Shulman	....	musician
Edgardo Simone	....	orchestrator
Ron Vermillion	....	music preparation
Paul Wertheimer	....	score recordist
Gina Zimmitti	....	orchestra contractor

Transportation Department
William Cope	....	driver
Jim DePue	....	transportation captain
Lottie DePue	....	driver
Enrique Díaz	....	transportation captain
Ricardo Díaz	....	transportation coordinator
Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.	....	transportation captain: second unit
Alyssa Guzman	....	driver: cast
Robert Hunter Jr.	....	transportation coordinator
Edmundo Pérez	....	production driver

Other crew
Juan Aguirre	....	assistant accountant
Valente Alanis	....	animal trainer
Andrea Araiz	....	production liaison
Jose Blasco	....	animal trainer
Richard Bronskill	....	auricle operator
Maury Carvajal	....	script supervisor (as Mauri Carvajal)
Deborah J. Chesebro	....	assistant accountant
Daniel Diaz Gonzalez Lozano	....	extras assistant
Jay Floyd	....	clearance administrator
Ernesto Garabito	....	assistant production coordinator
Gabe Gerber	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Eduardo Gonzalez	....	animal trainer
Noralí Gonzalez	....	assistant: Mr. White (as Norali Gonzalez)
Omar Arias González	....	location manager
Luis Enrique Granados	....	production assistant
Billy Hayes	....	production assistant
Jeroen Hendriks	....	dailies projection technician
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach
Marc Mann	....	synthesizer programmer
Juan Salvador Melgoza	....	production assistant
France Myung Metz	....	location manager
Mauricio Minera	....	animal trainer
Jorge Orozco	....	production assistant
Blanca Rosa Minera Ortega	....	head animal wrangler
René Ortega	....	animal trainer
John Parker	....	production accountant
Claudia Porter	....	animal trainer (as Claudia Ortega)
Eduardo Porter	....	animal trainer
Arturo Romero	....	production accountant: Mexico
Dane Rosselli	....	assistant: Mr. Nicolaides
Diane L. Sabatini	....	production executive
Jorge Sainz	....	scenic/special projects
Arturo Saldivar	....	key office production assistant
Horacio Sandoval	....	assistant location manager
Missy Simms	....	studio teacher
Paula Sosa	....	production assistant
Linda Stanley	....	studio teacher
Sue-Allen Villalva	....	production coordinator
George M. White	....	production assistant
Niki Williams	....	assistant: Mr. Hess (as Nikiah Williams)
Jain Yu	....	assistant: Ms. Pistor
Patricia Zavala Kugler	....	travel coordinator
Patricia Zavala Kugler	....	unit publicist
Rodrigo Garcia Zender	....	special publicist
Martin Corkidi	....	location assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures
• Nickelodeon Movies
• Black & White Productions
• MP Inka

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Veronica (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Delatex.com (prosthetic make-up)
• Illusion Arts (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Art In Motion  production services: Mexico
• Avon Studio Transport  transportation
• Axiom Designed Communications  main and end title design
• Casting Valdés  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Crowd In A Box  inflatable extras
• Crowd In A Box  inflatable mannequins
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Inter Video  24 frame video services
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Mary Nelson-Fraser & Associates  negative cutting
• Pacific Title  titles
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Panavision Mexico  camera equipment
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage M  orchestra recorded and mixed at
• Reel Team, The  adr voice casting
• Revolution 435 D&C  grip and lighting equipment
• Rockbottom Rentals  tel cel Mexico cellphone rentals
• Todd-AO Radford  sound re-recorded at (as Todd-AO CBS Radford - Stage R)
• Trata Films  camera equipment (as Tratafilms S.A. de C.V.)
• Tratafilms  camera equipment

Also Known As:

Untitled Jack Black Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some rough action, and crude humor including dialogue.

Runtime:

UK:92 min | USA:92 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby

Certification:

UK:12A | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | Ireland:12A | USA:PG (certificate #42729) | Australia:PG | Iceland:7 | Finland:K-11 | Sweden:7 | Netherlands:6 | Iceland:10 (original rating) | Germany:6 | South Korea:All | New Zealand:PG

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

During some of the wrestling scenes they used blow up dolls to replace some of the audience. Supposedly, they cost much less than extras and they looked real.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious (slender) stunt double during some of the wrestling matches.

Quotes:

Nacho: Do you remember when everyone was shouting my name, and I used my strength to rip my blouse.
Esqueleto: Yea, and I saw them knock you unconscious, ok?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Soundtrack:

El Toro Gacho

Outrageously Funny & Much Better Than I Expected

I make no apologies for liking this movie. It seemed everyone at the video store, from the manager on down, all thought otherwise....but I took a shot, rented it, and laughed my butt off watching this film. Now I own it.

Jack Black was hilarious as the monk-pro wrestling wannabe "Nacho." The premise alone is humorous: an overweight Mexican monk who would rather be a famous wrestler. It doesn't say much for his spirituality, but it made for a lot of laughs.

It's all outrageous, absurd humor, not meant to do anything but evoke laughs, at any cost......just harmless fun. Detractors should keep that in mind.

I have no interest in wrestling but the wrestling scenes in this film had me constantly laughing out loud. Black's tag-team partner, "Esquelito" (Hector Jimenez) was just as funny as the main star, if not funnier. Just the look on his face with all his teeth sticking out was funny!

I have no interest in being a monk, either, but I know none of these "monks" in here were realistic figures, especially the nun: "Sister Encarcion" (Ana de la Reguera ). No offense, but only in the movies are nuns this beautiful. Wow, Reguera looked like a cross between Penelope Cruz and a young Winona Ryder. And, she wasn't just beautiful, but a sweet lady, too.

Although it's a comedy, the story had some nice touches of sentimentality and humanity, namely: "Nacho's" attitude adjustment, his genuine compassion for orphaned kids that the Brothers and Sisters took care of, and his basic desire to do good despite a very weak commitment to "vows."

Maybe that's why there are so many critics of this film: it wasn't mean-edged and nasty enough to satisfy them. However,those who appreciate good slapstick will like this movie.

Also, if you appreciate bold, beautiful colors, you'll find this an attractive movie. There was a feast of brilliant colors shown. I was impressed how much effort was made to make this movie look nice in addition to getting laughs.

In, a very, very pleasant surprise: much better than I ever hoped it would be....and recommended for those wanting a bunch of belly laughs for an hour-and-a-half.