#Three amigos script movie
When an innocent senorita (Patrice Martinez) sees a silent movie starring the dashing amigos (Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short), she is so taken by their heroism that she begs their aid in toppling this cruel tyrant.īy the time the matinee idols get her garbled telegram, they’ve been booted off the Goldsmith Pictures lot for demanding a raise. The action takes us back to 1916, when the tiny Mexican village of Santa Poco is being terrorized by a gang of banditos led by El Guapo (Alfonso Arau), a villainous outlaw who looks as if he hasn’t brushed his teeth since the Spanish-American War. Who would’ve thought that a movie loaded with so many corny jokes and wobbly slapstick routines could be one of the daffiest comedies of the year? And it’s this giddy artifice that gives “Three Amigos” a delightfully fresh spin. Nothing is real in this wacky Western charade-not even the poster-board sunsets. It’s like a cross between a big-budget Three Stooges movie and a Hope-Crosby road picture, with dozens of old cowpoke gags thrown in to spice up the brew. Maybe that’s why this tale of a trio of inept silent-movie stars turned real-life heroes is such a goofy delight.
There’s hardly a moment in “Three Amigos” (citywide) that isn’t silly-make that incredibly, outrageously and breathtakingly silly.
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