Nacho Libre (2006)

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PG | 1 hr 40 mins | Comedy, Sports | Released: 6/16/2006 |Box Office Total: $80.1M

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Nacho is a man without skills. After growing up in a Mexican monastery, he is now a grown man and the monastery's cook, but doesn't seem to fit in. Nacho cares deeply for the orphans he feeds, but his food is terrible--mostly, if you ask him, a result of his terrible ingredients. He realizes he must hatch a plan to make money to buy better food for "the young orphans, who have nothing" (and if in doing so Nacho can impress the lovely Sister Encarnacion, that would be a big plus). When Nacho is struck by the idea to earn money as a Lucha Libre wrestler, he finds that he has a natural, raw talent for wrestling. As he teams with his rail-thin, unconventional partner, Esqueleto (the Skeleton), Nacho feels for the first time in his life that he has something to fight for and a place where he belongs. As Lucha is strictly forbidden by the church elders at the monastery, Nacho is forced to lead a double life. Disguised by a sky blue mask, Nacho conceals his true identity as he takes on Mexico's most famous wrestlers and takes on a hilarious quest to make life a little sweeter at the orphanage.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/16/2006

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Jared Hess	Director
Cast	Credit
Jack Black	Nacho
Hector Jimenez	Esqueleto
Troy Gentile	Young Nacho
Moises Arias	Juan Pablo
Lauro Chartrand	Sage
Carla Jimenez	Candidia
Ana De La Reguera	Sister Encarnacion
Richard Montoya	Guillermo
Darius A Rose	Chancho
Diego Eduardo Gomez	Chuy
Carlos Maycotte	Segundo Nunez
Cesar Gonzalez (Silver King)	Ramses
Peter Stormare	Emperor
Rafael Montalvo	Elderly Monk
Julio Sandoval	Snaggle Tooth Monk
Ventura Lahoz (Tigre Hispano)	Arena Referee #1
Felipe Jesus Hernandez (Terror Chino)	Arena Referee #2
Enrique Munoz	Senor Ramon
Augusta Rey (Rigo)	Galindo #1
Ricardo Castillo (Caballero De la Muerte)	Galindo #2
Donald Chambers	Silencio
Julio Escalero	Ramses Trainer
Armando Gaytan (Mucha Crema)	Pro (Coliseo) Announcer
Rafael Gonzalez Lopez	Pro (Coliseo) Referee
Antonio Salazar Gomez	Ring (Arena) Announcer
Albert M Madrid	Paradise
Filiberto Estrella Calderon	Duende #1
Gerson Virgen Lopez	Duende #2
Leobardo Magadan	Commentator #1
Jorge Valdez Garcia	Commentator #2
Craig Williams	El Snowflake
Brett Chan	Dynasty
Mike Ching	El Chino
Abelardo Hernandez (El Pandita)	Muneco
Emiliano Quiroga (Dalia Negra)	Carlos Rosales
Luis Garcia Rendon	Mariachi Man
Armando Tapia	Monk #1
Carlos Cesar Caballero	Monk #2
Feliciano Ramos Mendoza	Amateur Announcer
Carlos Acosta Barroso (El Mimo)	El Pony
Ignacio Gonzalez Camarena (Inaqui Goci)	El Semental
Alfonso Ramirez (Pompin)	Amateur Referee
Miguel Angel Bonequi Trujillo	Hacienda Tough Doorman
Aaron Yamir Ramirez Esobar	Young Street Kid
Rodolfo Garcia Merino	Motivational Coach
Maria Gonzalez	Peasant Woman
Rene Campero	Wrestling Official
Lisa Owen	Nacho's Mother
Cristobal Puente	Nacho's Father
Zenaido Avendano	Usher
Rosenda Hernandez	Woman
Joaquin Luis Jimenez	Ashen Faced Man
Ismael Garcia Y Su Trio	- Mariachi Band
Dominick Kurek	Mad Fan
Production Credits	Credit
Benjamin Cooley	Associate Producer
Damon Ross	Co-Producer
Steve Nicolaides	Executive Producer
Jack Black	Producer
Ricardo Del Rio Galnares	Co-Producer
Mike White	Producer
Ben LeClair	Associate Producer
Julia Pistor	Producer
David Klawans	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Black & White Production	Production Company
Nickelodeon Movies	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Oaxaca, Mexico
Writer	Credit
Mike White	Screenplay
Jared Hess	Screenplay
Jerusha Hess	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
John H Parker	Production Auditor
Juan Aguirre	Auditor
Ma Dolores Acosta	Accountant - Payroll
Deborah J Chesebro	Production Auditor
Arturo Romero	Auditor - Assistant Auditor
Gerardo Arellano	Auditor
Sandra Diaz	Auditor
Norma Ramos	Auditor
Cristina Martinez	Auditor
Guadalupe Aguirre	Auditor
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Blanco Rosa Minera Ortega	Animal Wrangler
Claudia Ortega	Animal Trainer
Eduardo Porter	Animal Trainer
Mauricio Minera	Animal Trainer
Valente Alanis	Animal Trainer
Eduardo Gonzalez	Animal Trainer
Jose Blasco	Animal Trainer
Rene Ortega	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Eugenia Ogarrio	Greensman - Greens Person
Hania Robledo	Art Director
Gideon Ponte	Production Designer
Alida Castelan	Art Department Coordinator
Jesus Flores Vazquez	Painter
Carlos Adalid Gamboa	Set Designer
Joseph Strachan	Storyboard Artist
Maria Paz Gonzalez	Set Decorator
Laura Gonzalez	Set Dresser
Christopher Lagunes	Assistant Art Director
Esteban Garcia Mejia	Lead Person
Carlos Alvarez	Production Designer - Drafts Person
Raul Farias	Painter - On-Set Painter
Pia Ana Corti Velaquez	Lead Person
Mauricio Waldo	Set Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Hector Perez	Greensman - Greens Person
Jose Luis Cuevas Lopez	Set Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Jory Weitz	Casting
Jeanne McCarthy	Casting Consultant
Rakefet Abergel	Casting Associate (US)
Carol Lewis	Casting
Rodrigo Urbano	Casting Associate (Mexico)
Carla Hool	Casting (Mexico)
Jorge Valdes	Casting - Background Casting
Sara Bachelder	Casting - Background Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Memo Rosas	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Jack Lewars	Color - Intermediate Color Assistant (2nd Unit)
Natasha Leonnet	Colorist - Intermediate Colorist (2nd Unit)
George Chavez	Color Timer - Laboratory Color Timer (2nd Unit)
Victor Camacho	Video - 24 Frames
Gerardo Manjarrez	Steadicam Operator
Gerardo Manjarrez	Camera
Joel Badillo Delgado	Lenses and Panaflex Cameras - Panavision Technician
Carlos Silva Sosa	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Xavier Perez Grobet	Director of Photography
Wilma Gomez	Photography - Assistant Photographer A Camera
Eliseo Orozco	Loader - Film Loader
Armando Medina Parra	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Raymundo Verde Pena	Photography - Assistant Photographer B Camera
Francisco Javier Hernandez	Loader - Film Loader (2nd Unit)
Ron Hersey	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Miguel Aviles Betancourt	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist (2nd Unit)
Gustavo Castillon	Photography - Assistant Photographer A Camera
Francisco Pastrana	Photography - Assistant Photographer B Camera
Jesus Munoz	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist (2nd Unit)
Daniel Daza	Photography - Still Photographer
Jose Gutierrez	Photography - Assistant Photographer A Camera (2nd Unit)
Jesus Israel Paez	Photography - Assistant Photographer B Camera (2nd Unit)
Heriberto Gutierrez	Photography - Assistant Photographer A Camera (2nd Unit)
Fernando Diaz Torres	Photography - Assistant Photographer A Camera (2nd Unit)
Aristeo Hernandez Sanchez	Photography - Assistant Photographer B Camera (2nd Unit)
Susan McNamara	Photography (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Danny Elfman	Composer
George Garcia	Song
Mr Loco	Song Performer
Craig H Russell	Music Arranger - Arranger
Julian Bratolyubov	Music Coordinator - Music Preparation
Debbi Datz-Pyle	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Marc Mann	Music Engineer - Synth Programming
Blake Neely	Music Conductor - Orchestra Conductor
Will Kaplan	Music Editor
Edgardo Simone	Music - Music Orchestrator
Paul Wertheimer	Score Recording - Score Recordist
Noah Snyder	Music Engineer - Recordist
Caetano Veloso	Song
Caetano Veloso	Song Performer
Ron Vermillion	Music Coordinator - Music Preparation
Shie Rozow	Music Editor
Steve Bartek	Music - Music Orchestrator
Pete Anthony	Music Conductor - Orchestra Conductor
Gina Zimmitti	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Pascual Rovira	Song
Pedro Laza y Sus Pelayeros	Song Performer
Bobbi Page	Music Contractor - Choir Contractor
Marc Mann	Music Conductor - Choir Conductor
Marc Mann	Music - Music Orchestrator
Norm Dlugatch	Music Engineer - Score Technical Engineer
Dominic Gonzales	Music Engineer - Score Floor Person
Dennis Sands	Music - Music Mixer
Andrew Gross	Song
Andrew Gross	Song Performer
Chanticleer	Song Performer
Ignacio de Jerusalem	Song
Dennis Sands	Music - Music Recorder
Juan Garcia Esquivel	Song
Juan Garcia Esquivel Y Su Orchestra	Song Performer
Little Joe	Song Performer
Beck Hansen	Song
Jose Barros	Song
Ramon San Martin	Song Performer
Banda La Costena	Song Performer
Roberto Cantoral Garcia	Song
Ramon Lopez Alvarado	Song
Ron Allen	Song Performer
Jorge Garcia Lopez	Song
Jack Black	Song Performer
Ron Allen	Song
Ismael Garcia Ruiz Y Su Trio	Song Performer
Manuel de Zumaya	Song
Beck	Song Performer
Rafael Acosta	Song
Brian Lebarton	Song Performer
Bobby Capo	Song
Justin Stanley	Song Performer
Matt Sherrod	Song Performer
Steve Wadey	Song
Tony Hayes	Song
Eddie Santiago	Song Performer
Asdru Sierra	Song Performer
Michelle Grainger	Song
Los Lobos	Song Performer
Jack Black	Song
Gilberto Gil	Song
Mucho Macho Acapulco	Song Performer
Raymond Guiot	Song Performer
David Hidalgo	Song
Louie Perez	Song
Guy Pedersen	Song Performer
Alphonso Cordoba	Song
Raymond Guiot	Song
Guy Pedersen	Song
Mike White	Song
Jared Hess	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Nick Powell	Stunt Coordinator
Thomas Sellitti Jr	Stunts
Rafael Valdez	Stunts
Julian Bucio	Stunt Coordinator (Mexico)
Felipe Lopez De La Pena	Stunts
Martha Alicio Garrido Jimenez	Stunts
Juan Carlos Olalde	Stunts
Hugo Aguilera Herrara	Stunts
Willebaldo Bucio	Stunts
Michael J Waitman	Stunts
Jose Antonio Garcia	Stunts
Alejandro De La Pena Garcia	Stunts
Raul Lopez Arteaga	Stunts
Gabriel Godinez Leon	Stunts
Omar Israel Ayala De La Pena	Stunts
William Hitchon	Stunts
Keith Adams	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Mauri Carvajal	Script Supervisor
Pablo Buelna Serrano	Unit Manager
Emmanuel Cabare Cadena	Assistant Unit Manager
Sue-Allen Villalva	Production Coordinator
Steve Nicolaides	Assistant Director
Graham Stumpf	Post-Production Supervisor
Arturo Del Rio Galnares	Unit Production Manager
Omar Arias	Location Manager
Horacio Sandoval	Assistant Location Manager
Frederic Henocque	Assistant Director
Victor Solorio Reyna	Unit Manager - Unit Chief
Andrea Martinez	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Susan McNamara	Unit Production Manager (2nd Unit)
Renan Bendersky	Assistant Director
Victor Herrara	Assistant Director
Patrick Heyerdahl	Assistant Director
Dennis Maguire	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Jose Abel Jimenez	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Esteban Sanchez	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Melissa Barnes	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Jeanmarie Murphy-Carrasco	Unit Publicist
Paulette Dauber	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Jim Ward	ADR - ADR Recordist
David Giammarco	Supervising Sound Editor
Joe Schiff	Assistant Sound Editor
Randy K Singer	Foley Mixer
Hans Tester	ADR Voice Casting
Jonathan A Klein	Sound Effects Editor
Jonathan A Klein	Foley - Foley Supervisor
Robert Althoff	Rerecording - Re-Recording Recordist
Ernesto Munoz	Boom Operator
Sarah Monat	Foley Artist
Bob Baron	ADR Mixer
Kim Drummond	ADR Supervisor
Kim Drummond	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Marc Fishman	Rerecording Mixer
Chris Flick	Foley Editor
Joan Giammarco	ADR Editor
Santiago Nunez Rojo	Sound Mixer
Wayne Griffin	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Robin Harlan	Foley Artist
Gabriel Coll	Sound Mixer (2nd Unit)
Rick Canelli	ADR - ADR Recordist
Scott A Jennings	Sound Effects Editor
Rupert Nadeau	Assistant Sound Editor
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
Jeff Malham	Rerecording - Re-Recording Engineer
David Giammarco	Rerecording Mixer
Guillermo Bermudez	Boom Operator (2nd Unit)
Jeff Gomillion	ADR Mixer
Phillip Rogers	ADR - ADR Recordist
Visual Effects	Credit
Jorge Farfan Barros	Special Effects Supervisor
Jaime Ramirez	Special Effects Assistant
Israel Delgado	Graphic Designer
Syd Dutton	Visual Effects
Andrew Tucker	3-D Artist
Aaron Snow	Software Engineer - System Administrator
Catherine Sudolcan	Visual Effects Producer
Richard Patterson	Effects Supervisor - Supervisor
David S Williams Jr	Compositing Supervisor
Mark Kenaston	Rotoscope Animator - Roto
Adam Kowalski	Digital Effects Artist - Compositing
Fumi Mashimo	Animation Supervisor
Kelvin McIlwain	Visual Effects Supervisor
Lisa Tutunjian	Visual Effects Editor - Intermediate Editor (2nd Unit)
Mary Manning	3-D Artist
Enrique Gomez Lara	Special Effects Assistant
Bob Fernley	Visual Effects Producer - Intermediate Producer (2nd Unit)
Bill Taylor	Visual Effects
Alfredo Antonio	Special Effects Assistant
Collin Fowler	Visual Effects - Coordinator
Dan Farquharson	Visual Effects Producer - Intermediate Assistant Producer (2nd Unit)
Luis Ambriz	Special Effects Assistant
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Graciela Mazon	Costume Designer
Judith Salas	Costume Coordinator
Lourdes Delgado	Hair Stylist
Jaime Ortiz	Wardrobe Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Roz Music	Makeup Artist
Maria Del Carmen Delfin	Key Costumer
Adolfo Ramirez (Fito)	Costume Supervisor
Jorge Siller	Prosthetic Makeup - Prosthetic Artist
Patricia Romero	Prosthetic Makeup - Prosthetic Artist
Roz Music	Hair Stylist
Rocio Ramirez	Key Costumer
Sandra Migueli	Makeup Artist
Ruth Bermudo	Makeup Artist
Rodolfo Cruz Martinez	Key Costumer
Anadia Buenrostro	Hair Stylist
Mariana Mazon	Key Costumer
Felipe Salazar	Makeup Artist (2nd Unit)
Esther Lomeli	Hair Stylist (2nd Unit)

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