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(Oscar)

VIVA ZAPATA! Marlon Brando's virtuoso performance keys director Elia Kazan's idealized 1952 biography of the Mexican revolutionary leader. Emiliano Zapata (1877-1919) was something of a Mexican Robin Hood in the areas of the country he controlled during the 1909-1919 revolution, but his brutal side was softpedaled by Kazan, producer Darryl F. Zanuck and screenwriter John Steinbeck. Instead, Brando's Zapata is a simple and anguished man of the people, who is destined to free them from harsh dictator Porfirio Diaz (Fay Roop). Diaz is eventually overthrown, but conditions don't improve under his successor, Francisco Madero (Harold Gordon), and again Zapata must fight. Steinbeck and Brando both earned Oscar nominations, and Anthony Quinn won one as Zapata's hard-drinking, womanizing brother, Eufemio. (2 hrs., 30 min.) Additional Cast Josefa Jean Peters Fernando Joseph Wiseman Don Nacio Arnold Moss Pancho Villa Alan Reed. Pablo Lou Gilbert Sestra Espejo Mildred Dunnock. Huerta: Frank Silvera. Aunt Nina Varela. Espejo: Florenz Ames. Zapatisia Bernie Gozier. Marlon Brando

(Oscar)

MOVIE 7 PM ED VIVA ZAPATA! Marlon Brando's virtuoso performance keys director Elia Kazan's idealized 1952 biography of the Mexican revolutionary leader. Emiliano Zapata (1877-1919) was something of a Mexican Robin Hood in the areas of the country he controlled during the 1909-1919 revolution, but his brutal side was soli-pedaled by Kazan, producer Darryl F. Zanuck and screenwriter John Huston. Instead, Brando's Zapata is a simple and anguished man of the people, who is destined to free them from harsh dictator Porfirio Diaz (Fay Roope). Diaz is eventually overthrown, but conditions don't improve under his successor, Francisco Madero (Harold Gordon), and again Zapata must fight. Huston and Brando both earned Oscar nominations, and Anthony Quinn won one as Zapata's hard-drinking, womanizing brother, Eufemio. (2 hrs., 30 min.) Additional Cast Josefa Jean Peters Fernando Joseph Wiseman Don Nacio Arnold Moss Pancho Villa Alan Reed; Pablo Lou Gilbert Senora Esper Madred Dunrock; Huerta Frank Rivera Aunt Nina Varela; Espejo Florenz Ames Zapista; Bernie Gorier.