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A Day Without a Mexican

Year:

2004

Duration:

USA:100 min | Argentina:100 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

IMDB rate:

4.7

Director:

Sergio Arau

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2004-08-06

Filming Locations: San Diego, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $1,500,000

Opening Weekend: $5,454 (USA) (18 July 2004)

Gross: $4,175,179 (USA) (21 November 2004)

Cast

Actor

Character

Maureen Flannigan

Caroline Aaron

Aunt Gigi

Tony Abatemarco

Talk Show Host

Melinda Allen

Ellen Abercombie (as Melinda R. Allen)

Frankie J. Allison

Oficer Carr (as Frankie Jay Allison)

Fernando Arau

Undocumented 1

Yareli Arizmendi

Lila Rodriguez

Todd Babcock

Nick

Maria Beck

Officer Sanchez

Yeniffer Behrens

Suzy

Arell Blanton

Chris

Cassidy Paige Bringas

Tracy Abercrombie

Brian Brophy

Barney Montana

Pilar Camporredondo

Lila's Mom (as Maria Camporredondo Neeley)

Elpidia Carrillo

Cata

Larry Carroll

Newscaster

Suzette Craft

Newscaster

Suzanne Friedline

Vicki Martin

Jonathan Fuller

Dean - Neighbor

Luis García

Undocumented 2 (as Luis Garcia)

Joaquín Garrido

Jose Mendoza (as Joaquin Garrido)

John Getz

Senator Abercombie

Carlos Gómez

Jose Velasquez Diaz (as Carlos Gomez)

Will Greenberg

Jeff

Santiago Guerrero

Bobby Quintana

Raul A. Hinojosa

Abdul Hassan

Sabrina Howard

Lucy Quintana

Charles Kahlenberg

General Hoff

Baron Kelly

Officer Hyland

Shishir Kurup

Alex

Karen Ve Londa

Rapture Infomercial Woman

Cyndi Martino

Nurse Jackie

Dori Mizrahi

Unemployed Actor

Bru Muller

George McClaire

Rick Najera

Magician Announcer

Steven Nevius

Sit Com Guy

Eduardo Palomo

Roberto Quintana

Christian Parizeau

Little Louis

Ryan Quintana

Border Patrol #1

Salli Saffioti

Mary Jo's Neighbor

MaryBeth Scherr

Sharon (as Mary Beth Scherr)

León Singer

Lila's Dad (as Leon Singer)

Jason Stuart

Restaurant Manager

Jossie Thacker

Officer Hyland's Wife

Sylvia Thompson

Parking Officer

Muse Watson

Louis McClaire

Dawn Westlake

Field Reporter

Michael White

'Unsolved' Host

Gwendoline Yeo

Newscaster

Ogie Zulueta

Dr. Takeshi

Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo

Special Voice Appearance (voice)

Hernandez Eleazal

Chi-o

Elizabeth M. Kelly

Reporter

Rosario Alair

Lawyer (uncredited)

Celestine

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Michael Dean

Protestor (uncredited)

Mark DeWhitt

Border Patrol Agent #2 (uncredited)

Alex Ferguson

Border Patrol Agent (uncredited)

Jason Horton

Border Patrol Agent (uncredited)

Jimmy Lin

Senator's Photographer (uncredited)

Christopher Marsteller

Los perros mojados drummer (uncredited)

Brent Parker

Child (uncredited)

Judy Prestininzi

Border Patrol Agent (uncredited)

Edward Scott

Mariachi (uncredited)

Rafael Simón

Homeless (uncredited)

Kaleti Williams

Bartender (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Eduardo Palomo's last film.

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The scenes on the empty San Diego streets were shot on 1 January, when there are few people about, because the production was unable to pay for closing them.

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Goofs

The scenes in Stockton, California show orange groves in the background. There are no orange groves in Stockton.

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In the beginning when Mary Jo sits up in bed, the covers fall to her lap. In the next shot the covers are still up at her chest.

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When Senator Abercombie is declaring a state of emergency and telling the reporters the military is conducting reconnaissance missions, the F-16 shown flying into the fog has Washington (state) Air National Guard markings on it.

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