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Red Eagle, the Movie (Spanish: Águila Roja: La película) is a 2011 Spanish action adventure film directed by José Ramón Ayerra Díaz from a screenplay by Pilar Nadal, J. M. Ruiz Córdoba, and Guillermo Cisneros. It stars David Janer as Red Eagle, reprising his role from the television series of the same name.
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Spanish | Águila Roja: La película |
Directed by | José Ramón Ayerra Díaz |
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Produced by | Daniel Écija |
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Cinematography | Adolfo del Casar |
Edited by | Arturo Barahona |
Music by | Daniel Sánchez de la Hera |
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Distributed by | Hispano Foxfilm |
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Country | Spain |
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Budget | €7 million |
Box office | €3 million |
The plot follows a thwarted conspiration involving England, Portugal, and France to dethrone Philip IV, and Gonzalo Montalvo (Red Eagle) retiring upon the blinding of son Alonso.[1]
The film is a Globomedia and Versátil Films production.[3] It boasted €7 million budget.[4] Shooting locations included El Escorial, San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Navas del Rey, San Martín de la Vega, and Valsaín.[2]
Hispano Foxfilm picked up theatrical and DVD distribution rights to the film in Spain.[5] The film was released theatrically in Spain on 20 April 2011, grossing €3,074,919.[6]
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered the "mostly silly" film to be "the latest example of how Spain struggles when revisiting its own past on film".[1]
Noel Ceballos of Fotogramas rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, citing "its stale appeal to popular patriotism" as a negative point.[7]
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