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Nacho Libre is an American comedy film that was released on June 16, 2006, by Paramount Pictures, though it was released in select theaters earlier. The script was written by Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, and Mike White. It was loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed. The producers are Jack Black, David Klawans, Julia Pistor, and Mike White. The release date was originally set to be May 2006, but was changed by Paramount to avoid competition from Fox's X-Men: The Last Stand and one of Paramount's other films, Mission: Impossible III. It was then placed between the releases of Disney/Pixar's Cars (June 9) and Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' Superman Returns (June 28). The film was rated PG by the MPAA for "rough action and crude humor, including dialogue." 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Plot

Ignacio (Jack Black) is a friar without skills. After growing up as an orphan in a Mexican monastery, he is now a grown man and the monastery’s cook, but is often looked down upon by the other friars. All his life, Ignacio has dreamed of becoming a luchador (masked wrestler); since it was forbidden by the monastery, his dream was constantly crushed. Ignacio cares deeply for the orphans he feeds, but his food is terrible due to a lack of funds with which to obtain better ingredients. Ignacio is a spanish name originating from the latin name Ignatius from the word Ignis meaning Fire. A common nickname used to address holders of this name is Nacho, a phonetical variant. ... Jack Black (born Thomas J. Black, Jr. ... Lucha libre, a Spanish phrase loosely translated into English as free fight, is a genre of professional wrestling developed in Mexico. ...

He decides that he must hatch a plan to make money to buy better food for “the young orphans, who have nothing”. During the same few days, he reveals that he additionally desires to be respected and admired, as the luchadores are; that he is particularly hostile to one friar, who behaves in a sanctimonious way toward him; and that he harbors feelings for the newly arrived denizen of the monastery, Sister Encarnación, with whom he has many favorites in common. It is partly to impress Sister Encarnación with the idea that he is a good man that Ignacio calculates his later actions. For other uses, see Nun (disambiguation). ...

Ignacio eventually decides to become a luchador, so as to earn money for the orphans. Donning a mask, sweat pants, and a Grey blouse, he enters the local competition, accompanied by a slender, atheistic street thief called Steven. This Steven, under the name of Esqueleto ("Skeleton"), becomes Ignacio's partner in wrestling. Ignacio, in order to keep his identity secret from the monastic order, shortens his own name to "Nacho" while in the arena. For other uses, see Mask (disambiguation). ... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ... For other uses, see Skeleton (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Arena (disambiguation). ...

In their first match, Nacho and Esqueleto are defeated. To their surprise, however, a man still pays them, explaining to the effect that the crowd had enjoyed their performance. He asks them to return next week to fight another bout and so their wrestling career begins.

Ignacio becomes frustrated for losing every fight (though to be fair, his opponents frequently cheat) and looks for help. Steven brings him to a gypsy-like man who tells Ignacio to climb to an eagle's nest, crack open the egg, and swallow the yolk. This, he claims, will give him the powers of an eagle. Ignacio obeys, but still loses the following night's wrestling bout. He is very annoyed for having been disappointed. Later, he decides to seek advice from Ramses, the champion luchador. Several times he tries to arrange an audience with this champion, but each time he is refused. Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Romani people (as a noun, singular Rom, plural Roma; sometimes Rrom, Rroma) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ... In most birds and reptiles, an egg (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. ...

His frustration increases at this, to the extent that he insults Ramses out of the latter's hearing. He and Steven argue, and so break off their partnership.

Later, both Esqueleto and Nacho compete with several other popular wrestlers in order to earn the right to challenge Ramses. The wrestler Silencio ("silence") wins; Nacho comes in second place.

Ignacio is revealed to the monastery as a luchador, when his robe catches fire during a prayer. Because he is at the time thinking primarily of his confused motivations for wrestling and the clarification thereof, he does not notice when one of the candles by which he is surrounded falls down, igniting his robe. Beneath it are the colorful trousers of his wrestling costume. Thus exposed, Ignacio leaves the monastery to live in the nearby hills, taking only his clothes and a machete given to him by Chancho (one of the orphans). A dragon robe from Qing Dynasty of China A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. ... For other uses, see Prayer (disambiguation). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

In the hills, Ignacio eats cacti and builds a crude framework of sticks, in an effort to create shelter. In the morning, Steven finds him. He tells him that Silencio has been injured and therefore cannot fight Ramses. Since he came second, Nacho will now fight Ramses. During Steven's explanation, the viewer is shown a flashback, wherein Steven ran a motorized tricycle over Silencio's foot, having seen him quarrel with a tiny child over a loaf of bread. In literature, film, television and other media, a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. ... Antique tricycle 19th century tricycle used in Iran A tricycle (often abbreviated to trike) is a three-wheeled vehicle. ...

Ignacio, at first, is skeptical of Steven's enthusiasm, due to the cause of their own argument which had been Steven's statement that he hated the orphans. Steven replies that he does not hate them anymore, and that the children need a hero. Ignacio accepts the role.

That night, Ignacio sends a message via Steven to Sister Encarnación, wherein he explains his plan and confesses his attachment to her. In the match, Nacho is nearly defeated - indeed, he is unmasked - by Ramses. Just as he is about to give up, Sister Encarnación enters accompanied by the children. Inspired by their support, Nacho throws Ramses off and defeats him spectacularly – seeming in the process to call upon the powers of an eagle.

Ignacio uses the prize money to arrange field trips for the children. The film closes on one such trip, wherein Ignacio, Steven, and Sister Encarnación take the children to see an ancient city, Monte Albán, built by the Zapotec civilization. Ignacio, by now, has earned Encarnación's favor, as demonstrated by her signs of encouragement and his somewhat awkward acknowledgment thereof. Monte AlbÃ¡n is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. ... The Zapotec are an indigenous people of Mexico. ...

Podcast

During the filming, Jack Black began doing a production diary video podcast called "Jack Black's Nacho Libre Confessional". In every episode, Black was filmed with a hand-held camera inside his trailer. He introduced the viewer to the cast and set, and gave a brief "nacho" description of what he has been up to. This series was also available for free, to subscribers of Xbox Live via the Xbox 360's Marketplace service. For other persons named Jack Black, see Jack Black (disambiguation). ... A Production Diary is a account of the making of a film. ... Vodcast (a portmanteau of video podcast or video on demand-cast), VODcast or video podcast is an emerging term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures. ... Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ...

Each episode of the podcast begins and ends with an intro/outro featuring Beck's song "E-Pro" from the album Guero. This is likely a reference to the fact that Nacho is himself a güero or "white boy" due to his half-Scandinavian heritage, as explained by Black while having his chest waxed in Episode 3 of the podcast. This article is about the musician. ... E-Pro is the opening track on Becks 2005 album Guero. ... Alternate cover Special edition cover Guero is the eighth album by Beck, first released in March 2005. ...

Main cast

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Reviews and reaction

According to Roger Ebert, "It takes some doing to make a Jack Black comedy that doesn't work, but Nacho Libre does it." The Hollywood Reporter was very positive about it, calling it, "One of the most inspired comedies in ages." Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

Michael Medved gave the film two and a half stars (out of four) calling it, "Amusing, but resistible." and adding that, "Director Jared Hess [employs] the same off-beat humor that made his Napoleon Dynamite a cult hit"^[1]. Michael Medved (born October 3, 1948) is a Jewish-American, neoconservative radio talk show host, film critic, and author. ... This article is about the movie. ...

The film currently has a "rotten" 37% rating at RottenTomatoes (as of June 23, 2007)^[2]. Rotten Tomatoes () is a website devoted to reviews and news of movies and video games. ...

The film has done well commercially. On its opening weekend in the U.S. Nacho Libre earned $28.3 million, second only to Cars for that weekend. The total domestic box office for the film stands at $80.2 million. [2] For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... This article is about the type of currency. ... This article is about the animated movie. ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops rated the film "O - morally offensive" for "Pervasive irreverence, slapstick violence in and out of the ring, including an impaling, innuendo, crude humor including flatulence, vulgar costuming, partial nudity and heedless thievery." ^{[citation needed]}

Music

Director Jared Hess originally wanted musical artist Beck to be behind the soundtrack for the film. Beck, being a fan of Hess, accepted. However, Paramount Pictures didn't think Beck's style fit the movie, and decided to try to get composer Danny Elfman to replace him. Elfman then wrote a full score and recorded it in May 2006.[3] But then, only about 2/3 of Elfman's score ended up in the movie. This article is about the musician. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician who led the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer / songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995, and has composed film scores extensively since 1985s Pee-wees Big Adventure. ...

Due to how much of Elfman's music filled the film, Elfman's representatives asked that Elfman be the only person credited for Nacho Libre's score. Hess caught wind of this and would not allow the studio to remove Beck from the credits. When finding that he wouldn't have the only music credit, Elfman told Paramount to remove his name from the film. An agreement was eventually reached where both Beck and Elfman were credited for their respective parts of the score. [4]

The track listing for the official soundtrack to Nacho Libre[5]. The soundtrack was released October 24, 2006 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Collaboration with professional wrestling

To prepare for the role Jack Black trained in New Japan Pro Wrestling's Los Angeles dojo with real luchadores prior to filming. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x819, 197 KB) Summary http://www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x819, 197 KB) Summary http://www. ... Jack Black (born Thomas J. Black, Jr. ... New Japan Pro Wrestling (æ–°æ—¥æœ¬ãƒ—ãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹, shin nihon puroresu) is a major professional wrestling federation in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. ... A dojo ) is a Japanese term which literally means place of the Way. Initially, Dojo were adjunct to temples. ...

Before the release of the movie, World Wrestling Entertainment added Nacho to the SmackDown! brand roster on their website. After a month his profile was removed without his making any appearances. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... For the video game series based on the show, see WWE SmackDown! (video game series). ... The World Wrestling Entertainment Brand Extension was a device first used in 2002 by said professional wrestling organization as a means of providing separate brands of wrestling through its two top shows, RAW and SmackDown!, with the addition of ECW in 2006. ...

On the June 20, 2006, edition of ECW on Sci Fi the character was parodied as "Macho Libre", with wrestler Tony DeVito dressing like Nacho and speaking like "Macho Man" Randy Savage with a Hispanic accent. After a few minutes he was attacked by the Sandman, in keeping with his gimmick at the time. is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the WWE brand. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Randall Mario Poffo (born November 15, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio) better known by his ring name Macho Man Randy Savage, is a former American professional wrestler. ... James (Jim) Fullington (born June 16, 1963) better known by his ring name The Sandman, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he was dubbed The Hardcore Icon. ... In professional wrestling, a gimmick is a wrestlers personality, behavior, attire and/or other distinguishing traits while performing. ...

In addition, professional wrestler Human Tornado appears in the film as one of Nacho's opponents, "El Snowflake". Craig Williams (born May 1, 1983 in Hollywood, Alabama), better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American professional wrestler. ...

Moves Portrayed

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Interviews

An online poll showed that common wrestling fans found the movie to be disrespectful of Lucha Libre in general, especially in the scene wherein Ramses pulls off Nacho's mask, which maneuver is of great significance in the sport. In the film, very little attention is apparently paid to this move.^{[citation needed]} One of the most well known Lucha Libre wrestlers (luchadores), Rey Mysterio. ... For other uses, see Mask (disambiguation). ...

Video Game

2006 Nacho Libre for Nintendo DS published by Majesco Entertainment is a cartoonish wrestling game based upon the film ^[3] Nacho Libre is a video game for the Nintendo DS based upon the film of the same name (see Nacho Libre). ... NDS redirects here. ... Majesco Entertainment is a video game publisher founded in 1986. ...

Notes

External links

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