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Amarillo /æməˈrɪlɵ/ is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census (105,486 in Potter County, and 85,209 in Randall). The Amarillo metropolitan area has an estimated population of 236,113 in four counties.
Amarillo, originally named Oneida, is situated in the Llano Estacado region. The availability of the railroad and freight service provided by the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad contributed to the city's growth as a cattle marketing center in the late 19th century. Amarillo is the regional economic center for the Texas Panhandle, and is economically important to Eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle.
The city was once the self-proclaimed "Helium Capital of the World" for having one of the country's most productive helium fields. The city is also known as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (as the city takes its name from the Spanish word for yellow), and most recently "Rotor City, USA" for its V-22 Osprey hybrid aircraft assembly plant. Amarillo operates one of the largest meat packing areas in the United States. Pantex, the only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility in the country, is also a major employer. The attractions Cadillac Ranch and Big Texan Steak Ranch are located adjacent to Interstate 40. U.S. Highway 66 also passed through the city.
Actors: Rodrigo Bellott (producer), Rodrigo Bellott (editor), Rodrigo Bellott (director), Patricia García Méndez (actress), Martín Boulocq (producer), Martín Boulocq (editor), Martín Boulocq (director), Paola Gosalvez (producer), Gerardo Guerra (producer), Yecid Benavides (producer), Sergio Bastani (director), Yecid Benavides Sr. (producer), Sergio Bastani (editor), Johanan Benavides (producer), Daniel Aguirre (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Angel García Crespo (producer), Angel García Crespo (producer), Angel García Crespo (writer), Angel García Crespo (director), Angel García Crespo (editor), Angel García Crespo (miscellaneous crew), Antonio Aznar (actor), Mercedes Álvarez (actor), Ana Isabel Chao Lindín (actor), Ana Belén Fuentes (actor), Ana García Armada (actor), María Antoni Martín (actor), Cristina Rodriguez (actor),
Plot: Seven persons, known only by the color of their clothes, are being hunted in some empty space by something willing to kill them. At nighfall they decide to rest; one of them has been wounded in a struggle with their persecutors. During the night, couples take turns to keep watch. During these watches, their true personalities star to show as well as the internal fights within the group for water, food, rest, leadership, etc. become visible. As the night goes on, one of the characters, Green, makes a proposal to Blue: there's a chance they can survive if they abandon the other five as bait for the enemy, while them two can run away. When the others wake up and realize that Blue and Green have left, they must face a dilemma: should they let the enemy catch them and kill them allowing the traitors to escape or...should they kill each other so the enemy carry on hunting the traitors?
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Jorge Perugorría (actor), Gerardo Herrero (producer), Carmen Frías (editor), Ulrich Felsberg (producer), Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (director), José Nieto (composer), Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (writer), Camilo Vives (producer), Luis Alberto García (actor), Mirta Ibarra (actress), Juan Carlos Tabío (writer), Juan Carlos Tabío (director), Paula Ali (actress), José Antonio Rodríguez (actor), Juan Ramírez (actor),
Plot: It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truckdrivers who have to take the same route begin to talk about god and the world ending up in discovering that life for both groups has many similarities as well as a lot of differences depending on the point of view.
Keywords: black-comedy, cuba, diva, first-love, funeral-procession, hispanic, love, one-word-title, reception, satireActors: Jack N. Young (miscellaneous crew), Guy Boyd (actor), Miguel Ferrer (actor), Jean Smart (actress), Rip Torn (actor), Kurtwood Smith (actor), Treat Williams (actor), Kevin Conway (actor), Tess Harper (actress), Dick O'Neill (actor), Kris Kristofferson (actor), Tangerine Dream (composer), Joaquín Martínez (actor), Roberts Blossom (actor), William Frankfather (actor),
Plot: Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up on the info they find. Soon the Feds are running all over the place, and it looks like jeep maybe linked to the JFK assassination. But the Feds are trying to cover it up, and eliminate anyone involved with the jeep.
Keywords: 1960s, ambush, assassin, bag-of-money, bar, bare-butt, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, border-patrol, car-accidentActors: Saul A. Goodkind (editor), Jack Clifford (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Ray Whitley (actor), Henry Wills (actor), Virginia Christine (actress), Oliver Drake (producer), William Lively (writer), Lewis D. Collins (director), Rod Cameron (actor), William Desmond (actor), Eddie Dew (actor), George Eldredge (actor), Terry Frost (actor), Herman Hack (actor),
Plot: As Jim Wiley, a stageline troubleshooter, arrives he is shot and relieved of his identification papers. Thinking him dead, those against the stage line construction send an imposter in his place to slow down the work. But Jim survives and now believed to be the outlaw that shot him, gets a job on the construction crew in an effort to find the big boss behind all the trouble.
Keywords: 1880s, alias, ambush, archive-footage, assassin, assumed-identity, b-movie, b-western, barroom, bartenderWhen the day is dawning
on a Texas Sunday morning
How I long to be there
with Marie who's waitin for me there
Every lonely city
where I hang my hat
Ain't as half as pretty
as where my baby's at
(chorus)
Is this the way to Amarillo?
Every night I've been hugging my pillow
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo
and sweet Marie who waits for me
Show me the way to Amarillo
I've been weepin' like a willow
crying over Amarillo
and sweet Marie who waits for me
Sha la la la la la la la ...
And sweet Marie who waits for me
There's a church bell ringing
hear the sound of joy that its singing
For the sweet Maria
and the guy who's comin' to see her
Just beyond the highway
lies an open plain
And it keeps me going
through the wind and rain