The Maya School
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Maya School: The Movie international poster |
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Directed by | Carlos Mejia |
Produced by | Carlos Mejia David Argueta |
Written by | Story: Carlos Mejia David Arhueta Screenplay: Carlos Mejia |
Starring | Federico Flamenco Javier Villalobos Diana Blanco Lorena Bustamante Eduardo Ramirez |
Music by | Bon Jovi R. Kelly |
Cinematography | Robert Franco |
Editing by | Carlos Mejia |
Distributed by | Mejia Productions |
Release date(s) | ![]() ![]() |
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Language | English Spanish |
Budget | 1 million |
Maya School: The Movie is a 2007 comedy film that is the third movie directed completely by Carlos Mejia. It has been one of the most anticipated in El Salvador and will be the second time Javier Villalobos and Eduardo Ramirez work with Mejia in a movie. This movie contains one of the greatest teenager Salvadoran Actors: Federico Flamenco. Also every actor is making appearance as themselves on the movie. The movie is scheduled to be released on June 30, 2007 but there is some doubt if the movie is going to be shown in theaters or will be uploaded on Youtube, Google Videos, Myspace or Dailymotion
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[edit] Plot
In a school where there is a 1 meter pool, a little auditorioum, unfairness etc... and you have to pay $237.00 a month, Federico Flamenco, Javier Villalobos and others are getting very frustrated and crazy. They don't respect school, are fighting with mangos, fighting for food, making little kids fight, having silly dreams and having curses.
[edit] Cast and characters
- Federico Flamenco as Himself: He is a 8th grade student who got a curse forcing him to live a double life as Eduardo Ramirez.
- Eduardo Ramirez as Himself: He is the double life that Federico Flamenco has to live as.
- Diana Blanco as Herself: She is a student who have a kind of obsession for mangos but tries to control herself.
- Lorena Bustamante as Herself: Is a student and the best friend of Diana Blanco.
[edit] Production
On May 2006 with the release of: ¿Ojo, Ojo que vez? Carlos Mejia had liked the acting of a lot of his crew members and decided to make a movie with Federico Flamenco, Mejia chose Flamenco beacuse he saw him on Chivisimo and said: He was good. They started filming on October 2006 and ended on beginning of December that same year.
[edit] Promotion
The first teaser trailer was released on January 21, 2007 in El Salvador and was shown on Canal 4. The Poster was shown on February 11, 2007. On a special event on February 28, 2007 El Salvador a full trailer was shown. The same trailer was shown on Canal 2 on March 25 that same year and was uploaded to the internet on March 29 and an English trailer was uploaded the next day, becoming the first Carlos Mejia movie to be translated to another language. An interview with the crew will be shown on April 19 that will show also various scenes of the movie.
[edit] Release
The movie is scheduled to be released worldwide June 30, 2007, although the method of distribution has not yet been revealed.
[edit] Trivia
- A real Salvadorian school exists with that same name so Mejia paid the school to use the name and location.
- This is the second time Javier Villalobos and Eduardo Ramirez have worked with Carlos Mejia.
- The name "Transformers Productions" is not the real name of the company that made it, Carlos Mejia wanted to have a touch of comedy with the upcoming Transformers Film.
- Mejia said that a lot of the actors' personalities are in the characters.