American me

DVD 2002

Inspired by a true story, this is the story of a vicious Latino prison gang leader, doomed by his past to a life of harsh, unforgiving violence after his release from jail. He grows up in East Los Angeles, joins a street gang and is in prison while he is still of an age to be in high school. By the time he is back on the streets again, he is a skillful, educated criminal.

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Hispanic American criminals California East Los Angeles Drama

Prison gangs California Drama

Prison violence California Drama

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ISBN:

9780783233604

Description:

1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical surround
NTSC
video file DVD video Region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

MPAA: R
CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

American me (Motion picture)

Notes:

"Inspired by a true story."
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992
Bonus: Lives in hazard documentary; theatrical trailer
Photography, Reynaldo Villalobos ; music, Dennis Lambert, Claude Gaudette ; editors, Arthur R. Coburn, Richard Candib
Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Evelina Fernandez, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1), Dolby surround, dual layer
In English and Spanish (with English subtitles) with dubbed French audio track, optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles, widescreen

Contents:

Bonus features. Lives in hazard / directed & produced by Susan Todd, Andrew Young

Control Number:

1661682

UPC:

025192057427

Other Authors:

Candib, Richard, film editor
Coburn, Arthur, film editor
Daniel, Sean, producer
Fernández, Evelina, actor
Forsythe, William, 1955- actor
Gaudette, Claude, composer
Lambert, Dennis, composer
Mutrux, Floyd, screenwriter
Nakano, Desmond, screenwriter
Olmos, Edward James, director, actor, producer
Serna, Pepe, 1944- actor
Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki, actor
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Villalobos, Reynaldo, director of photography
Y.O.Y. Productions
Young, Robert M., 1924-2024, producer

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