American me
2002
DVD
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.
Item Details
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.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- 20574
- 10065419
Control Number: 1661682
UPC:
- 025192057427
- 025192057427
Subjects:
- Ex-convicts -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- Drama.
- Hispanic American criminals -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Drama.
- Prison gangs -- California -- Drama.
- Prison violence -- California -- Drama.
Genre:
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.