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Piñero / Miramax Films and GreeneStreet Films presents a GreeneStreet production in association with Lower East Side Films ; a Leon Ichaso film ; written & directed by Leon Ichaso ; produced by John Penotti, Fisher Stevens, Tim Williams ; co-producers, Kathy Demarco, John Leguizamo.
LIBRA DVD 004 362
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Piñero, Miguel.
- Authors, Puerto Rican--Drama.
- Authors, Puerto Rican.
- Ex-convicts--Drama.
- Ex-convicts.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [Burbank, Calif.] : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD ; Region 1 ; NTSC ; 5.1 Dolby digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- The story of the life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes.
- Participant:
- Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez, Michael Wright, Michael Irby, Mandy Patinkin, Robert Klein, Rita Moreno.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Claudio Chea ; editor, David Tedeschi ; original music, Kip Hanrahan.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- "Director's cut."--Container.
- Special features: theatrical trailer ; "A look at Miguel Piñero, The man."
- ISBN:
- 0788838113
- OCLC:
- 49762983
- Publisher Number:
- 786936180930
- 26079 Miramax Home Entertainment
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