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A day without a Mexican = Día sin Mexicanos / Televisa Cine ... [and others] ; Xenon Pictures presents a Sergio Arau film ; produced by Eckehardt von Damm, Isaac Artenstein ; screenplay by Yarelli Arizmendi, Sergio Arau and Sergio Guerrero ; directed by Sergio Arau.
LIBRA DVD 019 345
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--United States--Drama.
- Immigrants.
- Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity--Drama.
- Mexican Americans.
- Migrant labor--Mexico--Drama.
- Migrant labor.
- Foreign workers--Drama.
- Foreign workers.
- Missing persons--Investigation--California--Drama.
- Missing persons.
- Missing persons--Investigation.
- Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity.
- California.
- Mexico.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Fantasy films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen presentation.
- Other Title:
- Día sin Mexicanos
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Xenon Pictures, [2004]
- Language Note:
- Soundtrack in English with subtitles in Spanish.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage.
- Participant:
- Yarelli Arizmendi, John Getz, Maureen Flannigan, Muse Watson, Fernando Arau, Eduardo Palomo.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Alan Caudillo ; editor, Daniel A. Fort ; music, Juan J. Colomer ; costume designer, Carlos Brown ; production designer, Anthony Rivero Stabley ; visual effects supervisor, Jay Mark Johnson.
- Notes:
- Based on "A day without a Mexican, a mockumentary" by Yarelli Arizmendi and Sergio Arau.
- Special features: the making-of 'A day without a Mexican'; filmmaker commentary; music video "Frijoleros" by Molatov; outtakes; music video "Sin decir adios" by Los Yoguis; the original short that inspired the film; original theatrical trailers & TV spots.
- ISBN:
- 1578299748
- OCLC:
- 56830857
- Publisher Number:
- 000799447628
- XE4476DVD Xenon Pictures
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