American me, Universal Pictures presents a Y.O.Y. production ; directed by Edward James Olmos ; screenplay by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano ; story by Floyd Mutrux ; produced by Sean Daniel, Robert M. Young, Edward James Olmos
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Label
American me, Universal Pictures presents a Y.O.Y. production ; directed by Edward James Olmos ; screenplay by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano ; story by Floyd Mutrux ; produced by Sean Daniel, Robert M. Young, Edward James Olmos
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
American me
Oclc number
52132187
Responsibility statement
Universal Pictures presents a Y.O.Y. production ; directed by Edward James Olmos ; screenplay by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano ; story by Floyd Mutrux ; produced by Sean Daniel, Robert M. Young, Edward James Olmos
Runtime
126
Summary
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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- De la Paz, Danny, 1957-
- Candib, Richard
- Villalobos, Reynaldo
- Coburn, Arthur
- Young, Robert M., 1924-
- Nakano, Desmond
- Y.O.Y. Productions
- Gaudette, Claude
- Olmos, Edward James
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Fernández, Evelina
- Daniel, Sean
- Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki
- Villarreal, Daniel
- Lopez, Sal, 1954-
- Lambert, Dennis
- Forsythe, William, 1955-
- Serna, Pepe, 1944-
- Mutrux, Floyd
Genre
Subject
- Prison gangs -- California -- Drama
- Prison violence -- California -- Drama
- Crime films
- Ex-convicts -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Films criminels
- Films de prison
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Prison films
- Fiction films
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Hispanic American criminals -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Drama
- Films de fiction
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor19
- De la Paz, Danny, 1957-
- Candib, Richard
- Villalobos, Reynaldo
- Coburn, Arthur
- Young, Robert M., 1924-
- Nakano, Desmond
- Y.O.Y. Productions
- Gaudette, Claude
- Olmos, Edward James
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Fernández, Evelina
- Daniel, Sean
- Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki
- Villarreal, Daniel
- Lopez, Sal, 1954-
- Lambert, Dennis
- Forsythe, William, 1955-
- Serna, Pepe, 1944-
- Mutrux, Floyd
- Genre9
- Subject13
- Prison gangs -- California -- Drama
- Prison violence -- California -- Drama
- Crime films
- Ex-convicts -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Films criminels
- Films de prison
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Prison films
- Fiction films
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Hispanic American criminals -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Drama
- Films de fiction
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor8
- resource.cinematographer1
- Composer2
- Director1
- resource.filmeditor2
- Is Derivative Of2
- Producer3
- resource.screenwriter2
- Mapped to1