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Uniform Title American me (Motion picture)
Title American me / Universal Pictures presents a Y.O.Y. production in association with The Sean Daniel Company ; screenplay by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano ; produced by Sean Daniel, Robert M. Young, Edward James Olmos ; directed by Edward James Olmos.

Publication Info. Universal City, Calif. : Universal, 2002.
1992.

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Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Adult Department  DVD AMERICAN    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  DVD AMERICAN    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby surround , dual layer.
Cast Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Evelina Fernandez, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
Credits Director of photography, Reynaldo Villalobos ; music, Dennis Lambert, Claude Gaudette ; editors, Arthur R. Coburn, Richard Candib.
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.
Audience MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and sexuality and for language and drug content.
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.
Note Special features: Lives in hazard : award-winning documentary.
Language English or French dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Prison gangs -- California -- Drama.
Prison violence -- California -- Drama.
Hispanic American criminals -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Drama.
Ex-convicts -- California -- East Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Added Author Olmos, Edward James. Director. Actor. Producer.
Forsythe, William, 1955- Actor.
Serna, Pepe, 1944- Actor.
Fernández, Evelina. Actor.
Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki. Actor.
Daniel, Sean. Producer.
Young, Robert M., 1924-2024. Producer.
Mutrux, Floyd. Screenwriter.
Nakano, Desmond. Screenwriter.
Villalobos, Reynaldo. Cinematographer.
Lambert, Dennis. Composer.
Gaudette, Claude. Composer.
Y.O.Y. Productions.
Universal Pictures (Firm)
ISBN 0783233604
9780783233604
Standard No. 025192057427
Music No. 20574 Universal
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