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Summary:

Set in 1901. After a heated misunderstanding due to poor translation leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight from the Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.

Contributors:

Young, Robert M., 1924-2024 , film director

Esparza, Moctesuma , film producer

Hausman, Michael , film producer

Villalobos, Reynaldo , director of photography

Villaseñor, Victor , screenwriter

Lewis, W. Michael , composer

Coburn, Arthur , editor of moving image work

Bertucci, John , editor of moving image work

Olmos, Edward James , actor, composer

Gammon, James , actor

Bower, Tom, 1938- , actor

McGill, Bruce, 1950- , actor

James, Brion, 1945-1999 , actor

Vint, Alan, 1944-2006 , actor

Scott, Tim, 1938-1995 , actor

Serna, Pepe, 1944- , actor

McGuire, Michael, 1934- , actor

De Soto, Rosana, 1947- , actor

Noriega, Chon A., 1961- , interviewee

Berg, Charles Ramírez, 1947- , writer of supplementary textual content

Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999

Moctesuma Esparza Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

National Endowment for the Humanities , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Corporation for Public Broadcasting , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

National Council of La Raza , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

English and Spanish dialogue; optional English subtitles for English dialogue and Spanish subtitles for Spanish dialogue.

Related Works:

Based on: With his pistol in his hand [by Paredes, A.]

Contained in: American playhouse (Television program)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 940

Subjects:

Cortez, Gregorio, 1875-1916 — Drama

Fugitives from justice — Texas — Drama

Texas Rangers — Drama

Mexican Americans — Texas — Social conditions — Drama

Trials (Murder) — Texas — Drama

Texas — Ethnic relations — 1865-1918 — Drama

Texas — History — 1846-1950 — Drama

Cortez, Gregorio, 1875-1916

Texas Rangers

1846-1950

Mexican Americans — Social conditions

Mexican Americans

Trials (Murder)

Ethnic relations

Fugitives from justice

Texas

Genres:

Motion pictures

Western films

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

History

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 widescreen presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.

Performers:

Cast: Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill, Brion James, Alan Vint, Timothy Scott, Pepe Serna, Michael McGuire, Rosanna DeSoto.

Production Credits:

Cinematographer, Reynaldo Villalobos ; music, W. Michael Lewis, Edward James Olmos ; editors, Arthur Coburn, John Bertucci ; executive producers, David Ochoa, H. Frank Dominguez.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.
This DVD release adheres to how the film was originally released without subtitles for the Spanish spoken by its Mexican American characters, so that English-speaking viewers would experience the Spanish dialogue with the same limited or nonexistent understanding that the film's English-speaking characters do. In keeping with that intention on the part of the filmmakers, the Spanish has not been subtitles in English for this release.
Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio).
Based on the book "With his pistol in his hand" by Americo Paredes.
Restored in 2016 by the Academy Film Archive.
Adapted by Robert M. Young.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with actor and producer Edward James Olmos ; New interview with Chon A. Noriega, author of Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema; Cast-and-crew panel from 2016 including Olmos, director Robert M. Young, producer Moctesuma Esparza, director of photography Reynaldo Villalobos; and actors Bruce McGill, Tom Bower, Rosanna DeSoto, and Pepe Serna; plus, in accompanying booklet, an essay by film scholar Charles Ramirez Berg.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 foldout insert (illustrations ; 16 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; stamping; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

BAL 1982 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681434858
1681434857

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515218917
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2928BD

OCLC Numbers:

1042342071