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Title Zoot suit / a a Universal picture ; a Luis Valdez film ; a Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum presentation ; written for the screen by Luis Valdez ; produced by Peter Burrell ; directed by Luis Valdez.

Publication Info. Universal City, CA : Universal, [2003]

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 Moore Video  PN1997 .Z66 2003    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (1 hr., 44 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
surround
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1
System Details DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround.
Cast Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly, John Anderson, Daniel Valdez.
Credits Original music and adaptation, Daniel Valdez ; additional music and arrangements, Shorty Rogers ; choreography, Patricia Birch ; editor, Jacqueline Cambas ; director of photography, David Myers.
Note Originally issued as a motion picture in 1981.
Based on the play by Luis Valdez.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Summary Lawyers seek justice for a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to prison. Based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940's Los Angeles.
Language English dialogue, optional French or Spanish subtitles subtitles ; optional captions for the hearing impaired.
Provenance Gift of Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt Memorial Collection.
Subject Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943 -- Drama.
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 -- Drama.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
Mexican Americans.
California -- Los Angeles.
Genre/Form Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Films for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Valdez, Luis, screenwriter, director.
Burrell, Peter (Peter J.), producer.
Olmos, Edward James, actor.
Aidman, Charles, actor.
Daly, Tyne, actor.
Anderson, John, 1922-1992, actor.
Valdez, Daniel, actor, composer.
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles.
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Universal Pictures (Firm)
ISBN 0783276761
9780783276762
Standard No. 025192261725
Music No. 22617 Universal