Product Description

A CHICAGO GANG LEADER AND HIS ALTER EGO RECALL THE CASE OF GANG MEMBERS RAILROADED TO PRISON IN 1942.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10157 in DVD
• Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
• Released on: 2003-05-27
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 103 minutes

Customer Reviews

A Chicano West Side Story -- entertaining and informative.
Director Luis Valdez has done an outstanding job in bringing us this highly entertaining and informative picture of life in LA in the 1940's. The music, song, dance, and story in itself will make you cry, laugh and want to swing along with the film. Edward James Olmos demonstrates his many talents as he sings, dances, and plays El Pachuco, trying to convince the hero (Daniel Valdez) to use violence rather than intelligence to overcome prejudice by "Anglos" toward the Latin culture. Great theatrical props and settings along with an in-show audience makes you feel truly part of the whole production. Loved it!

Luis Valdez is the Mexican American Shakespeare!
This movie is California history
come to life.
It is a Mexican American story
told by the master.
Has has all the elements of a classic:
tragedy, love and good music!

Edward James Olmos makes this movie!
This movie is worth watching if for no other reason than Edward James Olmos' tour de force performance as the mythical spirit "El Pachuco".

Those interested in historical information regarding the true story around which this musical revolves are encouraged to seek out "The Zoot-Suit Riots: The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation" by Mauricio Mazon - available via Amazon.