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American Me (1992)
Directed by Edward James Olmos
“In prison they are the law. On the streets they are the power.”
Crime, Drama · 2h 05m
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.
Cast
Edward James Olmos
Montoya Santana
William Forsythe
J.D.
Pepe Serna
Mundo
Panchito Gómez
Young Montoya Santana
Steve Wilcox
Young J.D.
Danny De La Paz
Puppet
Sal Lopez
Pedro Santana
Dyana Ortelli
Yolanda
William Smith
Deacon
E
Evelina Fernández
Julie
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
El Japo
Daniel Villarreal
Little Puppet
Crew
- Director
- Edward James Olmos
- Screenplay
- Floyd Mutrux, Desmond Nakano
- Director of Photography
- Reynaldo Villalobos
- Original Music Composer
- Claude Gaudette, Dennis Lambert
- Editor
- Richard Candib, Arthur Coburn
- Producer
- Robert M. Young, Sean Daniel, Edward James Olmos
Details
- Release date
- 1992-03-13
- Runtime
- 2h 05m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- YOY, Universal Pictures, Olmos Productions
- Budget
- $16,000,000
- Box office
- $13,100,000