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Selena (1997)
Directed by Gregory Nava
“Discover the true story of one of America's brightest stars... that faded too soon.”
Drama, Music, History · 2h 07m
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.
Cast
Jennifer Lopez
Selena Quintanilla
Jackie Guerra
Suzette Quintanilla
Constance Marie
Marcela Quintanilla
Alex Meneses
Sara
Jon Seda
Chris Perez
Edward James Olmos
Abraham Quintanilla
Jacob Vargas
A. B. Quintanilla
P
Pete Astudillo
Self - Dinos 1990's
Rubén C. González
Joe Ojeda - Dinos 1990's
R
Ricky Vela
Self - Dinos 1990's
D
Don Shelton
Stage Dancer
R
Richard Emanuelle
Concert Reporter
Crew
- Director
- Gregory Nava
- Screenplay
- Gregory Nava
- Director of Photography
- Edward Lachman
- Original Music Composer
- Dave Grusin
- Editor
- Nancy Richardson
- Producer
- Moctesuma Esparza, Robert Katz
Details
- Release date
- 1997-03-21
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Spanish, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Esparza / Katz Productions, Q Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Box office
- $60,000,000