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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Luis Valdez (play)
Release Date:
January 1982 (USA) more
Plot:
A kind of musical accompanying the story of the early 1940's and the effect that the "zoot suit" (a man's suit of long jacket and pegged pants... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
NewsDesk:
Glee recap (1.08): "Mash-Up"
(From AfterElton.com. 22 October 2009, 4:58 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Underrated, one of Olmos's Best more (15 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Daniel Valdez | ... | Henry Reyna |
 | Edward James Olmos | ... | El Pachuco |
| Charles Aidman | ... | George Shearer |
| Tyne Daly | ... | Alice Bloomfield |
| John Anderson | ... | Judge F.W. Charles |
| Abel Franco | ... | Enrique |
| Mike Gomez | ... | Joey / Jose Torres |
 | Alma Martinez | ... | Lupe (as Alma Rosa Martínez) |
 | Francis X. McCarthy | ... | Press (as Frank McCarthy) |
| Lupe Ontiveros | ... | Dolores |
| Ed Peck | ... | Lieutenant Edwards |
| Robert Phalen | ... | District Attorney |
| Tony Plana | ... | Rudy |
| Rose Portillo | ... | Della |
| Marco Rodríguez | ... | Smiley / Ismael Torres |
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:R
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Robert Beltran's film debut. more
Quotes:
El Pachuco:
The idea of the original chuco is to look like a diamond, to look sharp, hip, bonaroo, finding a style of urban survival in the rural skirts and outskirts of the brown metropolis of Los, Cabron.
Press:
It's an afront to good taste!
El Pachuco:
Like the Mexicans, Filipinos and blacks who wear them?
Press:
Yes!
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Soundtrack:
Marijuana Boogie more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Zoot Suit (1981)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Is the movie word for wor from the play? | gscollard-1 |
| Watching it right now... | MayaMacabre |
| Zoot Suit Music!! | martinfi |
| 'Pachuco Suave' | gabi80789 |
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I saw this on the Independent Film last year, very good film, revolves around Gangs but gangs in the 1940's.
Also a film about Latinos (my people) and the problems they face in the inner city.
It's much better than those terrible soap opera's in Mexico, this film is a musical but it's also a drama focusing on different Hispanic characters.