The Perez Family (1995)
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- R
- 1h 53min
- Comedy, Romance
- 12 May 1995 (USA)
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Cast verified as complete
Marisa Tomei | ... |
Dorita Evita Perez
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Alfred Molina | ... |
Juan Raul Perez
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Anjelica Huston | ... |
Carmela Perez
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Chazz Palminteri | ... |
Lt. John Pirelli
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Trini Alvarado | ... |
Teresa Perez
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Celia Cruz | ... |
Luz Pat
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Ranjit Chowdhry | ... |
Indian immigration official
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Diego Wallraff | ... |
Angel Diaz
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Ellen Cleghorne | ... |
Officer Rhoades
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Angela Lanza | ... |
Flavia
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Jose Felipe Padron | ... |
Felipe Perez
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Lázaro Pérez | ... |
Armando 'Papi' Perez
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Bill Sage | ... |
Steve Steverino
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Vincent Gallo | ... |
Orlando
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Billy Hopkins | ... |
Father Aiden
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Ruben Rabasa | ... |
Father Martinez
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Melissa Anne Acosta | ... |
Isabel
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Gustavo Laborie | ... |
Cuban official
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Roberto Escobar | ... |
Rivera
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Paloma Delaurentii | ... |
Transvestite on boat
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Sarita Choudhury | ... |
Josette
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Glenda Díaz Rigau | ... |
Giovanna
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Melissa Hickey | ... |
Young Carmela
(as a different name)
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Norman Max Maxwell | ... |
Gate guard
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Óscar González | ... |
Old Guajiro #1
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Florencio Santana | ... |
Old Guajiro #2
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Magaly Aguero | ... |
Angel's secretary
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Marc Macaulay | ... |
Male volunteer
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Luis Raul | ... |
News photographer
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Antoni Corone | ... |
Security
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Jorge Luis Ramone | ... |
Cuban prison guard
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Mira Nair | ... |
Woman buying flowers
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Ana Carballosa | ... |
Woman of Many Faces
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Bernard Fouquet | ... |
Customer #1
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Salvador Levy | ... |
Customer #2
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Sandor Juan | ... |
Vendor
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Mel Gorham | ... |
Vilma / Raquel
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Luis Torres | ... |
Guajiro drummer #1
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Ángel González | ... |
Guajiro drummer #2
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Johnny Hasselbach | ... |
Sailor
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Abe Acay | ... |
Child Refugee (uncredited)
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Fabio M. Arber | ... |
Boat captain (uncredited)
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Jeannie Belgrave | ... |
Dance partner of Armando "Papi" Perez (uncredited)
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Jimmy Carter | ... |
Self (during Mariel exodus) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Fidel Castro | ... |
Self (during Mariel exodus) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Sheila Korsi | ... |
Cuban Refugee (uncredited)
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Marlene Marcos | ... |
Refugee (uncredited)
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Vivian Ruiz | ... |
Immigration Officer (uncredited)
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Steve Warren | ... |
Paramedic (uncredited)
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Directed by
Mira Nair |
Written by
Christine Bell | ... | (novel) |
Robin Swicord | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Julia Chasman | ... | executive producer |
Lydia Dean Pilcher | ... | producer |
Michael Nozik | ... | producer |
Dinaz Stafford | ... | associate producer |
Robin Swicord | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Alan Silvestri |
Cinematography by
Stuart Dryburgh | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Robert Estrin | ||
Greg Finton |
Editorial Department
Kip Brown | ... | assistant editor |
Laurie Butler | ... | first assistant editor |
Matvey Shatz | ... | color timer |
Boyd Steer | ... | negative cutter |
Bob Wenokur | ... | studio post-production representative |
Casting By
Kerry Barden | ||
Suzanne Crowley | ||
Billy Hopkins |
Production Design by
Mark Friedberg |
Art Direction by
Kenneth Hardy |
Set Decoration by
Stephanie Carroll |
Costume Design by
Eduardo Castro |
Makeup Department
Jay Cannistraci | ... | makeup artist |
Caridad 'Cuqui' Collazo | ... | hair stylist |
Cydney Cornell | ... | department head hair stylist |
Hallie D'Amore | ... | key makeup artist |
Joanne Gair | ... | makeup artist: Marisa Tomei |
Susie Kim | ... | additional makeup artist |
Sharon Kalb | ... | additional makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Mary F. Jansen | ... | post-production supervisor |
Elyse Katz | ... | production manager: Los Angeles |
Ilene S. Landress | ... | unit production manager |
Nannette Rosa-Collazo | ... | production manager: Puerto Rico |
Camille Spaccavento | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eric Heffron | ... | assistant director |
Michael J. Moore | ... | assistant director |
Dinaz Stafford | ... | location assistant director |
Basti Van Der Woude | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Robert Crowley | ... | set dresser |
Michael Delgado | ... | set designer |
Migel Delgado | ... | set designer (creditOnly) |
Daniel Duarte | ... | scenic artist |
Jose Duarte | ... | head scenic artist |
William Forte | ... | scenic artist |
Charles Guanci Jr. | ... | set dresser |
James Harris | ... | general foreman |
Mark 'Minke' Hendrickson | ... | set dresser |
Richard E. Kruder | ... | set dresser |
Michael Metzel | ... | construction coordinator |
Pablo Miranda | ... | scenic artist |
Geri Lynn Peterson | ... | assistant property master |
Philip Schneider | ... | property master |
Valarie Wise | ... | lead man |
Sound Department
Michael Barry | ... | re-recording mixer |
Nancy Cabrera | ... | foley artist |
Laura Civiello | ... | dialogue editor |
Eugene Gearty | ... | sound effects editor |
Robert Hein | ... | dialogue editor |
Tim Song Jones | ... | sound transferer |
Frank Kern | ... | foley editor |
Skip Lievsay | ... | re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor |
Marissa Littlefield | ... | adr editor |
Henri Lopez | ... | sound (as Henry Lopez) |
Eliza Paley | ... | foley editor |
Bruce Pross | ... | foley supervisor |
Fred Rosenberg | ... | dialogue editor |
Ted Stein | ... | sound recording engineer |
Rod Taylor | ... | sound mixing engineer |
Brian Vancho | ... | foley artist |
Steven Visscher | ... | foley editor |
Nicholas Renbeck | ... | apprentice sound editor (uncredited) |
Stunts
John Zimmerman | ... | stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert M. Andres | ... | key grip |
Jack English | ... | electrician / gaffer |
Megan Forste | ... | second assistant camera |
Raúl Rosado Maldonado | ... | best boy grip: puerto rico (as Raúl Rosado) |
Frank Miller | ... | camera operator |
William Papp | ... | steadicam operator |
Angel Pastrana | ... | grip |
Jon Tilton | ... | best boy electric |
Casting Department
Jose Manuel Calleja Jr. | ... | casting: Miami (as Jose Calleja) |
Ellen Jacoby | ... | casting: Miami |
Jennifer Low Sauer | ... | casting associate |
Dinaz Stafford | ... | location casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Suzanne Krim | ... | costumer |
Austin Myers | ... | assistant costume designer |
Linda Peirce | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Location Management
Fabio M. Arber | ... | location manager |
Luis R. Estrella-Rivera | ... | assistant location manager |
Enelda Núñez | ... | location manager: Puerto Rico |
Luz Eneida Núñez | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Bill Abbott | ... | supervising music editor |
Jellybean Benítez | ... | music supervisor |
Kenneth Karman | ... | supervising music editor |
William Ross | ... | orchestrator |
Arturo Sandoval | ... | composer: traditional music |
Dennis S. Sands | ... | score mixer |
Alan Silvestri | ... | conductor / music producer |
Curt Sobel | ... | music consultant |
Carl C. Valldejuli | ... | music coordinator |
Tom Brown | ... | music preparation (uncredited) |
Sandy De Crescent | ... | orchestra contractor (uncredited) |
Will Edwards | ... | music consultant (uncredited) |
Jim Hoffman | ... | music preparation (uncredited) |
Steven L. Smith | ... | music preparation (uncredited) |
Sebastian Toettcher | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Betty Bennett | ... | script supervisor |
Ira Hurvitz | ... | script supervisor: reshoots |
Transportation Department
Jon Bergholz | ... | driver (uncredited) |
K.C. Colebrooke | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Josué D. Aguilar | ... | key production assistant (as Josue Aguilar) |
Justin Escher Alpert | ... | production assistant |
Ricou Browning Jr. | ... | assistant marine coordinator |
Ana Carballosa | ... | cultural advisor |
Monica Castellanos | ... | assistant: Mira Nair |
Laureen Clarke | ... | assistant production office coordinator |
Deepti Datt | ... | production assistant |
Amy Eldridge | ... | first assistant accountant |
Wayne Fitzgerald | ... | title designer |
Julia Gilbert | ... | production controller |
Carol Green | ... | unit publicist |
Mark Lafata | ... | production coordinator |
Patrick Lynn | ... | production coordinator: Los Angeles |
Patrick Lynn | ... | production coordinator: Los Angeles |
José Maldonado | ... | helicopter pilot |
Lilene Mansell | ... | dialect coach |
Michael J. McCarthy | ... | key craft service |
Marc Mercury | ... | marine coordinator |
Trish Minnich | ... | production secretary |
Ines Mongil-Echandi | ... | production office co-coordinator |
Roberto 'Tito' Otera | ... | production coordinator: Puerto Rico |
Billy Pittard | ... | title designer (as Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald) |
Manuel Shah | ... | production assistant |
Shari Sontag | ... | assistant accountant |
Alison Troy | ... | set production assistant |
Nadia Venesse | ... | dialect coach: Angelica Huston |
Enrique 'Kike' Rosario | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Richard Samuels | ... | intern production assistant (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Sprockets Music
- Sprockets Music (Audio Post Production, Sound Recordist)
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Distributors
- Culture Publishers (CP) (1997) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Nea Kinisi (1996) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Sandrews (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Film1 (2015) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
- Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Gativideo (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (United States) (VHS)
- Nea Kinisi Video (1997) (Greece) (VHS)
- Sociedad Kino Visión (Spain)
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- VCI Distribution (1997) (United Kingdom) (VHS) (as VCI)
- VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH (1995) (Germany) (VHS)
- Video Quattro (1996) (Greece) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Film Finances (completion guarantor)
- Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald (main title design)
- RCA Records (soundtrack)
- Sony Scoring Stage (score recorded at)
- The Effects House (end title design)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In an attempt to secure a sponsor, an unlikely group of Cuban refugees become a "family" as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service gives families priority over others. In the process, a political prisoner who hasn't seen his wife for twenty years and a disaffected sugarcane cutter fall in love. An excitable brother and a lovestruck cop contribute to the general confusion. The inevitable humorous romantic entaglements ensue as a final confrontation is set up.
Written by Tad Dibbern |
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Taglines | On the way to finding a family, she found love. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $11,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón was supposed to be directing this film, but pulled out before production started. See more » |
Goofs | When Dottie goes to make out with the security guard at the bar, the first wide shot shows her without her orange pants on, just black panties. In the next shot, she is wearing her pants, then the security guard precedes to pull them down, showing the black panties previously shown from a far distance in the first wide shot. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Crimson Tide/A Little Princess/The Perez Family/The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill/Swimming with Sharks (1995). See more » |
Quotes |
Dorita Evita Perez:
[on why she wants to go to America]
I love Elvis Presley, I dig the rock and roll, I want to FUCK... John Wayne See more » |