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Selena

  • 19971997
  • PGPG
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Jennifer Lopez in Selena (1997)
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The true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts.The true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts.The true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
29K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,970
782
  • Director
    • Gregory Nava
  • Writer
    • Gregory Nava
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Edward James Olmos
    • Jon Seda
Top credits
  • Director
    • Gregory Nava
  • Writer
    • Gregory Nava
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Edward James Olmos
    • Jon Seda
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 181User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 6 nominations

    Videos3

    Selena
    Trailer 2:23
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    Selena
    Trailer 2:17
    Selena
    Which Celebs Almost Played Rock Stars?
    Video 3:59
    Which Celebs Almost Played Rock Stars?

    Photos71

    Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos in Selena (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez in Selena (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez in Selena (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez in Selena (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez in Selena (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez, Constance Marie, Jackie Guerra, and Jacob Vargas in Selena (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez and Jon Seda in Selena (1997)
    Victoria Elena Flores, Rebecca Lee Meza, and Rafael Tamayo in Selena (1997)
    Constance Marie and Rebecca Lee Meza in Selena (1997)
    Rebecca Lee Meza in Selena (1997)
    Rebecca Lee Meza in Selena (1997)
    Jennifer Lopez and Jon Seda in Selena (1997)

    Top cast

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    Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez
    • Selena Quintanilla
    Edward James Olmos
    Edward James Olmos
    • Abraham Quintanilla
    Jon Seda
    Jon Seda
    • Chris Perez
    Jackie Guerra
    Jackie Guerra
    • Suzette Quintanilla
    Constance Marie
    Constance Marie
    • Marcela Quintanilla
    Alex Meneses
    Alex Meneses
    • Sara
    • (as Alexandra Meneses)
    Jacob Vargas
    Jacob Vargas
    • Abie Quintanilla
    Pete Astudillo
    • Self - Dinos 1990's
    Rueben Gonzáles
    • Joe Ojeda - Dinos 1990's
    • (as Ruben Gonzalez)
    Ricky Vela
    • Self - Dinos 1990's
    Don Shelton
    • Stage Dancer
    Richard Emanuelle
    • Concert Reporter
    • (as Richard Emanuele)
    Panchito Gómez
    • Young Abraham - Dinos 1961
    • (as Panchito Gomez)
    Richard Coca
    Richard Coca
    • Bobby - Dinos 1961
    George Perez
    George Perez
    • Seff - Dinos 1961
    Brian Fallteen
    • Club Owner
    Carmen Martínez
    • Irate Club Goer
    Elisabeth Gonzalez
    • Irate Club Goer
    • Director
      • Gregory Nava
    • Writer
      • Gregory Nava
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Jackie Guerra wanted the part of Suzette Quintanilla so badly that she lied at her audition, saying that she was an experienced drummer, when in fact she had never played the drums. When the truth was revealed, Suzette Quintanilla herself gave Guerra private lessons.
    • Goofs
      During Selena's Grammy walk, the song Bidi Bidi Bom Bom is played. Selena won a Grammy for the album Live, which didn't have Bidi Bidi Bom Bom on it. At Selena's actual Grammy walk, the song No Debes Jugar was played.
    • Quotes

      Abraham: We have to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time! It's exhausting!

    • Crazy credits
      The producers wish to thank The Quintanilla Family
    • Alternate versions
      Superstation TV version includes an additional scene showing young Selena at school.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Return of the Jedi: Special Edition/Love Jones/The Godfather/City of Industry/Troublesome Creek/Mandela (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Amor Prohibido
      (1994)

      Written by A.B. Quintanilla (as A.B. Quintanilla III) and Pete Astudillo

      Produced by A.B. Quintanilla (as A.B. Quintanilla III)

      Used by permission of Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) and Peace Rock Publishing (BMI)

      Courtesy of EMI Latin

      Performed by Selena

    User reviews181

    Review
    Top review
    ~Selena Quintanilla-Perez~
    Selena is the true-story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a talented young Mexican singer, who was discovered by her own father at the age of 10. Selena had everything going for her, a good family, whom she was very close with, a great husband, loads of fans and of course her music career that kept getting stronger. Selena had even won a prestigious Grammy award for Best Mexican/American Singer and was the most popular Latin singer at that time. Until, all that was taken away from her, when at the age of 23 in 1995, Selena's 'friend' and fan club manager, Yolanda Saldivar murdered her, after Selena had confronted Yolanda about money, she had stolen.

    I'm one of the many people out there who only heard about Selena in the last couple of years. I can't remember where I first heard of her. The internet, maybe, but the things I did hear were all good and she sounded like a very talented and popular young singer and of course I was really shocked to hear about how she died.

    I was really interested to watch the movie Selena and when I finally got to watch it, I thought it was really great. It tells you the whole story of Selena's life, from when she was just a young girl, to her meeting guitarist Chis Perez and secretly getting married to him, we see her singing at sold-out concerts, all the wonderful fans she had and not only that but we find out that Selena was planning to have kids and she was just about to release her first English language album, all until she was she was terribly murdered. I thought the end of the movie, where there was real footage of the real Selena, was beautifully done and it was great to see clips of the real Selena singing at her concerts, meeting her fans and just having fun with her family, friends and husband.

    I thought the whole cast in the movie were great, Jennifer Lopez played Selena really well and deserved any award she received or got nominated for. The rest of the cast including, Edward James Olmos, who played Selena's father and Jon Seda, who played Selena's husband Chris Perez did really well too.

    After watching the movie and hearing Selena, (Jennifer Lopez was lip-synching to Selena's voice. I thought that was good too.) I am going to get hold of some of Selena's music. I hope her memory will live on forever. Selena, the movie is highly recommended. Whether you're fan or not, see it.
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    • famousgir1
    • Dec 27, 2001

    FAQ1

    • Why in the special features are the mom and sister that played in the movie switched ?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 21, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Warner Bros.
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Selena: The Movie
    • Filming locations
      • San Antonio, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Q Productions
      • Esparza / Katz Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $35,764,351
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,615,722
      • Mar 23, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $35,764,351
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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