Cellmates (2011)

Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden ... See full summary »

Director:

Jesse Baget

Writers:

Jesse Baget, Stefania Moscato

Stars:

Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach, Kevin P. Farley

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Tom Sizemore	...	Leroy Lowe
Stacy Keach	...	Warden Merville
Kevin P. Farley	...	Bubba
Héctor Jiménez	...	Emilio
Olga Segura	...	Madalena
Bob Rickard	...	Judge
Rock Williams	...	Prison Guard
Tom Gulager	...	Prison Guard
Kaj Sturdivant	...	Prison Guard
Leighton R. Shields	...	Minister
Orock Orock	...	Prisoner
Scott Forrester	...	Prisoner
Pedro Alvarado	...	Prisoner
Darrell Britt	...	Prisoner / KKK Member
Carlos Soto-Montes	...	Prisoner

Storyline

Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden Merville, dead set on rehabilitating Leroy, chooses Emilio, a Hispanic field worker imprisoned for fighting for labor rights, to be his cell-mate. Leroy, confined in a small cell with the enemy, far from the KKK comrades who deserted him, finds the chatty Emilio slowly chipping away at his anger and prejudice. His weekly rehabilitation meetings with the warden, barely tolerable as the man drones on about farm labor and field crops, take on a different meaning when Madalena, a beautiful Mexican maid is hired to clean the warden's office. An unconventional love story develops that opens Leroy's eyes to the possibility of a different life. And a man who was a born and bred racist finds himself heading down a completely different path to salvation.

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Plot Keywords:

slapstick comedy | warden | mexican | hispanic | texas | 

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Taglines:

This friendship cannot be escaped.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cellmates

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Producciones A Ciegas

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Leroy tells about his Fairlane he bought new in 1966, but his picture on the wall shows an older Fairlane.

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Quotes

Leroy Lowe: Have you ever heard the story of a woman that walks into a man's life and don't make one bit of difference? Neither have I.

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Connections

References The Candidate (1972)

User Reviews

Great film! Comedic and Heartwarming.

I saw this at the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival. It was my favorite film there. The audience was laughing so much that at times, it was hard to hear the film. Who would have thought Tom Sizemore playing a racist KKK member would be so hilarious. Hector Jimenez is also wonderfully funny as a farm labor worker who must share a cell with Sizemore's character. Stacy Keach also lights up the screen with his portrayal of the prison warden who is obsessed with potatoes. I don't want to ruin where the story goes but the film transcends being just a comedy and makes a statement on race relations in this country. Well written and directed, I recommend it to all!