Alambrista! = The illegal / Image Entertainment ; written by Robert M. Young ; produced by Michael Hausman, Irwin Young ; directed by Robert M. Young.

A farmworker sneaks across the border from Mexico into California in an effort to make money to send to his family back home. It is a story that happens every day, told here in an uncompromising, groundbreaking work of realism from American independent filmmaker Robert M. Young. Vivid and spare wher...

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Corporate Authors: Image Entertainment (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Young, Robert M., 1924-2024, Hausman, Michael, Young, Irwin, Ambriz, Domingo, Silva, Trinidad, Gillen, Linda
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Edition:Director approved special edition; Director's cut.
Series:Criterion collection ; 609.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Unauthorized immigration > United States > Drama.
Migrant agricultural laborers > United States.
Noncitizens > United States > Drama.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Drama.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([7] pages ; 18 cm).
Variant Title:
Illegal. [Parallel title]
Alambrista. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A farmworker sneaks across the border from Mexico into California in an effort to make money to send to his family back home. It is a story that happens every day, told here in an uncompromising, groundbreaking work of realism from American independent filmmaker Robert M. Young. Vivid and spare where other films about illegal immigration might sentimentalize, Young's take on the subject is equal parts intimate character study and gripping road movie, a political work.
Note:Accompanied by a booklet featuring an essay by film historian Charles Ramirez-Berg.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977.
Special features: New high-definition digital restoration; New audio commentary featuring director Robert M. Young and Michael Hausman; New interview with actor Edward James Olmos (Stand and deliver); Children of the Fields, a 1973 short documentary by Young, plus new interview; Trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1997 .A436 2012 VideoDVD
CX4 D0139927 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
ISBN:9781604653144
1604653140
Credits:Director of photography, Robert M. Young; art director, Lilly Kilvert ; original version film editor, Edward Beyer; music, José B. Cuellar ... [et al.] ; editor, Norman Buckley.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, widescreen, 1.66:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital Stereo.
Cast:
Domingo Ambriz, Trinidad Silva, Linda Gillin, Ned Beatty, Jerry Hardin, Julius Harris, Edward James Olmos.