Movie Description
Piñero
(2001)Overview
"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
Featured Crew
- Director : Leon Ichaso
- Producer : John Penotti,Fisher Stevens,Tim Williams
- Writer : Leon Ichaso
- Editor : David Tedeschi
- Cast : Benjamin Bratt,Giancarlo Esposito,Talisa Soto,Nelson Vasquez,Panchito Gómez,Michael Wright,Michael Irby,Rita Moreno,Jaime Sánchez,Rome Neal,Mandy Patinkin,Oscar A. Colon,Miriam Cruz,Luis Caballero,Sophia Domoulin,Robert Klein,Gilbert Callazo,Samuel Bruce Campbell,Lorraine Velez,Michael Philip Del Rio,John Ortiz
Cast
Miguel Piñero
Miguel Algarin
Sugar
Tito Goya
Acting Inmate
Edgar Bowser
Reinaldo Povod
Miguel's Mother
Miguel's Father
Jake
Joseph Papp
Bodega Man
Bodega Woman
Shooting Gallery Man
Shooting Gallery Woman
Doctor
Miguel, as teen
Short Eyes Cop
Tutu
Angry Father (scenes deleted)
Gang Member
Posters
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All Day and a Night
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Strange Weather
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Herself
6.7
The Girl in the Book
5.827
The Cut
5.9
Conversations with God
6.864
Facts
Original TitlePiñero
Status Released
Release Information
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2001-10-05
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 43m
Production CompaniesBurnside Entertainment,Lower East Side Films,GreeneStreet Films
Genres
- Drama
