The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez [Criterion Collection] ( Blu-ray ) 08/14/18

Forced to run from the Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Producer-star Edward James Olmos, seeking to shed new light on a historical incident that had been enshrined in a corrido (folk song), enlisted director Robert M. Young, a longtime practitioner of socially engaged realism, to helm this trailblazing independent film, a landmark of Chicano cinema. Shifting its perspective between the pursuers and the pursued, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez is a thrilling chase film and a nuanced procedural that peels away the layers of prejudice and myth surrounding Cortez, uncovering the true story of an ordinary man persecuted by the law and transfigured by legend.

CONDITION: NEW

Actors: Edward James Olmos
Directors: Robert M. Young
Format: Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Dubbed: Spanish
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
PG
Parental Guidance Suggested
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: August 14, 2018
Run Time: 106 minutes

Cast & Crew

Edward James Olmos Gregorio Cortez
Tom Bower Boone Choate
James Gammon Sheriff Frank Fly
Brion James Capt. Rogers
Bruce McGill Bill Blakely
Barry Corbin B.R. Abernathy
Pepe Serna Romaldo Cortez
Alan Vint Sheriff Mike Trimmell
Rosanna de Soto Carolot Munoz
William Sanderson Actor
Timothy Scott Sheriff Morris
Michael McGuire Sheriff Glover

Technical Credits

Robert M. Young Director,Cinematographer,Screenwriter
Arthur Coburn Editor
Moctesuma Esparza Producer
Michael Hausman Associate Producer
W. Michael Lewis Score Composer
Edward James Olmos Score Composer
Laurin Rinder Score Composer
Richard Soto Associate Producer,Editor
Reynaldo Villalobos Cinematographer
Victor Villasenor Screenwriter
David Wisnievitz Associate Producer
Stuart Wurtzel Art Director,Production Designer