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Zoot Suit
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783276762
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783276761
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D22617D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1982-01
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Editorial Review:
This is a filmed play, rather than a stage piece reimagined for the movies, which is probably why the general audience never cozied up to this intense picture. But Zoot Suit has a couple of significant attractions. First, it's a landmark Latino work from the pre-indie period, directed by Luis Valdez, an important figure in Chicano theater. Valdez based his acclaimed play on the zoot-suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles, when a group of young Chicano men were railroaded into jail on a murder charge. The director later found a mainstream audience with his juicy rock & roll bio La Bamba, and perhaps a bigger budget might have garnered Zoot Suit the same kind of acceptance. Daniel Valdez, the director's brother, plays the hero and also composed the flavorful songs; but the big draw here is the sensational performance of Edward James Olmos. A brooding actor just beginning his screen career, Olmos plays a flamboyant, hectoring, all-seeing figure called El Pachuco--a Greek chorus with attitude to burn. The wild contours of the zoot suit fit Olmos as snugly as his white shirt and black tie from Miami Vice. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Ruined by a Cop Out Ending
A perfect "opening up" of a play, just enough to be cinematically compelling, but never leaving the stage behind. I liked this a lot till the bail out ending.
Ending the story with the reciting of the subsequent crimes and deaths of the falsely accused would have been perfectly sensible and honest. How could any audience possibly respect the fully acknowledged "let's pretend" destinies invented for the defendants, full of success and happiness?
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Rating:  - Mandatory viewing for anyone interested in Mexican America
I believe that if you are born Mexican in the US, you should receive -- along with your "Brown Club" membership packet, a complimentary copy of this film. The film is sublime and any stylistic errors that Luis Valdez MIGHT have committed would certainly be ameliorated by the penetrating and unswerving look into Mexican American psychology. This is Octavio Paz's "Labyrinth of Solitude" put to music. Every time I see this film, I am awed and nearly moved to tears by its heroic, yet tragic, beauty (this is ... Read More
Rating: - Gotta love it
I loved this movie, I have even had the pleasure of meeting Luis Valdez, the creator of the theare version. My college even is planning to do the play.
Rating:  - zoot suit
I enjoyed the movie Zoot Suit very much. I love the nostalgic clothing worn in the film.
Rating: - Please watch
This is the most interesting movie i can remember watching, i remember as a kid i saw it and didn't understand all of it, granted i remembered the music, but the movie itself it extremely interesting, thanks!
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