The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert M. Young Robert M. Young

Overview

There was a genuine ballad behind The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, based on a real-life character. Cortez, a San Antonio cowpoke, was arrested in 1901 because he resembled the actual criminal. Unable to speak English, Cortez fights off the authorities, inadvertently killing a sheriff in the process. His subsequent life and death as a fugitive from the Texas Rangers forms the core of this independently produced project. Adapted from a novel by Americo Paredes, Ballad of Gregorio Cortez stars Edward James Olmos (who wrote some of the film's incidental music) in the title role. Originally produced for PBS' American Playhouse, the film was released to theatres in 1984.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/14/2018
UPC:	0715515218917
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	PG
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	9,192

Special Features

New 2k digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with actor and Producer Edward James Olmos; New interview with Chon A. Noriega, author of Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema; Cast-and-crew panel from 2016 including Olmos, Director Robert M. Young; Producer Moctesuma Esparza; Director of Photography Reynaldo Villalobos; and actors Bruce McGill, Tom Bower, Rosanna DeSoto, and Pepe Serna; Plus: An essay by the film scholar Charles Ramirez Berg

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Edward James Olmos	Gregorio Cortez,Composer
James Gammon	Sheriff Frank Fly
Tom Bower	Boone Choate
Bruce McGill	Bill Blakely
Alan Vint	Sheriff Trimmell
Timothy Scott	Sheriff Morris
Pepe Serna	Romaldo Cortez
Brion James	Capt. Rogers
Barry Corbin	Abernethy
Rosana DeSoto	Carolot Munoz
William Sanderson	Actor
Michael McGuire	Sheriff Glover
W. Michael Lewis	Composer
Laurin Rinder	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert M. Young

Victor Villasenor

H. Frank Dominguez	Executive Producer
Moctesuma Esparza	Producer
Michael Hausman	Producer
David Ochoa	Executive Producer
Robert M. Young	Director,Screenwriter
Victor Villasenor	Screenwriter