Piñero (2001)
Im Gefängnis schreibt der aus Puerto Rico stammende Miguel Piñero das Theaterstück "Short Eyes", das später auch verfilmt wird. Mit seinen bissigen Texten steigt Piñero als Autor und Spoken Word Performer zum Liebling der Kulturszene auf und lässt sich trotz lukrativer TV-Auftritte, etwa in der Kultserie "Miami Vice", nicht in seiner Konsequenz korrumpieren. Frauen wie Männer erliegen der erotischen Ausstrahlung des bisexuellen Künstlers, dessen exzessiver Drogen- und Alkoholkonsum ihn schließlich 1988 das Leben kostet.
Der Regisseur: Leon Ichaso
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Benjamin Bratt as Miguel Piñero |
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Giancarlo Esposito as Miguel Algarin |
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Talisa Soto as Sugar |
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Nelson Vasquez as Tito Goya |
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Panchito Gómez as Acting Inmate |
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Michael Wright as Edgar Bowser |
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Michael Irby as Reinaldo Povod |
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Rita Moreno as Miguel's Mother |
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Jaime Sánchez as Miguel's Father |
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Rome Neal as Jake |
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Mandy Patinkin as Joseph Papp |
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Oscar A. Colon as Bodega Man |
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Miriam Cruz as Bodega Woman |
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Luis Caballero as Shooting Gallery Man |
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Sophia Domoulin as Shooting Gallery Woman |
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Robert Klein as Doctor |
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Gilbert Callazo as Miguel, as teen |
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Samuel Bruce Campbell as Short Eyes Cop |
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Lorraine Velez as Tutu |
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Michael Philip Del Rio as Angry Father (scenes deleted) |
| Directing | Leon Ichaso | Director |
| Writing | Leon Ichaso | Writer |
| Production | Ines Mongil-Echandi | Production Manager |
| Camera | Claudio Chea | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kathy DeMarco | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Lisa Rhoden | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Kip Hanrahan | Music |
| Production | John Leguizamo | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Jamie Gordon | Co-Producer |
| Production | Fisher Stevens | Producer |
| Production | Bradley Yonover | Executive Producer |
| Editing | David Tedeschi | Editor |
| Production | Caroline Jaczko | Line Producer |
| Production | Glen Trotiner | Associate Producer |
| Production | Tim Williams | Producer |
| Production | John Penotti | Producer |
