Piñero (2001)
"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.
Director: 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 |
| Production | Jamie Gordon | Co-Producer |
| Production | John Penotti | Producer |
| Production | Fisher Stevens | Producer |
| Production | Glen Trotiner | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Kip Hanrahan | Music |
| Production | Kathy DeMarco | Co-Executive Producer |
| Camera | Claudio Chea | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bradley Yonover | Executive Producer |
| Production | Caroline Jaczko | Line Producer |
| Production | Lisa Rhoden | Associate Producer |
| Editing | David Tedeschi | Editor |
| Production | John Leguizamo | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Tim Williams | Producer |
