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Title:

Zoot suit [videorecording] / a Universal picture ; a Luis Valdez film ; Center Theatre Group/Mark Tape Forum presentation ; written for the screen by Luis Valdez ; produced by Peter Burrell ; directed by Luis Valdez.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

MCA Universal Home Video,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 in.

Subject:

Feature films.
Musical films.
Mexican Americans--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.--Drama.

Other Authors:

Valdez, Luis.
Burell, Peter.
Valdez, Luis. Zoot suit.
Olmos, Edward James.
Universal City Studios.
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles.
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
MCA Universal Home Video.

Notes:

Based on the original play by Luis Valdez. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981. "40769"--Disc label and container. Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly, John Anderson, Daniel Valdez.

Summary:

A group of Mexican-American men are sent to San Quentin unjustly for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. Based on the actual case and zoot suit riots of 1940's Los Angeles.

ISBN:

9781558807037
1558807039

OCLC:

(OCoLC)24303507

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)