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Bound by Honor
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on two Indigenous Latino American half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial (half-Indigenous Latino American and half-European American) cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
1993 · Directed by Taylor Hackford · 190 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 17 frames
Tagline
An epic story of three brothers. Bound by blood. Divided by fate. Driven by destiny.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jimmy Santiago Baca, Jeremy Iacone, Floyd Mutrux
- Cinematography: Gabriel Beristain
- Edited by: Fredric Steinkamp
- Music: Bill Conti
- Production design: Bruno Rubeo
- Produced by: Jerry Gershwin, Taylor Hackford
Cast
- Damian Chapa as Miklo
- Jesse Borrego as Cruz
- Benjamin Bratt as Paco
- Enrique Castillo as Montana
- Victor Rivers as Magic Mike
- Delroy Lindo as Bonafide
- Tom Towles as Red Ryder
- Carlos Carrasco as Popeye
- Teddy Wilson as Wallace
- Raymond Cruz as Chuey
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Hollywood Pictures
- Budget: $35,000,000
- Box office: $4,500,000
- Themes: street gang, ghetto, juvenile prison, artist, tragedy, jail, east los angeles, youth gang, hood, gang
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