The ballad of Gregorio Cortez
(2018, original release: 1982)

Fiction

Blu-ray

Call Numbers:
BLU-RAY/WESTERN/BALLAD

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies BLU-RAY/WESTERN/BALLAD Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
EDITION
Criterion collection, Blu-ray special edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9781681434858, 1681434857 :, 0715515218917 CC2928BD, 1681434857, 9781681434858, 715515218917
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from opening credits

Forced to run from the Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days

Originally released as a motion picture in 1982

Widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio)

Based on the book "With His Pistol In His Hand" by Americo Paredes

Adapted by Robert M. Young

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 film scholar Charles Ramírez Berg

Cinematographer, Reynaldo Villalobos ; music, W. Michael Lewis, Edward James Olmos ; editors, Arthur Coburn, John Bertucci

Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill, Brion James, Alan Vint, Timothy Scott, Pepe Serna, Michael McGuire, Rosanna DeSoto

Blu-ray; region A; Widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player

English or Spanish dialogue; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Additional Credits