Piņero - DVD

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Cast

• Amiri Baraka - Himself
• Benjamin Bratt - Miguel
• Bill Boggs - Lennon Anchorman
• Luis Caballero - Shooting Gallery Man
• Michael Irby - Reinaldo Povod
• Robert Klein - Doctor
• Rita Moreno - Miguel's Mother
• Jack O'Connell - Chauffeur
• Michael Wright - Edgar
• John Ortiz - Gang Member
• Charles Sammarco - Strange Shower Guy
• Ed Vassallo - Tito Arrest Cop
• Al Rodriguez - Cuqui
• Mandy Patinkin - Joseph Papp
• Antonia Rey - Senora
• Jaime Sanchez - Miguel's Father
• Oscar Colon - Bodega Man
• Giancarlo Esposito - Miguel Algarin
• O.L. Duke - Paul
• Talisa Soto - Sugar
• Fisher Stevens - Public Theatre Cashier
• Jaime Tirelli - Marty
• Nelson Vasquez - Tito
• Valentina Quinn - Interviewer
• Miriam Cruz - Bodega Woman
• Sophia Domoulin - Shooting Gallery Woman
• Gilbert Collazo - Miguel As Teen
• Samuel Bruce Campbell - Short Eyes Cop
• Loraine Velez - Tutu
• Eric Nieves - Nuyorican
• Lisa Rhoden - P.A. Woman
• Ray Santiago - Willie
• Charles Santy - Lincoln
• Vanessa Del Sol - Heist Woman
• Amanda KC - Barrio Bar Woman
• Tony Vazzo - Auditorium Man 2
• Lydia Trueheart - Woman with Baby
• Pedro Pietri - Himself
• Jamal Joseph - Himself
• Miguel Algarin - Himself
• Tara Wilson - Tito's Girlfriend
• Joanne Newborn - Fur Woman #1
• Francine Berman - Fur Woman #2
• Mateo Gomez - Auditorium Man
• Panchito Gomez - Acting Inmate
• Griffin Dunne - Agent
• Bruno Iannone - Port Authority Cop
• Rome Neal - Jake

Crew

• Stunts Coordinator: Peter Bucossi
• Executive Producer: John Leguizamo
• Director: Leon Ichaso
• Screenwriter: Leon Ichaso
• Producer: John Penotti ,Tim Williams
• Sound Mixer: Andrew Edelman
• Sound Editor: Mariusz Glabinski
• Executive Producer: Kathy DeMarco
• Special Effects Coordinator: Matt Vogel
• Musical Direction/Supervision: Kenny Vance
• Set Designer: Susan Ogu
• Musical Direction/Supervision: Ken Weiss
• Boom Operator: Mike Decker
• Stunts: David Shumbris
• Producer: Fisher Stevens
• Associate Producer: Glen Trotiner
• First Assistant Director: Glen Trotiner
• Unit Production Manager: Glen Trotiner
• Consultant/advisor: Dadi Pinero
• Costume Designer: Sandra Hernandez
• Second Assistant Director: Dean Garvin
• Casting: Marie E. Nelson ,Elly Long Marshall
• Editor: David Tedeschi
• Co-producer: Jamie Gordon
• Production Supervisor: Sean Fogel
• Art Director: Timothy Whidbee
• Post Production Assistant: David Penotti
• Associate Producer: Lisa Rhoden
• Consultant/advisor: Miguel Algarin
• Best Boy Electric: John Woods
• Assistant Costumer Designer: David Zambrana
• Sound Editor: 701 Sound
• Production Assistant: Bob Barress
• Production Coordinator: Mei-la Belmont
• Scenic Artist: Sarah Berney
• Assistant Properties: Casey Block ,Brooke Bramley
• Assistant Hair: Gloria Burke
• Executive in Charge of Production: Madeline Chang
• Production Assistant: Alexandra Codina
• Key Hairstylist: Mary Cook
• Assistant Makeup: Renee Didio
• Assistant Properties: John Finn
• Key Grip: Eric Gearity
• Still Photographer: Abbot Genser
• Best Boy Grip: Tim Glascoff
• Production Assistant: Meagan Greynolds
• Sound Editor: Marlena Grzaslewicz
• Composer (Music Score): Kip Hanrahan
• Production Assistant: Victoria Hawes
• Location Manager: Charlynne Hopson
• Camera Operator: Larry Huston
• Assistant Properties: JFA Inc.
• Line Producer: Caroline Jaczko
• Music Editor: Michael Jay
• Production Assistant: Lara Jones
• Sound Editor: Bruce Kitzmeyer
• Sound Mixer: Richard Kondas
• Production Assistant: Howard Kreft
• Production Accountant: Laura Kreft
• Production Assistant: Scott Lazar ,Abraham D. Levy
• Assistant Location Manager: Dan Lundy
• Grip: Louis Massa
• Costume Designer: Sukari McGill
• Grip: Nestor Medina
• Production Assistant: Seth Meier ,Guillerma Moneo
• Production Manager: Ines Mongil
• Production Assistant: Julia Morgan
• Publicist: Boris Moshkovits
• Key Make-up: Evelyne Noraz
• Production Assistant: Tiffany B. Nottage ,Andrea O'Connor
• Foley Artist: Jay Peck
• Script Supervisor: Anthony V. Pettine
• Second Assistant Camera: Amy Rice
• First Assistant Camera: Rob Salviotti
• Publicist: Anna Samuel & Associates
• Assistant Properties: Josh Schneider
• Properties Master: Edward P. Scoppa Jr.
• Publicist: Anna Suslovsky
• Gaffer: Cliff Weisner
• Extra Casting: Winsome Sinclair & Associates Casting
• Re-Recording Mixer: Robert Fernandez
• Cinematographer: Claudio Chea
• Production Designer: Sharon Lomofsky
• Sound Editor: Ira Spiegel
• Producer: Billy Baldwin
• Production Secretary: Christine Leaman
• Electrician: James Casey
• Musical Performer: Robby Ameen ,Alfred Armenteros ,Milton Cardona ,Edsel Gomez ,Andy Gonzalez ,Carlos Gonzalez ,Jerry Gonzalez ,Brian Lynch ,Orlando Rios ,Mario Rivera ,Abraham Rodriguez ,Felix Sanabria ,Fernando Saunders ,Mauricio Smith ,Victor Toro ,Alfredo Triff ,Angel Vasquez
• First Assistant Accountant: Linda Toon
• Production Assistant: Samuel B. Molina II
• Musical Performer: Lisandro A. Arias
• First Assistant Editor: Paul Zucker
• Musical Performer: Peter Scherer
• Casting: Ellyn Long Marshall ,Ellyn Marshall
• Re-Recording Mixer: Roberto Fernandez
• Screenwriter: Gordon Erickson

Piņero: AMG Review
Andrea LeVasseur , AMG

Shot with digital video, Leon Ichaso's rambling mood piece Piņero attempts to emulate poet/playwright Miguel Piņero's lyrical writing style. As Piņero, Law & Order star Benjamin Bratt is a charming rogue eternally smoking cigarettes and adjusting his fedora. With his scruffy beard, aviator sunglasses, and mop of curly brown hair, Bratt swaggers his way through scenes offering up raw words and wild gestures. His powerful screen presence against the backdrop of New York rooftops, smoky cafes, and crumbling flop houses is properly accompanied by a jazz soundtrack courtesy of Kip Hanrahan. These stylistic choices do well to fit the mood of the poet's life, but they do little to further the narrative. The only real information is offered in text form, summarizing the writer's life rather than setting up a story. The shaky handheld camera and arbitrary jolts to black-and-white too often feel like camera tricks implemented for no other reason than to look cool. The dialog also suffers from overdramatic lapses into poetry and ranting where straight conversation would've been helpful to break things up. These flaws can be overlooked for audiences who are already familiar with the man's story and just want to get a feel for his living, breathing words, but those looking for a biography may be disappointed. The film's circular construction makes it difficult to follow, but as a tribute to the late great poet it still gets all the sweaty, smoky tones right. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide