Zoot Suit [DVD] [Standard]

Part fascinating fact, part dazzling fiction, Zoot Suit is the blistering film adaptation of playwright Luis Valdez' critically acclaimed stage drama based on the "zoot suit riots" that rocked 1940s Los Angeles.When barrio leader Henry Reyna (Daniel Valdez) and a group of his friends are unjustly convicted on circumstantial evidence and sent to San Quentin, activist lawyers Alice Bloomfield (Tyne Daly) and George Shearer (Charles Aidman

Los Angeles, 1942 A Mexican-American was found dead near a popular lovers' lane. The authorities were quick to go after two dozen young pachucos and haul them in on trumped-up murder charges... and their summary prosecution would spark enduringly infamous race riots. Playwright Luis Valdez directed this powerful filmization of his stage success; Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Tyne Daly, Charles Aidman star. Score includes InchLos Chucos Suaves,Inch InchMarijuana Boogie,Inch InchHandball.Inch 103 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; interview; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

"The most unusual and enchanting musical in years" (Roger Ebert), this cinematic ode to legendary composer Cole Porter is at once buoyantly fun and "heartbreakingly beautiful" (Liz Smith). OscarÂ(r) winner* Kevin Kline (The Ice Storm) is "perfection" (Rolling Stone) as the elegant and deeply complex Porter in a film that offers "knockout performances" (Gene Shalit) from Natalie Cole, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Alanis Mori