Edward James Olmos — Actor (53)
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Zoot Suit (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Zoot Suit
director: Luis Valdez actor: Daniel Valdez / Edward James Olmos …
other title: 組特舞情 / 组特舞情 …
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
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The Unfinished Journey (1999) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Unfinished Journey
director: Steven Spielberg actor: Bill Clinton / Ossie Davis …
other title: 未完成的旅途
A multimedia short created for the U.S. millennium celebrations, The Unfinished Journey reflects on America’s history and spirit through six chapters—immigration, war, culture, civil rights, and innovation. Commissioned by President Bill Clinton and premiered at the Lincoln Memorial on New Year’s Eve 1999, the film features an original orchestral score by John Williams titled American Journey.
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Roosters (1993) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Roosters
director: Robert M. Young actor: Edward James Olmos / Sarah Lassez …
other title: Kampfhähne
Gallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status as a champion breeder, he comes back for the rooster bred by his father. But it is Hector, his son who inherits the prize-winning bird and neither are about to give in. The fall-out from their conflict has consequences for the whole family, especially for Angela, the sensitive 14-year-old daughter unable to cope with the brutal world that surrounds her and her own emerging womanhood, despite the best efforts of Juana, her strong but long-suffering mother.
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America (2011) WikiData IMDb TMDB
América
director: Sonia Fritz actor: Lymari Nadal / Yancey Arias …
other title: América
América, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes her daughter from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her new life as a nanny in New York City, with support from relatives and other latinas, América finds comfort and hope. When she dares to dream of a life without violence, reality hunts her down. Will she survive to tell her story?
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Mirage (1995) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mirage
director: Paul Williams actor: Edward James Olmos / Sean Young …
other title: 海市蜃樓 / 海市蜃楼 …
Matteo Juarez is a retired detective hired by a local businessman to follow his wife Jennifer. She has a split personality and seems to be putting herself in danger without knowing it.
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Saving Grace (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Saving Grace
director: Robert M. Young actor: Tom Conti / Fernando Rey …
other title: Ein wahrer Jünger seines Herrn / Único mérito …
A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important lessons about friendship and self-esteem. Written by Chris DeSantis
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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
director: Stuart Gordon actor: Edward James Olmos / Joe Mantegna …
other title: Ein Anzug für jede Gelegenheit / El fantástico traje blanco
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.
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Go for Sisters (2013) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Go for Sisters
director: John Sayles actor: LisaGay Hamilton / Yolonda Ross …
other title: 為了姐妹 / 为了姐妹
Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when Bernice is assigned to be Fontayne’s parole officer — just when she needs help on the wrong side of the law.
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Splinter (2006) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Splinter
director: Michael D. Olmos actor: Tom Sizemore / Edward James Olmos …
other title: Las calles de L.A. / L.A. Shield – Everybody Dies Dirty …
A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, while other members of his gang are mysteriously and sadistically murdered.
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Americano (2016) WikiData IMDb TMDB
El Americano: The Movie
director: Ricardo Arnaiz / Mike Kunkel actor: Rico Rodriguez / 切奇·马林 …
other title: 슈퍼 버드 / El Americano - The Movie …
Cuco, a mexican parrot, goes on an adventure from Mexico to Hollywood in order to get help from El Americano, a famous superhero from TV, against an evil band of birds trying to take control of his family’s beloved circus.
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2 Guns (2013) Min reol
2 Guns
director: Baltasar Kormákur actor: Denzel Washington / Mark Wahlberg …
other title: 투건스 / 2ガンズ …
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
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The Green Hornet (2011) Min reol
The Green Hornet
director: Michel Gondry actor: Seth Rogen / 周杰倫 …
other title: 그린 호넷 / グリーン・ホーネット …
Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky.
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Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) Min reol
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá actor: Michelle Forbes / Stephanie Jacobsen …
other title: Battlestar Galactica : Razor / Battlestar Galactica: Auf Messers Schneide …
A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica.
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Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009) Min reol
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
director: Edward James Olmos actor: Edward James Olmos / Dean Stockwell …
other title: Battlestar Galactica : The Plan / Battlestar Galactica: Der Plan …
When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.