Piñero
- Director: Leon Ichaso
- Writer: Leon Ichaso
- Producer: Kathy DeMarco; Caroline Jaczko
CGiii Comment
A hatchet job, courtesy of the director...of mediocre success going to the head...was Miguel Piñero really this vile?
He wrote a play - Short Eyes - and, in truth it was nothing special. But, it did cause a few ripples.
The film they made of it was not particularly good.
In fact - he wasn't what you would call a great writer.
So...why make a lousy film about a lousy writer?
Unkind? Perhaps...but, this film is not exactly bestowing a humanitarian award upon his memory.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
Cast & Characters
Benjamin Bratt as Miguel Pinero;
Giancarlo Esposito as Miguel Algarin;
Talisa Soto as Sugar;
Nelson Vasquez as Tito Goya;
Michael Wright as Edgar Bowser;
Michael Irby as Reinaldo Povod;
Rita Moreno as Miguel's Mother;
Jaime Sanchez as Miguel's Father;
Rome Neal as Jake;
Mandy Patinkin as Joseph Papp;
Oscar A. Colon as Bodega Man;
Miriam Cruz as Bodega Woman;
Luis Caballero as Shooting Gallery Man;
Sophia Domoulin as Shooting Gallery Woman;
Robert Klein as Doctor