The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez is a 1982 Western drama film, starring Edward James Olmos, that recounts the true story of a Mexican-American farmer wrongfully pursued by Texas Rangers after a tragic misunderstanding.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film
film
basedOn With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Américo Paredes NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Curtis Clark NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Robert M. Young NERFINISHED
distributor Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED
editedBy Arthur Coburn NERFINISHED
filmFormat color
genre Western
drama
hasCultFollowing true
hasSetting American Southwest NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Gregorio Cortez NERFINISHED
musicBy W. Michael Lewis NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus Mexican-American farmer wrongfully pursued by Texas Rangers
notableFor bilingual dialogue
revisionist depiction of Western genre
originalLanguage English
Spanish
portrays Gregorio Cortez Lira NERFINISHED
portraysEvent manhunt for Gregorio Cortez
portraysOrganization Texas Rangers NERFINISHED
producer Michael Hausman NERFINISHED
Moctesuma Esparza NERFINISHED
releaseType theatrical film
releaseYear 1982
runtimeMinutes 105
screenwriter Robert M. Young NERFINISHED
Victor Villaseñor NERFINISHED
setInLocation Texas NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1901
starActorRole Edward James Olmos as Gregorio Cortez NERFINISHED
starring Bruce McGill NERFINISHED
Edward James Olmos NERFINISHED
James Gammon NERFINISHED
Pepe Serna NERFINISHED
Rosana DeSoto NERFINISHED
Tom Bower NERFINISHED
subject Mexican-American history
border culture
theme injustice
miscommunication across language barriers
racial prejudice

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Edward James Olmos notableWork The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Peter Masterson performedIn The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
this entity surface form: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982 film)