Piñero
Sign in to savePiñero is a 2001 American biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the title character. It was written and directed by the Cuban filmmaker, Leon Ichaso, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 31, 2001, and then received a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 13, 2001.
Film · TMDB
6.1"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay 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.
Released: 2001-10-05103 minDir: Leon IchasoDrama
Cast
- Benjamin Bratt as Miguel Piñero
- Giancarlo Esposito as Miguel Algarin
- Talisa Soto as Sugar
- Nelson Vasquez as Tito Goya
- Panchito Gómez as Acting Inmate
- Michael Wright as Edgar Bowser
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.2/10
1,399 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
43%
Metacritic
40/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 4 nominations
via OMDb · IMDb
Key dates
- Published
- 13 December 2001
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- León Ichaso
- Screenwriter
- León Ichaso
- Cast member
- Talisa Soto
- Composer
- Kip Hanrahan
- Producer
- John Leguizamo
- FilmAffinity ID
- 956846
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Piñero is a 2001 American biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the title character. It was written and directed by the Cuban filmmaker, Leon Ichaso, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 31, 2001, and then received a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 13, 2001.
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2001 American films2001 biographical drama films2001 drama films2001 English-language films2001 filmsAmerican biographical drama filmsBiographical films about writersEnglish-language biographical drama filmsFilms directed by Leon IchasoFilms set in the 1970sRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataTemplate film date with 1 release date