Piñero (2001)
Piñero
"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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Benjamin Bratt
as Miguel Piñero
as Miguel Piñero
Giancarlo Esposito
as Miguel Algarin
as Miguel Algarin
Talisa Soto
as Sugar
as Sugar
Nelson Vasquez
as Tito Goya
as Tito Goya
Panchito Gómez
as Acting Inmate
as Acting Inmate
Michael Wright
as Edgar Bowser
as Edgar Bowser
Michael Irby
as Reinaldo Povod
as Reinaldo Povod
Rita Moreno
as Miguel's Mother
as Miguel's Mother
Jaime Sánchez
as Miguel's Father
as Miguel's Father
Rome Neal
as Jake
as Jake
Mandy Patinkin
as Joseph Papp
as Joseph Papp
Oscar A. Colon
as Bodega Man
as Bodega Man
Miriam Cruz
as Bodega Woman
as Bodega Woman
Luis Caballero
as Shooting Gallery Man
as Shooting Gallery Man
Sophia Domoulin
as Shooting Gallery Woman
as Shooting Gallery Woman
Robert Klein
as Doctor
as Doctor
Gilbert Callazo
as Miguel, as teen
as Miguel, as teen
Samuel Bruce Campbell
as Short Eyes Cop
as Short Eyes Cop
Lorraine Velez
as Tutu
as Tutu
Crew arrow_drop_down
Leon Ichaso
Director
Director
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production Manager
Production Manager
Leon Ichaso
Writer
Writer
John Leguizamo
Co-Executive Producer
Co-Executive Producer
Kathy DeMarco
Co-Executive Producer
Co-Executive Producer
Jamie Gordon
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Caroline Jaczko
Line Producer
Line Producer
John Penotti
Producer
Producer
Lisa Rhoden
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Fisher Stevens
Producer
Producer
Glen Trotiner
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Tim Williams
Producer
Producer
Bradley Yonover
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Kip Hanrahan
Music
Music
Claudio Chea
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
David Tedeschi
Editor
Editor
