Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

A day without a Mexican [videorecording] / Xenon Pictures presents a Sergio Arau film ; produced by Eckehardt von Damm, Isaac Artenstein ; screenplay by Yarelli Arizmendi, Sergio Arau and Sergio Guerrero ; directed by Sergio Arau.

Edition:

Widescreen presentation.

Publisher, Date:

Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Xenon Pictures, c2004.

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 milion is their Hispanic heritage.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for language and brief sexuality.

Subjects:

Immigrants -- United States -- Drama.

Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Drama.

Migrant labor -- Mexico -- Drama.

Missing persons -- Investigation -- California -- Drama.

Feature films.

Comedy films.

Closed captioning.

Other Author:

Arau, Sergio.

Arizmendi, Yareli.

Getz, John, 1946-

Flannigan, Maureen, 1973-

Watson, Muse, 1948-

Arau, Fernando.

Caudillo, Alan.

Colomer, Juan J., 1966-

Xenon Pictures.

Other Title:

Spanish title from opening screen: Día sin Mexicanos.

Notes:

Based on "A day without a Mexican, a mockumentary" by Yarelli Arizmendi and Sergio Arau.

Special features: the making-of 'A day without a Mexican'; filmmaker commentary; music video "Frijoleros" by Molatov; outtakes; music video "Sin decir adios" by Los Yoguis; the original short that inspired the film; original theatrical trailers & TV spots.

Director of photography, Alan Caudillo ; editor, Daniel A. Fort ; music, Juan J. Colomer ; costume designer, Carlos Brown ; production designer, Anthony Rivero Stabley ; visual effects supervisor, Jay Mark Johnson.

Yarelli Arizmendi, John Getz, Maureen Flannigan, Muse Watson, Fernando Arau, Eduardo Palomo.

DVD; Dolby Digital.

Soundtrack in English with subtitles in Spanish; closed-captioned.

ISBN:

1578299748

Publisher Number:

XE4476DVD

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

145065

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Day with

Medium:

[videorecording]