Blood In Blood Out | |
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Directed by | Taylor Hackford |
Screenplay by | Jimmy Santiago Baca Jeremy Iacone Floyd Mutrux |
Story by | Ross Thomas |
Produced by | Taylor Hackford Jerry Gershwin |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Gabriel Beristain |
Edited by | Fredric Steinkamp Karl F. Steinkamp |
Music by | Bill Conti |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 180 minutes[1] 190 minutes (Director's cut) |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Spanish |
Budget | $35 million[2] |
Box office | $4,496,583 |
Blood In Blood Out (also known as Bound by Honor and Blood In Blood Out: Bound By Honor) is a 1993 American epic crime drama film directed by Taylor Hackford that has become a cult classic film among the Mexican-American community.[3][4] It follows the intertwining lives of three Chicano relatives from 1972 to 1984. They start out as members of a street gang in East Los Angeles, and as dramatic incidents occur, their lives and friendships are forever changed. Blood In Blood Out was filmed in 1991 throughout Los Angeles and inside California's San Quentin State Prison.