Zoot Suit (film)

Zoot Suit
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLuis Valdez
Written byLuis Valdez
Based onZoot Suit
1978 play
by Luis Valdez
Produced byPeter Burrell
StarringDaniel Valdez
Edward James Olmos
CinematographyDavid Myers
Edited byJacqueline Cambas
Music byLalo Guerrero
Daniel Valdez
Production
companies
Center Theatre Group
Mark Taper Forum[1]
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 2, 1981 (1981-10-02)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.7 million[1]
Box office$3,256,082[2]

Zoot Suit is a 1981 American independent[3][4] drama musical film of the Broadway play Zoot Suit. Both the play and film were written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film stars Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos—both reprising their roles from the stage production—and Tyne Daly. Many members of the cast of the Broadway production also appeared in the film. Like the play, the film features music from Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero, the "father of Chicano music."

  1. ^ a b "AFI|Catalog".
  2. ^ Zoot Suit at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ Benshoff, Harry M.; Griffin, Sean (April 6, 2021). America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 158. ISBN 9781118743690.
  4. ^ Baron, Cynthia; Tzioumakis, Yannis (January 29, 2020). Acting Indie: Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance. Springer Nature. ISBN 9781137408631.