My Family

UPC: 794043694424

Studio: New Line Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language]

Summary: Featuring Jennifer Lopez in her first major big-screen role, Gregory Nava's My Family traces three generations of the Sanchez's, a Mexican-American family living in East Los Angeles. Beginning in the 1930s, the film outlines the struggles faced by Jose (Jacob Vargas) and Maria (Lopez) as a recently immigrated married couple raising a family. As Jose and Maria age, the focus shifts to their son, Jimmy (Jimmy Smits), as he starts his own family in the 1960s. While Lopez' role was uncredited, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her performance. My Family has also been released under the titles My Family, Mi Familia, Cafe Con Leche, and East L.A. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actor – Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Actress – Independent Spirit Awards

Features: ccBehind-the-scenes look at the making of the film

My Family

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/02/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DTS Digital Theater Systems, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 127 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Title/The Walk [8:26]
2. Barrio Angel [3:36]
3. Days of Change [5:10]
4. Mother & Child [4:52]
6. Chucho [7:10]
5. Fifties Felicidades[1:56]
7. Threats and Promises [4:40]
8. Mambo! [2:08]
9. Generation Gap [5:20]
10. The Last Dance [5:06]
11. Borrowed Time [11:57]
12. Man With Conviction [2:38]
13. The Nun and the Priest [4:19]
14. A Struggling Writer [1:39]
15. Revolutionary Groom [1:01]
16. Love and Anger [11:21]
17. The Help [10:10]
18. Parent Mortality [1:11]
19. El Ni?o Carlitos [6:13]
20. Something Remains [4:55]
21. End Credits [2:47]

Michael Costello

Gregory Nava's sprawling multi-generational saga of 60 years in the life of a Mexican family living in the U.S. is a tumultuous, funny, and moving experience. As the film traces the Sanchez family's history from the arrival of patriarch Jos? Eduardo Lopez Rojas in Los Angeles through the gang wars and Salvadoran death squads of the 1980s, Nava focuses on the constant struggle of the immigrants to be accepted in their new country while retaining a pride in their ethnic identity. Although the film is at times sentimental with a plot that verges on soap opera, it's impossible not to be swept up in the lives of characters that are written and played with such passion and complexity. Dwelling on the divergent character types within Jos?'s family unit, from the hotheaded Chuco (Esai Morales) to the tortured Jimmy (Jimmy Smits) to the calmer Paco (Edward James Olmos), a writer who functions as the film's narrator, Nava rings plangent changes on a universally familiar theme. The film is also blessed by the plenary talents of cinematographer Ed Lachman (The Limey [1999], Erin Brockovich [2000]), whose lyrical use of light is one of its great pleasures. ~ Michael Costello, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Alicia del Lago  Actor 
Esai Morales  Actor 
Michael Tomlinson  Actor 
Peter Mark Vasquez  Actor 
Bibi Besch  Actor 
Jenny Gago  Actor 
DeDee Pfeiffer  Actor 
Valerie Wildman  Actor 
Maria Canals  Actor 
Elpidia Carrillo  Actor 
Samuel Hernandez  Actor 
Eduardo Lopez Rojas  Actor 
Edward James Olmos  Actor 
Constance Marie  Actor 
Enrique J. Castillo  Actor 
Rosalee Mayeux  Actor 
Jimmy Smits  Actor 
Thomas Rosales  Actor 
Rafael Cortes  Actor 
Willie C. Carpenter  Actor 
Ernie Lively  Actor 
Saachiko  Actor 
Jennifer Lopez  Actor 
Leon Singer  Actor 
Michael de Lorenzo  Actor 
Delana Michaels  Actor 
Mary Steenburgen  Actor 
Ruben Sierra  Actor 
Scott Bakula  Actor 
Angelina Estrada  Actor 
Lupe Ontiveros  Actor 
Jacob Vargas  Actor 
Amelia Zapata  Actor 
Susana Campos  Actor 
Bruce Gray  Actor 
Valente Rodriguez  Actor 
Abel Woolrich  Actor 
Jonathan Hernandez  Actor 
Francis Ford Coppola  Executive Producer 
Lidsay Law  Executive Producer 
Tom Luddy  Executive Producer 
Mark McKenzie  Composer (Music Score) 
Gregory Nava  Director 
Gregory Nava  Screenwriter 
Anna Thomas  Producer 
Anna Thomas  Screenwriter 
Guy East  Executive Producer 
Pepe Avila  Composer (Music Score) 
Laura Greenlee  Producer 

Country: USA