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Aug 21, 1987 · Born in East L.A.: Directed by Cheech Marin. With Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez, Daniel Stern, Kamala Lopez. When an L.A. born American citizen is mistaken for a Mexican illegal alien and deported to Mexico, he has to do everything he can to get across the border.
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- 1987-08-21
Born in East L.A. is a 1987 American satirical comedy film written and directed by Cheech Marin in his feature film directorial debut, who also starred in the film.
Jul 11, 1988 · The Milagro Beanfield War, Robert Redford’s $30 million social fable, may never make its money back. But Ramon Menendez’s Stand and Deliver, though no blockbuster, is already showing a profit.
- Richard Corliss
Cheech Marin's cult classic 'Born in East LA' bears more than a few parallels to the reality of today's border politics.
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!
Jan 27, 2004 · Brief Synopsis. Rudy (Cheech Marin) is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home.
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When an L.A. born American citizen is mistaken for a Mexican illegal alien and deported to Mexico, he has to do everything he can to get across the border. Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory.