Bound by Honor
An epic story of three brothers. Bound by blood. Divided by fate. Driven by destiny.
Country
Production
Budget
$35 000 000
Box office
$4 496 583
Director
Actors
Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Victor Rivers, Delroy Lindo, Tom Towles, Carlos Carrasco, Teddy Wilson, Raymond Cruz
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Taylor Hackford, Jerry Gershwin
Camera operator
Composer
Bill Conti
Artist
Bruno Rubeo
Audition
Richard Pagano, Sharon Bialy
Editing
Fredric Steinkamp
Whole Team (39)
Whole Team (39)
Short description
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
What's left behind the scenes
- The director's cut has a runtime of 190 minutes.
- Edan Hernandez painted thirty paintings for the film, and also appeared on screen in a cameo role in the gallery opening scene.
- As part of preparation for filming and getting into character, Damian Chapa, Benjamin Bratt, and Jesse Borrego spent three months living in Los Angeles with real gang members.
- "La Onda," a gang of Spanish-speaking criminals in the film, is a product of the imagination of screenwriter Jimmy Santiago Baca and producer Taylor Hackford. However, its image is based on a real-life Mexican prison gang. The film also features two other gangs – the "Black Guerrilla Army" and the "Aryan Vanguard" – which bear resemblance to the real "Black Guerrilla Family" and "Aryan Brotherhood."
- "The Pino," or the famous tree shown in the film and symbolizing brotherhood, is still alive. It is considered a historical monument, and cutting it down is prohibited.
- The finished film sat on a shelf for 2 years because Disney questioned whether to release it in light of the Los Angeles riots and the release of Edward James Olmos's controversial drama "American Me" (1992).
- During filming, no special effects or prosthetics were used for the legs of Damian Chap's character. A stunt double with a prosthetic leg, very similar to the actor, was filmed (in these scenes, this character's hair appears darker and thicker than usual). In one scene, it is clearly visible that it is not Chap.
- Work on the film began in the mid-1980s under the direction of Harold Becker.
- The original version of the film lasted over 5 hours. During editing, it was decided to divide the five-hour film into three parts, with the first part ending with Paco shooting Miklo. The second part would tell the story of prison, and the third would focus on the growth of Montana's daughter, how she learns to distribute drugs, which ultimately leads her to Miklo.
- As part of their preparation for the shoot and to get into the characters of Damian Chapa, Benjamin Bratt and Jesse Borrego lived in Los Angeles with real gangsters for three months.
- «La Onda», the gang of Spanish-speaking criminals in prison shown in the film, is a fiction created by screenwriter Jimmy Santiago Baki and producer Taylor Hackford; however, it is based on a real-life Mexican prison gang. The film also depicts two other gangs—the «Black Guerrilla Army» and the «Aryan Vanguard»—which are recognizable versions of the real-life «Black Guerrilla Family» and «Aryan Brotherhood».
- The completed film sat on the shelf for two years because Disney questioned whether it should be released in theaters in light of the Los Angeles riots and the release of Edward James Olmos's controversial drama «Americanize Me» (1992).
- No special effects or prosthetics were used when filming the legs of Damian Chapa's character. Instead, a body double with a prosthetic leg, who looked very similar to the actor, was filmed (in these scenes, the character's hair appears darker and thicker than usual). In one of the scenes, it is clearly visible that it is not Chapa.
- The original version of the film lasted over five hours. During editing, it was decided to split the five-hour movie into three parts: the first part would end with Paco shooting Miklo; the second part would cover the prison sequence; and the third would follow Montana's daughter as she grows up and learns to distribute drugs, which eventually leads her to Miklo.
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