Editing Piñero

{{short description|2001 film by Leon Ichaso}}
{{Other uses|Pinero (disambiguation){{!}}Pinero}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Piñero
| image          = Pinerobrattposter.jpg
| caption        = Promotional poster
| director       = [[Leon Ichaso]]
| producer       = [[John Leguizamo]]<br/>John Penotti<br/>Tim Williams
| writer         = Leon Ichaso
| starring       = [[Benjamin Bratt]]
| music          = [[Kip Hanrahan]]
| cinematography = Claudio Chea
| editing        = David Tedeschi  
| distributor    = [[Miramax Films]]
| released       = {{Film date|2001|12|14|U.S.}}
| runtime        = 104 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}

'''''Piñero''''' is a 2001 American [[biopic]] about the troubled life of [[Nuyorican]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]] [[Miguel Piñero]], starring [[Benjamin Bratt]] as the title character.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=FILM REVIEW; Playing Piñero as Just Enough of a Mess|first=Stephen|last=Holden|authorlink=Stephen Holden|date=December 13, 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/13/movies/film-review-playing-pinero-as-just-enough-of-a-mess.html}}</ref> It was written and directed by the [[Cubans|Cuban]] filmmaker, [[Leon Ichaso]],<ref name=NYT/> premiered at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]] on August 31, 2001, and then received a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 14, 2001.

==Cast==
*[[Benjamin Bratt]] as Miguel Piñero
*[[Talisa Soto]] as Sugar
*[[Giancarlo Esposito]] as [[Miguel Algarin]]
*[[Rita Moreno]] as Miguel's mother
*[[Michael Irby]] as [[Reinaldo Povod]]
*[[Mandy Patinkin]] as [[Joseph Papp]]
*[[Griffin Dunne]] as Agent
*[[Ray Santiago]] as Willie
*[[O.L. Duke]] as Paul
*[[Fisher Stevens]] as [[Public Theater]] Cashier
*Tara Wilson as Tito's girlfriend
*Nelson Vasquez as [[Tito Goya]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0261066}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|pinero}}

{{Leon Ichaso}}

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[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:2001 biographical drama films]]
[[Category:American biographical drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1970s]]
[[Category:Films about drugs]]
[[Category:2001 drama films]]
[[Category:Biographical films about writers]]
[[Category:Films directed by Leon Ichaso]]
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[[Category:2000s American films]]
[[Category:English-language biographical drama films]]


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