Today, American ME continues to create business entities such as, Herb'N'Lifestyle Clothing CO., Live Sounds and American MEdia Entertainment, which is considered by many to be his flagship brand and the one that all stems from.

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American ME
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Background information
Birth name	Ryan Thomas
Also known as	AME, Buddy F. King, East Pacific
Born	October 22, 1985 (1985-10-22) (age 22)
Origin	Phoenix Arizona, Arizona, United States
Genre(s)	Entertainment, Gangsta rap, Production
Occupation(s)	Music and video video producer, Recording Artist
Voice type(s)	Gangsta
Years active	1998—present
Label(s)	Square Character Projects/Live Sounds
Associated acts	Live Sounds, WeedBoss, FamBam
Website	http://www.individualstudio.com/ http://www.myspace.com/americanmeisme

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Beginnings

American ME was born October 22, 1985 at 3:13a.m. in Huntington Beach California to parents Victoria Thomas and Norman DeGregoRio.

Childhood

Adolescence

Currently

American Me the movie

American Me is also a 1992 film directed by Edward James Olmos (his first film as director) and written by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano. Olmos also stars as the movie's main character.^[1] This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated American actor, of Mexican descent. ...

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The film covers the life of Santana (Edward James Olmos), a Chicano youth who breaks the law and becomes part of the "legalistic machine" that includes the horrors of serving prison time at Folsom Prison for many years. Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated American actor, of Mexican descent. ... For other uses, see Chicano (disambiguation). ... East gate, Folsom State Prison, California Folsom State Prison (FSP), also known as Folsom State Prison, Represa is one of 33 prison facilities operated by the California Department of Corrections (CDC). ...

The film tells of most of Santana's life and how the "system," in toto, works against him, in and out of jail. When Santana is released from prison the question becomes: is there an escape?

As important, the film introduces audiences to California gang life, both on the street and in jail. For other uses, see Gang (disambiguation). ...

Plot

The film depicts thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focused on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J. D., form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. The term white American (often used interchangeably and incorrectly with Caucasian American[2] and within the United States simply white[3]) is an umbrella term that refers to people of European descent residing in the United States. ... Hispanic flag, not widely used. ...

Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison, spending eighteen years there, and becoming leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison, while there. When he is finally released, he tries to make sense of the violence in his life, in a world much changed from when last he was in it.

Exhibition

Tagline: In prison they are the law. On the streets they are the power.

The film opened in wide release on March 13, 1992 (830 screens). is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

The opening weekend's gross was $3,378,100 and the total receipts for the run were $9,108,435. The film was in wide release for three weeks (seventeen days). In its widest release the film was featured in 830 theaters across the country.^[2]

Critical reception

Film critics viewed the film favorably. Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert liked the reality that came through in the film and that it rang true. He wrote in a review, "What I felt watching American Me, however, is that it is based on a true situation - on the reality that street gangs and prison, mixed with the drug sales that finance the process, work together to create a professional criminal class."^[3] The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

Janet Maslin writes in The New York Times, "But Mr. Olmos's direction...is dark, slow and solemn, so much so that it diverts energy from the film's fundamental frankness. Violent as it is, American Me is seldom dramatic enough to bring its material to life."^[4] Janet Maslin is a book critic for the daily New York Times. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ...

Marjorie Baumgarten, a film critic for The Austin Chronicle thinks the movie at times has a choppy feel that it keeps coming at her without centering on the important aspect of the film. She writes, "American Me is crafted with heart and conviction and intelligence. It demands no less of its audience. It insists that there are no quick fixes, but that solutions are of the utmost urgency."^[5] The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. ...

Cast and ratings

• Edward James Olmos as Montoya Santana
• William Forsythe as J.D.
• Pepe Serna as Mundo
• Daniel A. Haro as Huero
• Sal Lopez as Pedro Santana
• Vira Montes as Esperanza Santana
• Roberto Martín Márquez as Acha
• Dyana Ortelli as Yolanda
• Evelina Fernández as Julie
• Joe Aubel as Tattoo Artist
• Rob Garrett as Zoot Riot Bystander
• Lance August as Young Sailor
• Jacob Vargas as Paulito
• Eric Close as Juvie Hall Attacker
• Christian Klemash as Blond Kid in Yard
• Brian Holechek as Juvie Officer
• Rigoberto Jimenez as Big Happy
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as El Japo
• Robby Robinson as Drug Thief
• Paul Bollen as Doc

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Filming locations

Filming locations include: Folsom Prison, Represa, California; and East Los Angeles, California. Welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A. or East Los or in Spanish El Este) is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

Soundtrack

Soundtrack Cover

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Quotes

• Montoya Santana: The choices we made to survive, gave me, JD, and Mundo 10 to 25
• Montoya Santana: You know, a long time ago, two best homeboys were thrown into juvie. They were scared, so they thought they had to do something to prove themselves. And they did what they had to do. They thought they were doing it to gain respect for their people, to show the world that no one could take their class from them. No one had to take it from us, ese. Whatever we had...we gave it away...Take care of yourself, Carnal.
• Julie: You're like two people. One is like a kid. Doesn't know how to dance, doesn't know how to make love. That's the one I cared about. But the other one, the other one I hate. The one who knows, the one who has this rap down, who knows how to run drugs, who kills people!
• Montoya Santana: I don't have to listen to this shit, alright? If you were a man, I'd...

Julie: You'd kill me! Oh no. No, you'd fuck me in the ass, right? Right!? You know when I met you, I was impressed. Yeah, you talked about La Raza and education and the revolution, but you know what man? You really don't care about any revolution, do you? You're nothing but a fucking dope dealer.

• J. D.: Belonging felt good, but having respect, well that feels even better.

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Footnotes

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External links

• American ME (artist page)
• Individual Studio