Born in East L.A. is a 1987 comedy film written and directed by Cheech Marin, formerly of the Cheech and Chong comedy team. Image File history File links Born_in_East_LA_(film). ... Cheech Marin Cheech Marin (born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946), is a Mexican American comedian and actor. ... Cheech Marin Cheech Marin (born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946), is a Mexican American comedian and actor. ... Cheech Marin Cheech Marin (born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946), is a Mexican American comedian and actor. ... Universal Studios Theme Parks. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1986 in film, other events of 1987, 1988 in film, list of years in film. // Events May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... Cheech Marin Cheech Marin (born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946), is a Mexican American comedian and actor. ... Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong were a comedy duo who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the eras hippie, free love and (especially) drug culture movements. ...

The movie is about a Chicano who authorities deport to Tijuana even though he was born in East Los Angeles and thus has American citizenship. Chicano is a cultural identity used primarily by people of Mexican descent in the United States. ... Tijuana [tixwana], is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana; the citys current mayor is Jorge Hank Rhon of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). ... Welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A.) is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States that is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west and north, the cities of Montebello and Monterey Park to the east...

The film was based on a novelty parody song (1985) of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.", written by Marin and released on the 1985 Cheech and Chong album Get Out of My Room. The song was also made into a music video the same year. The song became a hit, and Marin decided to use the song as the source material for his first solo film. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures who also released the film on home video and DVD. Look up novelty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bruce Frederick Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Born in the U.S.A. is a 1984 song about the effects of the Vietnam War, written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. ... Get Out of My Room is an album and video featuring comedians Cheech and Chong. ... Universal Studios Theme Parks. ... The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc, officially called DVD-ROM) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

Plot Overview

The film starts off with Rudy (Cheech Marin) in his home in East Los Angeles being told by his mother to pick up his cousin Javier (Paul Rodriguez) in Downtown at a factory before his mother and sister leave to Fresno. Rudy arrives only for a few minutes later the factory being raided by la migra (immigration officials). Rudy is wrongfully accused of being an illegal immigrant by a crooked immigration officer in a cowboy hat, sunglasses, and Texan accent. Because he does not have any form of identification with him, and because his mother is out of town and cannot verify that he is a citizen, he is deported to Mexico. Cheech Marin Cheech Marin (born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946), is a Mexican American comedian and actor. ... Welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A.) is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States that is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west and north, the cities of Montebello and Monterey Park to the east... Paul Rodriguez at a United Service Organizations (USO) show aboard USS Nimitz, June 19, 2003 Paul Rodriguez (born January 19, 1955 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico) Raised in East Los Angeles, California, USA, he later served in the military where he was stationed in Iceland, Duluth, Minnesota and elsewhere. ... The Bunker Hill district of Downtown Los Angeles as seen from USC, which makes up most of Downtowns skyline. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Migra, or la Migra, is a term used within Spanish Speaking immigrant communities in the United States as a way to refer to U.S. government entities or officials that enforce U.S. immigration laws such as the Immigration and Naturalization Service, especially when it is believed that a crackdown... Illegal immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently, in violation of the law or without documents permitting an immigrant to settle in that country. ...

While in Tijuana, Mexico he befriends ex-con Jimmy (Daniel Stern) escaped to Mexico as a criminal and a waitress named Dolores (Kamala Lopez) from El Salvador who is working hard to save up money before entering the United States. Rudy, with no I.D. and unable to get in contact with his mother, makes numerous failed attempts to cross the border. Jimmy then offers to get him across the border back to Los Angeles for money. Not having his wallet (and therefore no money), he then works for Jimmy as doorman at a strip bar by getting people to come in, while also taking other small jobs like selling oranges, teaching five other immigrants from China to walk and talk like East Los Angeles natives, and making many friends along the way to get back to Los Angeles. Tijuana [tixwana], is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana; the citys current mayor is Jorge Hank Rhon of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). ... Daniel Stern Daniel Stern (born August 28, 1957, in Bethesda, Maryland), is an American television and film actor. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A.) is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States that is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west and north, the cities of Montebello and Monterey Park to the east...

Things progress as he becomes better friends with Jimmy and starts falling in love with Dolores and finally he gets the money needed to be sneaked across the border. Rudy finally receives the money and the night before goes on a date with Dolores. The next day Rudy gives a farewell to Jimmy and gets a last kiss goodbye from Dolores and gets into the back of the truck of the Coyote. He notices the Coyote arguing with a woman pleading to be taken to the United States for free because her husband is already in the truck and the rest of their family is in the United States. The Coyote won't do it for free so Rudy gets out and gives the woman his place. People smuggling is a term which is used to describe the illegal and organised smuggling of people across international boundaries, usually for financial gain. ...

Not about to waste more time in Mexico; Rudy stands for the last time on the hill of the Mexico.-U.S. Border while two Immigration Officers sit in their truck watching in laughter. The song "America" by Neil Diamond starts playing as hundreds and hundreds of people appear from Rudy's side and all charge the fields to reach the American Dream. The two Immigration Officers are no match and hide in their truck. All the while, Rudy, Dolores, and their five Chinese friends casually walk in slow motion with their heads up high to America. The United States Mexico barrier is actually several separation barriers designed to prevent illegal immigration into the United States from the territory of adjacent Mexico. ... Categories: Stub | U.S. Dept. ... Historical American flags in Washington, DC: the Betsy Ross flag hangs on both ends and the classic Old Glory is to each side of the current 50 state version. ...

Things take a turn for the worse when Rudy and Dolores are kidnapped by Coyotes and held for ransom coincidentally across the street from Rudy's home. He bows to the kidnappers' ransom and calls his cousin Javier from across the street to bring him his wallet which he does to pay off the kidnappers. Then la migra storm headed by the man in the sunglasses and cowboy hat who deported Rudy in the beginning. Rudy shows his identification to the man but the man says he's going to send Dolores back to El Salvador. Rudy and Dolores make a dash and escape during the East Los Angeles Cinco De Mayo parade. Not knowing where to turn, Rudy and Dolores hop onto the float with the priest and Rudy asks him if he can marry Rudy and Dolores. Rudy and Dolores both look at each other in happiness as they are wed. The immigration officer in the cowboy hat and sunglasses comes to say that Dolores is under arrest. Rudy then explains that they've just been married making Dolores naturalized, and the crowd, witnessing everything, cheers. People smuggling is a term which is used to describe the illegal and organised smuggling of people across international boundaries, usually for financial gain. ... Migra, or la Migra, is a term used within Spanish Speaking immigrant communities in the United States as a way to refer to U.S. government entities or officials that enforce U.S. immigration laws such as the Immigration and Naturalization Service, especially when it is believed that a crackdown... Deportation is the expelling of someone from a country. ... Welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A.) is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States that is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west and north, the cities of Montebello and Monterey Park to the east... Cinco de Mayo is increasingly celebrated in U.S. Southwest El Cinco de Mayo (The Fifth of May in Spanish) is a national celebration in Mexico and widely celebrated in the United States. ... Naturalization is the act whereby a person voluntarily and actively acquires a nationality which is not his or her nationality at birth. ...

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Awards

• Havana Film Festival: Winner, Best Production Design & Best Screenplay.
• Havana Film Festival: 3rd Place, Grand Coral Prize, Cheech Marin.

Quotes

• Rudy: Waaaaasss Sapenin'
• Rudy: I was born in East L.A. man. I graduated from Belmont High School.
• Rudy: The president of the United States is that guy from death valley days, john wayne or something.
• Immigration Officer: What do we got here? Looks like a bean in a beanbag.
• Rudy: If you want to be cool, first you pull your headband into the cool position. then you just lean back, put this hand in your pocket and then you wave this hand behind you like you just cut one and your trying to shoo away the stinch.
• Rudy: What are you guys in for? Thug: The good times.
• Rudy: The President is Ronald Dickhead Reagan!!!!!

Taglines

• This time Cheech is not just on the wrong side of the law. He's on the wrong side of the line.
• A comedy bordering on insanity.
• "Wha's 'appeneeeng?" - the only English that Rudy teaches his five Korean protegés. It is, he says, all they need to know in order to pass themselves off as Latinos in America.

Trivia

• The theatrically-released and home video versions cut the entire ending short (about 15 to 20 minutes of footage). In this version, the appearance of the priest standing behind Rudy and Dolores in the last shot of the film is never explained. However, censored versions of the film, such as the version shown on Comedy Central, have the entire ending intact in order to fill out the film's length, which was shortened by cutting other scenes that were not suitable for regular television.
• According to Imdb the picture of Jesus Christ in Rudy's home is actually that of Marin's former comedy partner Tommy Chong.

Comedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. ... Tommy Chong as Leo on That 70s Show Thomas Chong B. Kin (born May 24, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian-born actor and musician who is well-known for his stereotypical portrayals of hippie-era stoners. ...

External links

• Born in East L.A. at the Internet Movie Database