The ballad of Gregorio Cortez
(DVD) 

Based on the book "With His Pistol in His Hand" by Américo Paredes.

Title from title frame.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.

This DVD release adheres to how the film was originally released without subtitles for the Spanish spoken by its Mexican American characters, so that English-speaking viewers would experience the Spanish dialogue with the same limited or nonexistent understanding that the film's English-speaking characters do. In keeping with that intention on the part of the filmmakers, the Spanish has not been subtitles in English for this release.

Widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio).

Restored in 2016 by the Academy Film Archive.

Special features: New 2K digital restoration; new interview with producer and actor Edward James Olmos; new interview with Chon A. Noriega; cast and crew panel from 2016 with Edward James Olmos, Robert M. Young, Moctesuma Esparza, Reynaldo Villalobos, Bruce McGill, Tom Bower, Rosanna DeSoto and Pepe Serna; plus, in accompanying booklet, an essay by film scholar Charles Ramirez Berg.

Executive producers, David Ochoa, H. Frank Dominguez ; photography, Ray Villalobos ; editors, Arthur Coburn, John Bertucci ; production designer, Stuart Wurtzel ; costume designer, Hilary Rosenfeld ; music, W. Michael Lewis, Edward James Olmos.

Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill, Brion James, Alan Vint, Timothy Scott, Pepe Serna, Rosana DeSoto.

Set in 1901. After a heated misunderstanding due to poor translation leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight from the Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.

DVD format; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 widescreen presentation; Dolby digital monaural.

English and Spanish dialogue; optional English subtitles for English dialogue and Spanish subtitles for Spanish dialogue.