Star and co-producer Edward James Olmos talks at length about the making and distribution of the indie Western "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" in this engrossing and informative 28-minute interview. Olmos points about that the movie was the first to feature an American hero of Latin descent and proudly notes that it is widely considered the most authentic Western in cinema history. Olmos further discusses why he hand picked Robert M. Young to direct the picture and reveals that the courthouse used in the movie was the actual courthouse that the trial for Gregorio Cortez was held in as well as that a real judge appears as the judge in said trial sequence. Olmos also goes in detail about how the wide national theatrical release for the film was sabotaged by a man who didn't like the movie. Worth a watch for fans of the film.
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