Nelson Vasquez
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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El Cantante
Overview: The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Genres: History Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-12
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Piñero
Overview: "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-05
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Home Invaders
Overview: A seemingly foolproof plan to scam gas station customers backfires when a small-time crook crosses two criminals, who promptly force him into service. But things only get worse when the robbery they rope him into turns violent.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-02
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The Way She Moves
Overview: In Houston, the aspirant to photographer Amie receives a complete Salsa and Mambo dancing course from her close colleagues and friends as her wedding gift. Her wedding with the wealthy and arrogant Jason is close and she intends to dance...
Genres: Music Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-29
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Overview: Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Luis Guzmán (Carlito's Way) and Sean Combs (Monster's Ball) star in the gripping tale of the early years of gangster legend Carlito Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underworld, he enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution. Assisted by his two brothers-in-crime, Carlito is on the fast track to becoming Spanish Harlem's ultimate kingpin. He quickly learns, however, that the only way to survive at the top is through loyalty to his friends and respect for the rules of the street. (FILMAFFINITY)
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-27
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Carlito's Way
Overview: A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-10
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Men Lie
Overview: Swearing fidelity to his fiancée, two-faced Scott attempts to bed every woman who crosses his path.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-13
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A Brooklyn State of Mind
Overview: Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brooklyn. Al and Gabriela become friendly but the relationship is strained when he discovers her true goal is to expose Parente's criminal activities. When Al sees the evidence Gabriela has uncovered, which implicates Parente in the death of many locals (including Al's own father), he seeks revenge in a dangerous confrontation with his boss.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Delivery Boys
Overview: A gang of boys under the Brooklyn Bridge are united by their common interest in break dancing. Some work as pizza delivery boys, hence they call themselves the "Delivery Boys". They form a dance team and enter a local break dance contest, sponsored by a woman's panty manufacturer. A rival gang's sponsor intimidates their employer into thinking she must keep the boys working so they won't be harmed. She gives the boys some "specialized" deliveries to make them late for the contest. The antics and calamities abound as the boys wrestle with her work assignments and getting to the contest on time.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-02
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Extreme Measures
Overview: Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-27
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Do the Right Thing
Overview: Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-14
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Street Hunter
Overview: Logan Blade is a tough police officer who has to confront a gang led by ruthless Colonel Walsh.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-02
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Summer of Sam
Overview: During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-28
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Girl 6
Overview: A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-22
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'R Xmas
Overview: A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-14
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Sacred Game
Overview: SACRED GAME is the moment between life and death. In the midst of fleshing out his latest screenplay, Daniel decides on leaving his wife and infant son to escape for a weekend hunting expedition with his three buddies. But when the men's path crosses a traumatized woman frantically running through the forest, all their destinies are forever altered.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-12
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
Overview: After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-21
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Heart
Overview: Eddie Brennan is a down-and out fighter with nowhere to go but up... and with just the right combination of guts and spirit to become a winner. Once a contender, Brennan is now a washed-up has-been living in a fantasy world halfway between the dreams of his glory days and the dreams of a comeback. And when a set-up fight disguised as a legitimate bout comes his way, he jumps at the chance. No one thinks Eddie can win... least of all his trainer. No one wants Eddie to win... especially the crooked promoters. But Eddie's got something to prove to them all... and to himself. And he'll do anything to show that he's got the heart it takes to be a winner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-13
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