The film offers some genuinely tender moments as Marin uses Robles situation to explore the plight of Mexicans who long for a better life. Immigration worker: Come and get this guy! So they put me in the bus and deported me, and so they bring me down here, so here I am and-- all I wanted to do is go home now, okay? Now would you mind repeating it to somebody as slow as I am can understand? Little guy: You better give us the money, or you better give us somethiiiiing! We turned Feo into a guy who extorts money in the name of. The crowd, witnessing everything, cheers. Rudy and Dolores both look at each other in happiness as they are wed. Rudy shows his identification this time to the immigration officer, who says he's going to send Dolores back to El Salvador. Returned to Mexico, as an illegal alien 9 times, I think we'll make that 10.
Stern also turns in a fine performance as a poor man's shifty operator. Rudy: gives him the finger Here's one of them: fuck you. Archived from on March 19, 2011. She too apologizes for yelling at him, she felt disappointed he didn't come soon since she was pretty lonely living in Mexico. He goes on a date with Dolores and the next day, Robles bids farewell to Jimmy, receives a last kiss goodbye from Dolores and climbs into the 's truck. Rudy and Dolores make a dash and escape during the East Los Angeles parade.
The film also increased Marin's popularity among the Latino community. Chong was subsequently insulted when Marin asked him to perform backup vocals on the song, and it was recorded without Chong. We wanted to satirize them a little bit. While Marin's direction is always under control, overall this is an engagingly entertaining film. Labels - Image Src and Alt Text Image Src and Alt Text Image Src Choose Image Alt Text Alt Text Here you can set the table's Width and Height.
Not knowing where to turn, Rudy and Dolores hop onto the float with a priest; Rudy asks if he can marry them. Jimmy: Then why don't you go work for Pepe? Price suggested that the song would make a good film, but without 's involvement. In the light dialog you also have a button All Properties that allows you to switch from Insert Image dialog to ImageManager with ImageEditor dialog if you decide you want to access all image properties options. Rudy: What are you talking about?! Ultimately, according to Marin, the film was the second-highest grossing release in its opening week. Jimmy offers to get him back home for a price. The immigration officer arrives to place Dolores under arrest. She makes a last appearance at the end of the film.
Rudy's mom: He's your cousin, dummy! They were last seen leaving the truck to look for another. Latino woman who was one of Cheech's garage customers in the movie would literally make everyone else stop in their tracks and stare whenever she walked past. During release, Marin traveled to to present the film as an official entry at the. It's a hilarious depiction of an otherwise serious situation involving hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants crossing the borders every year, many of them dying along the grueling trip through the desert. Production commenced in , where the crew faced difficulty filming from the Mexican government. You sure like cities named after saints. During shooting, the film's producer, , was interviewed by a Mexican radio station, where he called for extras to come to the set to appear in the movie, where they would receive American scale pay, lunch and transportation paid for by the production.
Robles stands for the last time on the hill of the while two immigration officers sit in their truck watching in laughter. Arrested 3 times in San Diego, twice in Los Angeles, 3 times in Santa Ana. Jimmy: makes a flipping-off gesture with his arms Eat this! Ex-employee: Pepe pays me twice as much! Written by , the song's lyrics deal with a Mexican-American man from who is mistaken for an undocumented immigrant and deported. Robles cannot speak more than very simple , though he is fluent in from having served in Germany in the. The two performers were huge hits in the '70s and '80s with their comedy albums and movies, mostly having to do with smoking marijuana and getting themselves into silly situations.
Feo: The wrath of God will follow you, heathen! With no identification, Robles is unable to convince the authorities he is an American citizen, and he turns to ne'er-do-well American expatriat Daniel Stern for help in his plottings to get back home. She was cut off when Rudy asked for something cold for his head, he explained that he got into a fight with the two guys from jail, and when he got away he got on the wrong bus and had to walk 5 miles. Jimmy: What do you think?! He calls his cousin Javier from across the street to bring him his wallet, which he does to pay off the kidnappers. You made a great film. This was also in the song.
Rudy then explains that they've just been married, making Dolores a legal resident. The film debuted well in its first week but dropped by 40% in its second week at the box office. In , Robles becomes friends with a guy named Jimmy and a waitress named Dolores. Robles gives the woman his place. In the alternate ending, the tenants were the Coyotes.