Danny Trejo’s life will soon be the subject of a new documentary titled “Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo.” Directed by Brett Harvey, the film will chronicle his tumultuous upbringings, from an early life of drugs, his time in prison, getting clean and his eventual rise to fame.
Trejo will give a a firsthand account of everything he faced in his past, to getting a second chance and changing his life, to becoming a movie star and giving back to the community.
“Today, Danny Trejo is temperate, benevolent and likely one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. But he wasn’t always this way”, said producer Adam Scorgie in a statement. “Growing up in the mean streets of Pacoima, California, he was raised and mentored by his uncle, a drug addict and armed robber. By the age of 12, he had tried heroin. By age 15, he was...
Trejo will give a a firsthand account of everything he faced in his past, to getting a second chance and changing his life, to becoming a movie star and giving back to the community.
“Today, Danny Trejo is temperate, benevolent and likely one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. But he wasn’t always this way”, said producer Adam Scorgie in a statement. “Growing up in the mean streets of Pacoima, California, he was raised and mentored by his uncle, a drug addict and armed robber. By the age of 12, he had tried heroin. By age 15, he was...
- 1/13/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Triple Frontier: Channing Tatum (Magic Mike Xxl, above left) and Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road, above right) may be teaming up for a crime thriller. Both actors are in early talks to star in Triple Frontier, to be directed by J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year). The movie is set in a notorious crime zone in South America where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. [Variety] Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo: A documentary about actor Danny Trejo (Boost, above) is on its way. As a teenager, Trejo was drawn into a criminal lifestyle and spent years in prison. After he was released, he began helping at-risk youth and a few years later found work on the set of Runaway Train, launching his entertainment career. The doc, directed by Brett Harvey, is aiming for release in...
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- 1/6/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
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