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- 2020
- Not Rated
- Super Channel
- 1 h 47 m
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Super Channel
- 1 h 47 m
Summary Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.
Directed By: Brett Harvey
Written By: Scott Dodds, Brett Harvey
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Super Channel
- 1 h 47 m
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Super Channel
- 1 h 47 m
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
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Summary Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.
Directed By: Brett Harvey
Written By: Scott Dodds, Brett Harvey
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
71
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Directed by Brett Harvey, Inmate #1 has a few minor flaws, including an overly sappy musical score. Still, its subject is so inherently likable that a feature-length dose of Trejo's boundless energy feels like the kind of adrenaline shot we can use right about now.
This documentary is a bit reticent on the subject of racism. It’s not a subject that Trejo addresses, other than to say that cops who used to pull him over now do so to get selfies. Yet it’s an amazing true-life success story.
The documentary tells the fascinating, and moving, tale of how Trejo got off the road to ruin and became the unlikeliest of Hollywood character actors.
There are a lot of laughs in his Hollywood redemption story, which also reveals Trejo’s hard-won gentleness.
Inmate #1 might lack depths and dimensions, but for fans, this documentary is a machete-sharp glimpse into the life of a cult icon.
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Production Company
Abrupt Films,
Score G Production Films
Release Date Jul 7, 2020
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline I owe a debt. I dept to society
Awards
Leo Awards
• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations
Alberta Film & Television Awards (AMPIA Awards)
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Calgary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
