Sal LopezFilmography

Comanche Moon

Actors: Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Elizabeth Banks

Synopsis: This epic western starring Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Linda Cardellini, and Rachel Griffiths was adapted from Larry McMurtry's sprawling novel of the same name, and actually constitutes a prequel to Lonesome Dove. Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Agustus McCrae may be getting up there in years, but Read More

The Astronaut Farmer

Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot, Jasper Polish, Logan Polish

Synopsis: An aspiring astronaut who was forced to forsake his dream of exploring space in order to save the family farm begins building his own personal rocket as a means of reaching the stars in this quirky rural drama starring Billy Bob Thornton. There once was a time when Charlie Farmer (Thornton) seemed Read More

ESL: English as a Second Language

Actors: Kuno Becker, Danielle Camastra, Maria Conchita Alonso, John Michael Higgins

Synopsis: An illegal day Mexican laborer and a club-hopping Los Angeles hipster form an unusual connection that leads the lives of both down paths neither could have ever anticipated. Bolivar de la Cruz (Kuno Becker) had just made the arduous journey from Mexico to Los Angeles when the wagon that was Read More

Silver City

Actors: Danny Huston, Maria Bello, Billy Zane, Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Daryl Hannah, Kris Kristofferson, Mary Kay Place, Miguel Ferrer, Thora Birch

Synopsis: Celebrated writer and director John Sayles turns his eye to politics in America in this drama. The son of respected Colorado politician Senator Jud Pilager (Michael Murphy), Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper) is a charming but half-bright man with a bad habit of mangling the English language and a Read More

Paparazzi

Actors: Cole Hauser, Robin Tunney, Dennis Farina, Daniel Baldwin, Tom Hollander

Synopsis: Directed by Paul Abascal, Paparazzi chronicles the aftermath of four paparazzi photographers whose search for the all-important "perfect shot" ends in a tragic car accident. Movie star Bo Laramie (Cole Hauser) is understandably furious when, thanks to the notorious celebrity-chasers, his wife Read More

El Padrino: The Latin Godfather

Synopsis: Kilo was born into a life of crime. By the time he was an adult, he was a full-time dealer, and when he meets Sabeva, the daughter of a Colombian drug kingpin, he reaches the upper levels of drug trafficking. It is a dangerous business, however, and eventually Kilo ends up in prison. Still running Read More

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Snuff

Synopsis: Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) investigates when the production of a "faked" snuff film results in the far-from-fake stabbing death of a young woman. Or did a murder actually occur? Clues are either vague or nonexistent, and Catherine finds herself running down a multitude of blind alleys. Read More

NYPD Blue: Writing Wrongs

Synopsis: After Danny (Rick Schroder) and Diane (Kim Delaney) decide to amicably break off their relationship, Diane joins Baldwin (Henry Simmons) and Greg (Gordon Clapp) in their investigation of a strangling. The victim is a 15-year-old girl who left behind a school essay which might contain a clue as to Read More

NYPD Blue: In-Laws, Outlaws

Synopsis: Nicholas Gilbert (Kevin Vincent O'Connor) the deranged homeless man who witnessed the murder of a man named Jefe in the previous episode (and who was, surprisingly, the scion of a wealthy family), turns up dead after being prematurely released from lockup. Outraged, Danny (Rick Schroder) reams out Read More

Gabriela

Actors: Jaime Gomez, Seidy Lopez, Zach Galligan, Troy Winbush, Lupe Ontiveros

Synopsis: A man thinks he's found the woman of his dreams until he discovers someone else already had the same idea in this romantic comedy-drama with a primarily Hispanic cast. Mike (Jaime P. Gomez) is employed at a psychiatric hospital in California, where he meets Gabriela (Seidy Lopez), a young woman Read More

Luminarias

Crew: Producer

Actors: Evelina Fernandez, Scott Bakula, Marta Du Bois, Angela Moya, Dyana Ortelli

Synopsis: Billed as a Latina Waiting to Exhale, this film details the life and loves of four Hispanic women: Sofia, a therapist; Andrea, a divorced lawyer; Irene, a flashy clothes designer; and Lilly, an artist. The women gather every week at the nightspot Luminarias to discuss jobs, family, love, and sex. Read More

Price of Glory

Actors: Jimmy Smits, Jon Seda, Clifton Collins, Jr., Maria Del Mar, Sal Lopez

Synopsis: Jimmy Smits returned to the big screen after a career-reviving stint on the TV series NYPD Blue with this emotional drama about the difficult relationship between a father and his sons. Smits plays Arturo Ortega, a man with lifelong dreams of being a contender in professional boxing. While Arturo Read More

Missing Pieces

Actors: Lisa Zane, James Coburn, Paul Kersey, Finn Carter, William R. Moses

Synopsis: Based on Atticus, a novel by Ron Hansen, this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation stars James Coburn as widowed Colorado rancher Atticus Cody. In the months since Atticus' wife was killed in a car accident caused by his artist son Scott (Paul Kersey), the boy has ached for his father's forgiveness. Read More

ER: The Domino Heart

Synopsis: Returning from maternity leave, Carol (Julianna Margulies) has problems getting back with the program. Greene (Anthony Edwards) tries to nullify the abusive relationship between a gay couple. Carter (Noah Wyle) and Chen (Ming-Na) launch into another argument, this one over admitting an elderly Read More

Selena

Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Rebecca Lee Meza, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Constance Marie, Jacob Vargas

Synopsis: Selena Quintanilla was a major figure in Tejano music, a Grammy-winning recording artist, a beloved star in the American Southwest and Mexico, and seemed poised to cross over into mainstream popularity on the U.S. pop charts when she was murdered on March 31, 1995 by the president of her fan club. Read More

Sleeping with the Devil

Synopsis: Professional nurse Rebecca Dubrovich (Shannen Doherty) is swept off her feet by charming millionaire Dick Strang (Tim Matheson), and the two begin a passionate romance. Only when it is too late does Rebecca discover that Strang has, to put it mildly, a dark side: He's a bigamist, a control freak Read More

Journey

Synopsis: Jason Robards and Meg Tilly star in this acclaimed made-for-TV family drama in which an 11-year-old farm boy named Journey comes to live with his crusty grandfather after his mother leaves. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

Breaking Through

Actors: Kellie Martin, JoBeth Williams, Alan Rosenberg, Aaron Kubey, Thomas Kopache

Synopsis: This fact-based TV movie stars JoBeth Williams as Pam Willis, a case worker for the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women. In the course of a standard investigation, Pam comes upon Laura Keyes (Kellie Martin), a 14-year-old deafmute girl who has been locked up since childhood and never Read More

... And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

Actors: Jose Alcala, Daniel Valdez, Rose Portillo, Marco Rodriguez, Lupe Ontiveros

Synopsis: This landmark of Chicano cinema is an adaptation of Tomas Rivera's 1971 novel of the same title. Told from the perspective of Marcos, the 12-year-old son of migrant Mexican-American farm workers, the film follows their travels over the course of a year, each of its 12 sections linked to a month of Read More

There Goes My Baby

Actors: Dermot Mulroney, Rick Schroder, Kelli Williams, Noah Wyle, Jill Schoelen

Synopsis: Similar to the premise of American Graffiti, this film centers on eight California high school students whose lives intersect over two nights in the hot summer of 1965. As the Watts riots begin, the young people make decisions that will impact their entire lives. Writer-director Floyd Mutrux Read More

Blue Tiger

Actors: Virginia Madsen, Toru Nakamura, Dean Hallo, Ryo Ishibashi, Sal Lopez

Synopsis: In this crime thriller, a hit man with the yakuza (Japanese Mafia) is in the midst of a public execution of the leader of a rival group when a woman named Gena Hayes (Virginia Madsen) happens by with her son. The child is killed in the crossfire, and Gena is determined to get revenge. About all Read More

Return of the Living Dead 3

Actors: Mindy Clarke, J. Trevor Edmond, Kent McCord, Sarah Douglas, James T. Callahan, Basil Wallace

Synopsis: A more straightforward horror film than the darkly comic Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988), this third chapter in the "Living Dead" saga was directed by Brian Yuzna and is quite similar plot-wise to his earlier film, Bride of Re-Animator (1990). J. Trevor Edmond and Mindy Clarke star as Read More

Fire Next Time

Actors: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth, Jürgen Prochnow, Louise Fletcher

Synopsis: This ecological drama, set in 2017, presents a world where pollution has generated ever more unpredictable weather and rendered large chunks of the planet into disaster zones. After a hurricane destroys everything they've built for themselves, Louisiana shrimp fisherman Drew Morgan (Craig T. Read More

Mr. Jones

Actors: Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft, Tom Irwin, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Altman

Synopsis: The title character, a manic depressive prone to very irrational behavior (Richard Gere), is hospitalized for treatment. While there, the psychiatrist responsible for his rehabilitation (Lena Olin) becomes involved with him and cannot stand to allow his check-out. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Cold Heaven

Actors: Theresa Russell, Mark Harmon, James Russo, Talia Shire, Will Patton

Synopsis: Nicolas Roeg's Cold Heaven (based on a novel by Brian Moore) examines grief and loss and spiritual questions concerning belief and faith. Theresa Russell plays Maria, a woman in deep despair over the death of her husband Alex (Mark Harmon) in a boating accident. When Alex's body disappears from Read More

American Me

Actors: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Danny De La Paz, Evelina Fernandez

Synopsis: Edward J. Olmos made his directorial bow with the powerhouse crime saga American Me. Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending Read More

Intruders

Actors: Richard Crenna, Mare Winningham, Daphne Ashbrook, Susan Blakely, Ben Vereen

Synopsis: Hypnotic regression prompts a pair of sisters to recognize that they've been abducted by aliens. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One

Actors: John Spencer, Eddie Velez, Dan Lauria, Rachel Ticotin, Cheryl Paris

Synopsis: This made-for-TV cop drama is deliberately reminiscent of Joseph Wambaugh's previous video success Police Story. LA Law star John Spencer plays a big-city cop with deep and serious emotional problems. His inner turmoil is exacerbated when he plunges into a troublesome murder case. Among the many Read More

El Diablo

Actors: Anthony Edwards, M.C. Gainey, Robert Beltran

Synopsis: In the made-for-cable El Diablo, Anthony Edwards plays a bespectacled Eastern schoolteacher who is bullied and cowed by the wild westerners all around him. Soon, however, he is forced to summon up his courage to expedite the rescue of his prettiest female student (M.C. Gainey), who has been Read More

Cartel

Actors: Miles O'Keeffe, Don Stroud, Crystal Carson

Synopsis: Miles O'Keeffe stars as a victim of harassment from a drug lord. After he is framed for smuggling and his sister is killed, he decides to seek revenge. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Down the Drain

Actors: Andrew Stevens

Synopsis: In this comedy, defense lawyer Vic Scalia (Andrew Stevens) teams up with the criminals he defends in order to pull off a lucrative robbery. However, Scalia's accomplices are less-than-honorable as they backstab and steal from each other on the way to deliver the loot. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Read More

Pucker up and Bark Like a Dog

Synopsis: A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding the confidence to exhibit his work in this off-beat romantic comedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Born in East L.A.

Actors: Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez, Daniel Stern, Kamala Lopez, Jan-Michael Vincent

Synopsis: Richard "Cheech" Marin, of Cheech & Chong fame, directed and starred in Born in East L.A.. Inspired by Marin's music-video parody of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA", the film casts Cheech as an East Los Angeles repairman. While paying a visit to a sweatshop toy factory, Cheech is caught in Read More

Full Metal Jacket

Actors: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood

Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick's return to filmmaking after a seven-year hiatus, this film crystallizes the experience of the Vietnam War by concentrating on a group of raw Marine volunteers. Based on Gustav Hasford's novel The Short Timers, the film's first half details the volunteers' harrowing boot-camp Read More

Million Dollar Mystery

Actors: Eddie Deezen, Wendy Sherman, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson

Synopsis: A government worker (Tom Bosley) informs several diner patrons of a $4 million treasure he stole from a group of Libyans and then hid, but dies before uttering more than a few clues. What follows is a mad dash for the cash. As part of the film's promotion, the sponsors offered $1 million to the Read More

Hunter: Overnight Sensation

Synopsis: Season three of Hunter starts with a bang--actually several bangs--as police detective Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) manages to shoot down one of two escaping murderers. Alas, the other killer gets away thanks to the interference of "gonzo" TV reporter Raoul Mercado (a thinly disguised "Geraldo" type Read More

The Glitter Dome

Actors: James Garner, Margot Kidder, Stuart Margolin

Synopsis: Produced for HBO, The Glitter Dome is based on the crime novel by Joseph Wambaugh. Manhattan detectives Al Mackey (James Garner) is forced to wade his way through the glamorous cesspool known as Hollywood. Mackey's quarry is the unknown person who brutally murdered studio mogul Malcolm Sinclair Read More

Zoot Suit

Actors: Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly, John Anderson

Synopsis: Based on a 1940s Los Angeles murder trial, this film follows the case of members of a Mexican-American gang, led by Henry Reyna (Daniel Valdez), as they are tried and sentenced to San Quentin for a murder they may not have committed. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Midnight Madness

Actors: David Naughton, Debra Clinger, Eddie Deezen, Brad Wilkin, Maggie Roswell

Synopsis: The crux of this limited, juvenile comedy is a complex game that begins at midnight and ends by morning. Of main interest is the fact that a young Michael J. Fox plays one of the students involved in the game. Leon (Alan Solomon) has spent a year creating the game and practically needs that long Read More