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Selena
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Selena is a 1997 American biographical, musical and drama film directed and written by Gregory Nava, produced by Abraham Quintanilla for Warner Bros. Entertainment. Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie and Jon Seda star, portraying characters including Selena, Abraham Quintanilla, Chris Pérez and Yolanda Saldívar, with cinematography by Edward Lachman and music by Dave Grusin. Performed in Spanish and English, its narrative is set in Texas during the 1980s.
Rated PG, the film had a budget of $20,000,000 and a box office of $60,000,000, and was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Microsoft Store, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
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7.7In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.
Cast
- Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla
- Jackie Guerra as Suzette Quintanilla
- Constance Marie as Marcela Quintanilla
- Alex Meneses as Sara
- Jon Seda as Chris Perez
- Edward James Olmos as Abraham Quintanilla
Themes
- texas
- biography
- elopement
- bustier
- fan club
- portrait of an artist
- corpus christi
- women singer
- biographical drama
- biographical
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
33,924 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 9 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gregory Nava
- Written by
- Gregory Nava
- Produced by
- Moctesuma Esparza Robert Katz
- Starring
- Jennifer Lopez Edward James Olmos Jon Seda Constance Marie Jacob Vargas Lupe Ontiveros Jackie Guerra
- Cinematography
- Edward Lachman
- Edited by
- Nancy Richardson
- Music by
- Dave Grusin
- Production company
- Q-Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- March 21, 1997 ( 1997-03-21 )
- Running time
- 127 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Spanish
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $35.8 million , (United States)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Gregory Nava
- Screenwriter
- Gregory Nava
- Cast member
- Ricky Vela
- Composer
- Dave Grusin
- Producer
- Abraham Quintanilla
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Edward Lachman
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Filming location
- United States
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 772503
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/selena
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- publication date
- 1997-01-01
- title
- Selena
- distributed by
- HBO Max
- set in period
- 1980s
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 67/100
- start time
- 2022-04-07
- Commons category
- Selena (film)
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Selena is a 1997 American biographical musical drama film about Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, played by Jennifer Lopez. The film, written and directed by Gregory Nava, chronicles the star's rise to fame and death when she was murdered by Yolanda Saldívar at the age of 23. In addition to Lopez, the film also stars Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Constance Marie, Jacob Vargas, Lupe Ontiveros, and Jackie Guerra in her film debut.
Selena was released in the United States on March 21, 1997, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $35 million worldwide against a production budget of $20 million. For her performance, Jennifer Lopez received a Best Actress nomination at the 55th Golden Globes.
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