The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
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| Directed by | Stuart Gordon |
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| Written by | Ray Bradbury |
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| Music by | Mader |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
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77 minutes |
| Language | English |
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit is a 1998 film set in East Los Angeles directed by Stuart Gordon, written by Ray Bradbury and starring Edward James Olmos, Joe Mantegna, Esai Morales, Clifton Collins Jr. (credited as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez), Sid Caesar, Howard Morris and Gregory Sierra. Despite some well-known actors and the writing credit of Bradbury, the film was released direct-to-video by Touchstone Pictures.
The opening titles are done completely in sand animation. The story starts off with Jose Martinez (Clifton Collins Jr.), a poor young man living in East Los Angeles who is in love with the girl next door. He sets out to go say hi when he encounters a strange man eyeing him. He runs down the street and throws his wallet with his last $20 to escape. When cornered in the alley he is given back his money where the man measures his body frame. This man is Gómez (Joe Mantegna) who introduces himself and then whisks Martinez off to a run-down bar. There he meets two other similarly-sized Latinos, Dominguez (Esai Morales), a wandering guitar player, and Villanazul (Gregory Sierra), a burgeoning philosopher and speaker for the people.
Barely letting the dust settle, Gómez shows them that they all have the same measurements, height, and weight. It is at that moment that Gómez shares his vision. The most beautiful, exquisite, vanilla-ice-cream-white summer suit is for sale at the downtown suit emporium. It is one of a kind and costs only $100. Alone, none of them have enough to purchase the suit, but by combining their money, they may be able to own the one-of-a-kind suit together. Each of the four has only $20, leaving them with $80 - just $20 short. They need one more person to complete their dream. In their haste, they choose to go along with a bum outside, Vámonos (Edward James Olmos), who has the last $20 they need.
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