GI Jesus
Encyclopedia
GI Jesús a film directed by Carl Colpaert
, won the grand jury prize at the 2006
CineVegas
Film Festival. Starring Joe Arquette
as "Jesús" and Patricia Mota
as "Claudia", Jesús is a Mexican
national who joins the U.S. Army to receive naturalization in the United States
, and returns to the US having suffered trauma while serving in Iraq
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Carl Colpaert
Carl Colpaert is an American film director and the founder of Cineville, a production and distribution company based in Los Angeles.-Background:...
, won the grand jury prize at the 2006
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
CineVegas
Cinevegas
CineVegas was a film festival held annually at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas that ran from 1999 to 2009, typically in early June. Robin Greenspun serves as the Festival president, and Trevor Groth serves as artistic director. Actor Dennis Hopper is the chairman of the Festival's creative...
Film Festival. Starring Joe Arquette
Joe Arquette
Joe Arquette is a Mexican-American actor.He starred in the title role in the feature G.I. Jesus. The film won the grand jury prize at the 2006 CineVegas Film Festival. He also appeared in the Kevin Costner film The Guardian....
as "Jesús" and Patricia Mota
Patricia Mota
Patricia Mota is an actress and film producer of Dominican Republic descent, She played a lead role in the critically acclaimed film GI Jesús that premiered at the "Grauman's Egyptian Theatre", on January 23, 2007 with Cineville. GI Jesús took the Grand Jury Prize at CineVegas 06 film festival...
as "Claudia", Jesús is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
national who joins the U.S. Army to receive naturalization in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and returns to the US having suffered trauma while serving in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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