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Flamin' Hot

This is the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez who, as a Frito Lay janitor, disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican heritage to turn Flamin' Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon.

Director

Eva Longoria

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

Franklin Entertainment,Searchlight Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 8 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.searchlightpictures.com/flamin-hot

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Richard Montañez

Judy Montañez

Vacho Montañez

Concha Montañez

Vanessa Martinez

Clarence C. Baker

Dennis Haysbert

Roger Enrico

Abuelito

Tony Romero

Hector Morales

Lonny Mason

Young Richard

Carlos S. Sanchez

Lucky Montañez

Young Lucky Montañez

Carlos Solórzano

Steven Montañez

Young Judy

Pablito

Diego

Nacho

Alejandro

Alejandro Montoya Marín

Al Carey

Howard Ferguson Jr.

James Finley

Enrico's Secretary Patti

Lora Martinez-Cunningham

Wade Carson

Courthouse Judge

Pastor Marco

Post Office Clerk

Post Office Customer

Jackamoe Buzzell

Frito Lay Personnel Secretary

Stephanie Jones

Frito Lay Plant Director

Stephen Fuller Austin

Frito Lay VP of Operations

Scientist

Landall Goolsby

Young Mary Lou

Gianna Gallegos

1966 Quickie Mart Manager

Quickie Mart Police Officer

Quickie Mart Manager

Quickie Mart Customer

Cafeteria Kid

Cafeteria Kid

Cafeteria Kid

Landscaper

Grocery Store Manager

Supermarket Woman

Social Worker

Angry Husband

Janitor

Waiter

Bus Boy

Margarito Chairez

Chola

Office Worker

Alison Grainger

Factory Floor Manager

Defense Attorney

Quasheem D. Herring

Chola Woman

Market Shopper

Adrianne Lovato

Restaurant Patron

Job Applicant

Factory Manager

Target Employee

Sarah Ann Santos

Neighbor

J. Nathan Simmons

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Call a Mexican "spicy,"
and you're playing with fire. - Flamin' Hot

Call a Mexican "spicy," and you're playing wi...

Nah, not that fool. - Flamin' Hot

Nah, not that fool.

{\an8} Except my playground
was everybody else's labor camp. - Flamin' Hot

{\an8} Except my playground was everybody else's labor ...

We lived together. We worked together. - Flamin' Hot

We lived together. We worked together.

{\an8}If you can show 'em what a Montañez can do - Flamin' Hot

{\an8}If you can show 'em what a Montañez can do

My dad... - Flamin' Hot

School was no better. - Flamin' Hot

School was no better.

Wish it was a bologna sandwich or...
or a chocolate. - Flamin' Hot

Wish it was a bologna sandwich or... or a chocolate.

Judy and I knew we stuck out
like a couple of sore brown thumbs. - Flamin' Hot

Judy and I knew we stuck out like a couple of sore brown thu...

So we decided to stick together. - Flamin' Hot

So we decided to stick together.

- He's eating it again. Gross. Look.
- Looks like it came out of a toilet. - Flamin' Hot

- He's eating it again. Gross. Look. - Looks like it ca...

And just like that, I became
the burrito hustler of Guasti Elementary. - Flamin' Hot

And just like that, I became the burrito hustler of Guasti E...

Man, Taco Bell didn't introduce
the world to burritos. - Flamin' Hot

Man, Taco Bell didn't introduce the world to burritos.

I wasn't gonna let another day go by
where Judy ate a sad sack lunch. - Flamin' Hot

I wasn't gonna let another day go by where Judy ate a s...

Here's how this bronca could've gone. - Flamin' Hot

Here's how this bronca could've gone.

No funny business here.
Just a kid with a girl to impress. - Flamin' Hot

No funny business here. Just a kid with a girl to impress.

But I wasn't a white kid. - Flamin' Hot

But I wasn't a white kid.

And when the world treats
you like a criminal, you become one. - Flamin' Hot

And when the world treats you like a criminal, you become on...

Yeah! That's that firme pachuco
steez everyone was wearing in the '70s. - Flamin' Hot

Yeah! That's that firme pachuco steez everyone was wear...

...but still getting a beatdown. - Flamin' Hot

...but still getting a beatdown.

I was just trying to survive. - Flamin' Hot

I was just trying to survive.

The Chicano Movement was in full effect, - Flamin' Hot

The Chicano Movement was in full effect,

Business was good. - Flamin' Hot

Business was good.

Rich, if I am sitting in a stolen car,
I swear... - Flamin' Hot

Rich, if I am sitting in a stolen car, I swear...

You're not worthless, Richard.
Do you hear me? - Flamin' Hot

You're not worthless, Richard. Do you hear me?

You've got a brain between those ears,
not just that dumb mustache. - Flamin' Hot

You've got a brain between those ears, not just that du...

You're not your father,
but you will be if you don't change. - Flamin' Hot

You're not your father, but you will be if you don'...

If you don't wake up, you're gonna
end up in a cell or in the ground. - Flamin' Hot

If you don't wake up, you're gonna end up in a cel...

Man, it's a miracle
he didn't throw the book at me. - Flamin' Hot

Man, it's a miracle he didn't throw the book at me...

You see, life is about choices. - Flamin' Hot

You see, life is about choices.

It was time for me
to choose something better. - Flamin' Hot

It was time for me to choose something better.

Amá. Amá, look. - Flamin' Hot

Amá. Amá, look.

Bad? Nah.
No, the fridge is just taking a nap. - Flamin' Hot

Bad? Nah. No, the fridge is just taking a nap.

And I did have this. - Flamin' Hot

And I did have this.

'Cause who's gonna say "no" to something
that sounds so French? - Flamin' Hot

'Cause who's gonna say "no" to...

I was too when I was a kid so,
I... I remember well. - Flamin' Hot

I was too when I was a kid so, I... I remember well.

Dos Manos MOVERS - Help WANTED - Flamin' Hot

Dos Manos MOVERS - Help WANTED

You just don't look like the kind of guy
who's got an ounce of initiative. - Flamin' Hot

You just don't look like the kind of guy who's got...

Don't do that! You have respect
for other people's property, dang it! - Flamin' Hot

Don't do that! You have respect for other people's...

Good Lord! You women pump
these wetbacks out like a factory. - Flamin' Hot

Good Lord! You women pump these wetbacks out like a factory.

- What did you just say?
- Hey! Hey! You touch my kid? - Flamin' Hot

- What did you just say? - Hey! Hey! You touch my kid?

You heard that right. God. - Flamin' Hot

You heard that right. God.

Yes. We both have. There's
just no work for anybody right now. - Flamin' Hot

Yes. We both have. There's just no work for anybody rig...

- Mm-hmm.
- If you gave your life to the Lord, - Flamin' Hot

- Mm-hmm. - If you gave your life to the Lord,

Well, last time I checked, Jesus was poor,
prieto and powerless like me. - Flamin' Hot

Well, last time I checked, Jesus was poor, prieto and powerl...

How about you forget about the stupid
candle and have a little faith in me, huh? - Flamin' Hot

How about you forget about the stupid candle and have a litt...

It felt like I had no choice. - Flamin' Hot

It felt like I had no choice.

Every hood has a big brother. - Flamin' Hot

Every hood has a big brother.

Yeah, homes,
we don't all got fancy factory jobs - Flamin' Hot

Yeah, homes, we don't all got fancy factory jobs

There's a reason why
poor people always talking about God. - Flamin' Hot

There's a reason why poor people always talking about G...

Hi, um, you think it'd be okay
if I brought this back later? - Flamin' Hot

Hi, um, you think it'd be okay if I brought this back l...

So, guess who gets all
of her shifts at the store? This girl! - Flamin' Hot

So, guess who gets all of her shifts at the store? This girl...

So, I got us the name-brand cornflakes to celebrate.

It means, uh, s-someone who can
take charge without being asked. Why? - Flamin' Hot

It means, uh, s-someone who can take charge without being as...

Yeah, but I got to be
a high school graduate, - Flamin' Hot

Yeah, but I got to be a high school graduate,

You graduated
from San Bernardino High School. - Flamin' Hot

You graduated from San Bernardino High School.

So, Tony says you're a good guy. - Flamin' Hot

So, Tony says you're a good guy.

She was like... like a woman
who felt like one of the guys. - Flamin' Hot

She was like... like a woman who felt like one of the guys.

I... I know I don't look it, - Flamin' Hot

I... I know I don't look it,

Look, maybe I don't got no diploma,
but I got a PhD. - Flamin' Hot

Look, maybe I don't got no diploma, but I got a PhD.

- Hmm?
- I'm poor, hungry and determined, sir. - Flamin' Hot

- Hmm? - I'm poor, hungry and determined, sir.

It's a janitor gig. What's the worst
you could do? Break a mop? - Flamin' Hot

It's a janitor gig. What's the worst you could do?...

For the first time in years... - Flamin' Hot

For the first time in years...

All right, you punch in on time.
You punch out on time. No exceptions. - Flamin' Hot

All right, you punch in on time. You punch out on time. No e...

Cornmeal goes in that extruder,
through the oven. - Flamin' Hot

Cornmeal goes in that extruder, through the oven.

Chips cool down in this tumbler.
Lots of grease. You'll be scrubbing that. - Flamin' Hot

Chips cool down in this tumbler. Lots of grease. You'll...

Make sure you scrub the exterior too - Flamin' Hot

Make sure you scrub the exterior too

Lot of forklifts
and traffic moving around, so be careful. - Flamin' Hot

Lot of forklifts and traffic moving around, so be careful.

It was crazy.
Like a city of machines. - Flamin' Hot

It was crazy. Like a city of machines.

Underneath there, those conveyors,
I want you to scrub right up under that. - Flamin' Hot

Underneath there, those conveyors, I want you to scrub right...

These bins are gonna wanna be
emptied out every hour. - Flamin' Hot

These bins are gonna wanna be emptied out every hour.

Montañez! Hey, you "comprende-ing"? - Flamin' Hot

Montañez! Hey, you "comprende-ing"?

Cornmeal shooter, oil lawsuits,
every bin, every hour. - Flamin' Hot

Cornmeal shooter, oil lawsuits, every bin, every hour.

Packaging operator,
you're needed on the floor, please. - Flamin' Hot

Packaging operator, you're needed on the floor, please.

Oh, my gosh! Baby, how did it go?
Did they like you? I was praying all day. - Flamin' Hot

Oh, my gosh! Baby, how did it go? Did they like you? I was p...

- What we got, babe?
- Arroz con quesadillas. - Flamin' Hot

- What we got, babe? - Arroz con quesadillas.

Hey! You like my quesadillas. Here. Eat. - Flamin' Hot

Hey! You like my quesadillas. Here. Eat.

Chale. - Flamin' Hot

I've never used a power washer before.
I didn't know they could clean like that. - Flamin' Hot

I've never used a power washer before. I didn't kn...

So, you're telling me
that the cornmeal mixes with the water, - Flamin' Hot

So, you're telling me that the cornmeal mixes with the ...

I've dealt with them my whole life. - Flamin' Hot

I've dealt with them my whole life.

Nah, just kidding. - Flamin' Hot

Nah, just kidding.

Come on. The extruder's caked
in cheese dust. Clean it out! - Flamin' Hot

Come on. The extruder's caked in cheese dust. Clean it ...

Órale. - Flamin' Hot

The janitor got a little lost.
He was just looking for the cafeteria. - Flamin' Hot

The janitor got a little lost. He was just looking for the c...

- You already met Nacho. This is Hector.
- Hey. - Flamin' Hot

- You already met Nacho. This is Hector. - Hey.

I don't like the green one, bro. Gracias. - Flamin' Hot

I don't like the green one, bro. Gracias.

The guys at that table,
those are the plant managers. - Flamin' Hot

The guys at that table, those are the plant managers.

They got money, champagne, - Flamin' Hot

They got money, champagne,

Poor bastards are bitter
because they gotta answer - Flamin' Hot

Poor bastards are bitter because they gotta answer

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This is the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez who, as a Frito Lay janitor, disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican heritage to turn Flamin' Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Eva Longoria

Writer: Lewis Colick, Linda Yvette Chávez, Richard Montanez

Production: Franklin Entertainment,Searchlight Pictures

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 58/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 09 Jun 2023

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 8 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.searchlightpictures.com/flamin-hot

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