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Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo

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Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.
Director
Brett Harvey
Year
2019
Genre
documentary, biography
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Awards
9 wins & 4 nominations

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to admire the power." - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:12
to admire the power."
I couldn't wait till I could get, you know, a... a car, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
I couldn't wait till I could get, you know, a... a car,
How you doing? Alright! - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
How you doing? Alright!
Machete cruises! - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
Machete cruises!
I'm sorry, a '56 Chevy Bel Air. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:04
I'm sorry, a '56 Chevy Bel Air.
350 Chevy engine. And this is a monster. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
350 Chevy engine. And this is a monster.
I love that. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
I love that.
Neighborhoods were neighborhoods. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:18
Neighborhoods were neighborhoods.
The atmosphere of Pacoima - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:18
The atmosphere of Pacoima
There were no automatic weapons, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:18
There were no automatic weapons,
That's my old junior high school right there, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
That's my old junior high school right there,
This is Pacoima Middle School. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:22
This is Pacoima Middle School.
I got here in 1957, I think, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:15
I got here in 1957, I think,
There, there used to be an alley that went all the way - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:10
There, there used to be an alley that went all the way
Hi, how are you? What's up? - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:04
Hi, how are you? What's up?
We first got our television, I was about ten. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:09
We first got our television, I was about ten.
Growing up, he's always loved Westerns, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
Growing up, he's always loved Westerns,
When I was 12 years old, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:24
When I was 12 years old,
He's like, "That's The Duke, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:09
He's like, "That's The Duke,
"Life is really tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:09
"Life is really tough. It's even tougher if you�...
He was a hero. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
He was a hero.
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:17
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez,
In my neighborhood, you could either be a laborer - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
In my neighborhood, you could either be a laborer
I mean, you just didn't see a lot of lawyer Mexicans - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
I mean, you just didn't see a lot of lawyer Mexicans
When I saw Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez... - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:12
When I saw Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez...
And here's where I grew up was, I was about - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:04
And here's where I grew up was, I was about
I used to come home drunk, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:08
I used to come home drunk,
My dad left my real mom. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:13
My dad left my real mom.
Yeah, it was like a real happy time in my life. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:13
Yeah, it was like a real happy time in my life.
Nine women. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:12
Nine women.
Kind of like going, like, from Shirley Temple to John Wayne. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
Kind of like going, like, from Shirley Temple to John Wayne.
You find out real quick little boys don't do pee-pee - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
You find out real quick little boys don't do pee-pee
My dad was my first role model, but... - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
My dad was my first role model, but...
Huggy, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
Huggy,
Not too much good happened between me and my dad. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:29
Not too much good happened between me and my dad.
"My job is to support this family. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:11
"My job is to support this family.
In this neighborhood, success is like a, a house, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
In this neighborhood, success is like a, a house,
And I... I think my dad was just kind of saying, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:15
And I... I think my dad was just kind of saying,
He was real strict with him. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
He was real strict with him.
Alice was not his birth mother, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:31
Alice was not his birth mother,
One of her dreams was to have a restaurant. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:17
One of her dreams was to have a restaurant.
My dad, I think he hated his younger brother - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:26
My dad, I think he hated his younger brother
My uncle was doing robberies and shooting dope. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:16
My uncle was doing robberies and shooting dope.
That was before we had bars, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
That was before we had bars,
He didn't fit in real well with his older brothers. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:11
He didn't fit in real well with his older brothers.
When he talks about Gilbert, he talks about - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:24
When he talks about Gilbert, he talks about
So when I was with him, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:09
So when I was with him,
He was a real gangster. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:18
He was a real gangster.
Scary when you see a certain type of kid - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:08
Scary when you see a certain type of kid
Danny was in a high-stakes world from a very young age. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:04
Danny was in a high-stakes world from a very young age.
This is a, a picture of him at 18 getting pulled away - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
This is a, a picture of him at 18 getting pulled away
Well, Uncle Gilbert taught him how to box, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
Well, Uncle Gilbert taught him how to box,
He became very good at it. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:14
He became very good at it.
I was really his punching bag, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
I was really his punching bag,
You know, he's got this aura about him. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
You know, he's got this aura about him.
Danny noticed the change, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
Danny noticed the change,
I can remember the day - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
I can remember the day
My grandfather was like a tyrant. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
My grandfather was like a tyrant.
And I'll never forget, he was mad at me and Gilbert, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:19
And I'll never forget, he was mad at me and Gilbert,
We're staring in the face of death, he goes... - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:04
We're staring in the face of death, he goes...
And he walked into his room, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
And he walked into his room,
I just, I prayed to God, "Let me be like that." - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:04
I just, I prayed to God, "Let me be like that."
Danny realized at that young age, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:09
Danny realized at that young age,
To get away from the violence in the household, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:08
To get away from the violence in the household,
'Cause I was scared of my grandfather, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:07
'Cause I was scared of my grandfather,
When he was 12, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:17
When he was 12,
He says, "Get outta here." I said, "No, give me some!" - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
He says, "Get outta here." I said, "No, give ...
"Give me some or I'm gonna tell." - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:10
"Give me some or I'm gonna tell."
It's a glass syringe, so when the needle registered, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:08
It's a glass syringe, so when the needle registered,
And then, bam, he hits, he says - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
And then, bam, he hits, he says
And when I let it go, I seen - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:08
And when I let it go, I seen
From this crazy, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:12
From this crazy,
He gave me a fix, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:14
He gave me a fix,
You're not thinking, "Oh, well, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:09
You're not thinking, "Oh, well,
I just decided "This is what I'm gonna do - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:14
I just decided "This is what I'm gonna do
Fuck, man, the thing is, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
Fuck, man, the thing is,
The thing about drugs and alcohol is - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:18
The thing about drugs and alcohol is
That began the life of learning how to sustain that, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:28
That began the life of learning how to sustain that,
You know, I didn't think it was bad. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:04
You know, I didn't think it was bad.
His Uncle Gilbert - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:14
His Uncle Gilbert
I knew they did a robbery, they told me. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:19
I knew they did a robbery, they told me.
First robbery was the Far East Market. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:11
First robbery was the Far East Market.
We went in the store, I'm holding the door, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:15
We went in the store, I'm holding the door,
I started laughing, she started screaming, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
I started laughing, she started screaming,
Shotgun is probably the best deterrent - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
Shotgun is probably the best deterrent
You know, a shotgun will make people - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:06
You know, a shotgun will make people
Yeah. Sawed-off shotgun. That's what my uncle gave me. - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:04
Yeah. Sawed-off shotgun. That's what my uncle gave me.
That there, up there, upstairs, - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:09
That there, up there, upstairs,
Now the guard was over here where the steps were - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:11
Now the guard was over here where the steps were
What spurred a robbery for me - Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 00:05
What spurred a robbery for me
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Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.

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Director: Brett Harvey
Writer: Scott Dodds, Brett Harvey
Production: N/A
Genre: documentary, biography
Year: 2019
MetaScore: 71/100
ImdbRating: 7.7
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 07 Jul 2020
Awards: 9 wins & 4 nominations
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