Movies Starring Geoffrey Rivas
My Sister's Keeper
Growing apart. Growing together. Sisters are forever.
Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Perkins, Lynn Redgrave, Kimberly J. Brown, Hallee Hirsh, Bobby Harwell, Tony Amendola, Raye Birk, Clark Gregg, Dylan Kussman, Marc Miller, Geoffrey Rivas, David St. James, Manny Suárez, Shane Sweet
DIRECTOR:Ron Lagomarsino
A non-stereotyped portrayal of a person with mental illness and an at times difficult, but loving relationship with her sister. A true story. Book by the same name. It both opens minds and entertains. Great acting by Kathy Bates: an informative contrast to her role in the movie Misery.
Eye for an Eye
What do you do when justice fails?
Sally Field, Ed Harris, Olivia Burnette, Alexandra Kyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Joe Mantegna, Beverly D'Angelo, Darrell Larson, Charlayne Woodard, Philip Baker Hall, Keith David, Wanda Acuna, Geoffrey Rivas, Armin Shimerman, Natalia Nogulich
DIRECTOR:After the assault, rape and murder of her 17-year-old daughter at home, Karen becomes obsessed with putting the rapist behind bars. What Karen soon finds is that the criminal justice system is more interested in procedure than justice and soon frees the killer of her daughter on a vague technicality. Karen finds that she has no options but to proceed with her own plans for justice as the system has again failed to protect the innocent and the victims.
Blind Side
They had something he wanted... he had something they feared
Rutger Hauer, Rebecca De Mornay, Ron Silver, Jonathan Banks, Mariska Hargitay, Tamara Clatterbuck, Jorge Cervera Jr., Josh Cruze, David Labiosa, Richard L. Duran, Bill Dance, Diana Lee Hsu, Geoffrey Rivas, Joanna Sanchez, Del Zamora
DIRECTOR:A couple visits Mexico to scout a new location for their furniture manufacturing business and hit a cop with their car on the way back stateside. Realizing that if they report it they could land in a Mexican jail (guilty until proven innocent) they clean up the car and return home. A few days later an insistent man shows up wanting a job and insinuating that he saw something in Mexico that he would not want to report, and the couple must make a decision about how far they will allow themselves to be blackmailed.
Bound by Honor (aka "Blood in, blood out")
An epic story of three brothers. Bound by blood. Divided by fate. Driven by destiny.
Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Victor Rivers, Delroy Lindo, Tom Towles, Carlos Carrasco, Teddy Wilson, Raymond Cruz, Valente Rodriguez, Lanny Flaherty, Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rivas, Karmin Murcelo
DIRECTOR:Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
La bamba
Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano, Rick Dees, Marshall Crenshaw, Howard Huntsberry, Brian Setzer, Daniel Valdez, Felipe Cantu, Eddie Frias, Mike Moroff, Geoffrey Rivas
DIRECTOR:Luis Valdez
This is the true story Ritchie Valens a young rock & roll singer who tragically died in an aircrash at the age of 17. The film follows Ritchie from his days in Paicoma, California where he in and his family makes a meagre living working at plantations to his rise as a star. The film also focus on Richies friendship and rivalry with his older brother Bob and his relationship with Donna, his girlfriend.
Born in East L.A.
This time Cheech is not just on the wrong side of the law. He's on the wrong side of the line.
Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez, Daniel Stern, Kamala Lopez, Jan-Michael Vincent, Lupe Ontiveros, Urbanie Lucero, Chastity Ayala, David Perez, Neith Hunter, Larry Blackmon, Tito Larriva, Geoffrey Rivas, Eddie Barth, Miguel Delgado
DIRECTOR:Cheech Marin
Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home.
