Benjamin Bratt for the web 2.0
Here is an interview with Peter Bratt, who is “La Mission” director and screenwriter (apart from being Benjamin’s older brother):
Sundeance ‘09 Interview | American Spectrum: “La Mision” Screenwriter/Director Peter Bratt
A good synopsis of “La Mission” (I’ve already posted it in a comment under another post, but I think it is worth reposting here) can be found at
Benjamin’s commitment to causes supporting the rights of American Indians is well-known. I’m sharing a few pics of Benjamin - that I’ve also uploaded to this site gallery - taken at a sidewalk rally held on May 4, 2007, as part of campaign for the cleaning up of toxic waste from the Peruvian rainforest. The rally was organized by EarthRights International (ERI), Racimos de Ungurahui, and Amazon Watch (AW), three nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations defending human rights and the environment.
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La Mission (aka Mission Street Rhapsody) screening time and locations at Sundance Film Festival 2009 are as follows:
Hopefully, someone can go and see it and report back.
Here is the movie page at the festival web site:
And here is the link to a blog entry that doesn’t say anything new about La Mission, if compared to what already appears on the Sundance Festival web site, but it displays a picturee of Benjamin from the movie:
I’d like to wish
Merry Christmas & Happy 2009
to all those celebrating. 
According to a press release, “A&E is wrapping up the best year in the network’s history among all key demographics, ranking number 5 in adults 25-54 and 6 in adults 18-49.”
They can thank productions featuring Benjamin, as “2008 marked A&E’s reintroduction of first-class original scripted drama beginning with the two-night epic event “The Andromeda Strain,” produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, which averaged 2.7 million viewers adults 25-54 and 2.4 million adults 18-49, ranking as the #1 cable mini-series on the year and garnering 7 Emmy® nominations.
The first scripted drama in six years, “The Cleaner” staring Benjamin Bratt premiered in July. In its first season, on a weekly three telecast cume basis “The Cleaner” averaged 4.2 million total viewers, 2.4 million adults 25-54 and 2.2 million adults 18-49 in primetime. “The Cleaner” has become A&E’s number one original drama in network history among adults 18-49 and 25-54, roughly doubling the audience of the previous two series in those demos.”
The whole article can be found at
A&E Posts Best Year in Network History
“The Andromeda Strain” received Emmy nominations for
The 60th Primetime Emmy® Awards and Creative Arts Emmy® Awards Nominees are…
Janet from the USA Midwest shared her brush with Benjamin and his family during a stay of hers in California in an entry on her blog yesterday.
Benjamin is turning 45 tomorrow, so I’d like to wish him
Happy Birthday, Benjamin! 
I’ve been meaning to post the link to this blog entry since I first read it last Sunday, but it’s only now that I got around actually doing it.
I think the blogger makes an interesting point when mentioning that watching cops and lawyers catching the bad guys while downplaying how their jobs impact their family life, how they feel about their co-workers, and how they cope with what torments them is the reason why L&O is successful.
BTW, did you know that L&O is the longest running primetime drama currently on American television? Now in its 18th season, L&O is actually the second longest running primetime drama in the history of television after “Gunsmoke” (that ran from 1955 to 1975).
Today, it is one year since the death of Benjamin’s 20-year-nephew died in a car crash. Sudden death, especially of a young person, is always difficult and the pain never really goes away, but I hope that the Bratts - who are a very close-knit family - were able to find comfort and support in one another in coping with their loss.
Benjamin’s daughter, Sophia, is turning 6 tomorrow (Saturday, December 6, 2008), so I’d like to wish her
Happy Birthday, Sophia!
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