Movies at the United Palace with Lin-Manuel Miranda: Cassandro

6PM: Doors Open, 7PM: Film Screening, 8:50 PM: Conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gael García Bernal 

FREE ADMISSION with online ticket (ticket policy below)

General Admission Tickets available Monday, September 30 at 10am

NYP Sponsor Tickets available with access code (Hospital employees only)

The movie is 1 hour, 47 minutes long and rated R    

In Spanish and English with English subtitles   

Movies at the United Palace with Lin-Manuel Miranda continues its 2024 season, entitled “Movies We Missed,” with Cassandro, a true story of Cassandro, the ''exotico'' character created by Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rose to international stardom. 

After the screening, attendees will be treated to a special conversation between the United Palace’s good friend, patron, and neighbor, Lin-Manuel Miranda and the actor Gael García Bernal. 

Starring Gael García Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, and Perla De La Rosa. Directed by Roger Ross Williams. Written by David Teague and Roger Ross Williams. 

Miranda's 2023 Movies at the United Palace series was cut short by the writers' and actors' strikes, which also hurt the promotional efforts around many new releases. This led us to this year's theme of "Movies We Missed" that shine a light on films that were released during the 2023 strikes. 

Miranda has supported screenings at the United Palace since 2013 when he helped the theatre’s fund-raising campaign to purchase a new projector, screen, and surround sound system to return movies to the theatre after a 40-year hiatus. His guests in 2022 included Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Hugh Jackman, and Danai Gurira, and the film series attracted about 15,000 guests to the heart of Washington Heights. (Watch a short video.) 

Movies at the United Palace with Lin-Manuel Miranda is sponsored by the Miranda Family Fund with support from New York-Presbyterian Hospital. 

Gael García Bernal is an award-winning actor, producer and director. He gained critical acclaim and a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Amazon’s MOZART IN THE JUNGLE in 2016, with the show winning a Golden Globe for "Best Comedy Series." In 2017, Bernal received an additional Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in the second season. 

Bernal has starred in countless films including the globally celebrated feature, Alfonso Cuaron's Academy Award-nominated Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (And Your Mother Too) and THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Diarios de una motocicleta). Bernal received a BAFTA and Satellite Award nomination in 2005 for Best Actor for his work in THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES. In 2006, Bernal was recognized by BAFTA again with a nomination in the Rising Star category, acknowledging new talent in the acting industry. Other credits include ROSEWATER, EL ARDOR, DESIERTO, and NERUDA. Bernal earned Best Actor in a Foreign Language Film for his role in NERUDA at the Palm Springs Film Festival. The film was also nominated for a 2017 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language. He also appeared in the Academy Award-winning Pixar-animated feature COCO, and Netflix’s THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER (2018). Other credits include MUSEO (2018) and THE ACCUSED (2018).  

In 2018, Bernal and his longtime friend and business partner Diego Luna, launched their Mexican production house La Corriente del Golfo, which has produced projects such as the political thriller AQUÍ EN LA TIERRA (2018), Bernal’s second feature film that he directed, CHICUAROTES (2019) and Netflix’s EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE (2021). 

Bernal can also be seen in the Netflix film WASP NETWORK (2020), Pablo Larraín’s EMA (2021), M. Night Shyamalan’s OLD (2021), the HBO limited series STATION ELEVEN (2021), the Marvel special WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (2022), and Netflix’s THE MOTHER (2023). Bernal starred in and executive produced CASSANDRO in 2023 for Amazon Prime Video.    

Bernal will next star in the Hulu series LA MÁQUINA alongside Diego Luna and Eiza González, of which he executive produced through his banner. Bernal will also star in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video thriller HOLLAND, MICHIGAN alongside Nicole Kidman.  

United Palace: The history of the United Palace begins in 1930 when it opened as one of five Loew’s “Wonder Theatres,” premiere vaudeville and movie houses located in four boroughs and New Jersey. The outrageously ornate architecture was designed by noted architect Thomas Lamb (Cort Theater, the former Ziegfeld Theatre) and decorative specialist Harold Rambusch (Waldorf Astoria, Radio City Music Hall).  Noted architecture critic David Dunlap described the ornate interior as “Byzantine-Romanesque-Indo-Hindu-Sino-Moorish-Persian-Eclectic-Rococo-Deco.”  With nearly 3,400 seats the United Palace is Manhattan’s 4th largest theatre. It hosts concerts (Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Bad Bunny, Wilco), TV and film shoots ("Only Murders in the Building”, “John Wick 3”), movie premieres (“Halftime,” “In the Heights,” “High Strung - Free Dance”), and other corporate and community events. The in-house selection of state-of-the-art technology updates the 1930 opulence for 21st century audiences. 

Miranda Family Fund: For over 40 years, the Miranda Family has championed community activism. They have created and supported institutions that have served both underserved populations in Upper Manhattan and communities throughout New York City, across the country, and in Puerto Rico. Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and Dr. Luz Towns-Miranda are proud parents to Luz Miranda-Crespo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Miguel Towns. Now as adults, Luz and Lin-Manuel are married to Luis Crespo and Vanessa Nadal, respectively, with children of their own. They continue to foster the family’s commitment to advocacy for education, the arts, and social justice -- along with a sustained focus on relief and rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria. 

NewYork-Presbyterian: NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the nation’s most comprehensive, integrated academic healthcare systems, encompassing 10 hospitals across the Greater New York area, nearly 200 primary and specialty care clinics and medical groups, and an array of telemedicine services. A leader in medical education, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the only academic medical center in the nation affiliated with two world-class medical schools, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. This collaboration means patients have access to the country’s leading physicians, the full range of medical specialties, latest innovations in care, and research that is developing cures and saving lives. Founded 250 years ago, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has a long legacy of medical breakthroughs and innovation, from the invention of the Pap test to pioneering the groundbreaking heart valve replacement procedure called TAVR. NewYork-Presbyterian’s 48,000 employees and affiliated physicians are dedicated to providing the highest quality, most compassionate care to New Yorkers and patients from across the country and around the world. For more information, visit www.nyp.org and find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Ticket Policy: General Admission tickets are frequently “sold out” shortly after they become available online, but not everyone who reserves a ticket attends the movie. We are often able to accommodate several hundred guests with Standby tickets, which will be available online after all general admission tickets are taken. Seating is general admission, first come, first served. Ticket does not guarantee admission. Venue reserves all rights to restrict access to the United Palace if in its sole discretion it deems the theatre’s capacity has been reached. On show day, guests with accessibility needs should go to the ADA entrance at the front of the line near the marquee.