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McFarland USA Tamale Recipe

By Chrysa | 62 Comments

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One of our very favorite movies of the year (probably our TOP favorite), McFarland USA, is now available on Disney Blu-ray Combo Pack, Disney Movies Anywhere and Digital HD. This inspiring adventure is based on a true story of underdogs facing and triumphing over tremendous obstacles – it's truly heartwarming!

McFARLAND, USA..L to R: Thomas Valles (Carlos Pratts), Jose Cardenas (Johnny Ortiz), Johnny Sameniego (Hector Duran), Damacio Diaz (Jamie Michael Aguero) and Victor Puentes (Sergio Avelar)...Ph: Ron Phillips..©Disney 2015

McFARLAND, USA..L to R: Thomas Valles (Carlos Pratts), Jose Cardenas (Johnny Ortiz), Johnny Sameniego (Hector Duran), Damacio Diaz (Jamie Michael Aguero) and Victor Puentes (Sergio Avelar)…Ph: Ron Phillips..©Disney 2015

The moving story features Kevin Costner (“Dances with Wolves,” “The Untouchables), Morgan Saylor (TV’s “Homeland”) and Diana Maria Riva (“NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Castle”) amongst others in a touching tale displaying the power of family, commitment and work ethic that transforms a cross-county team into champions. Bonus features include McFarland Reflections, deleted scenes, extended scenes and more!

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My hubby gave this movie the HUGE compliment of calling it his new “Rudy”. By that, he means it is a movie he loves and will stop to watch any time he sees it playing on TV for the next 20+ years, even if he has seen it 100 times. Now that he has the Blu-ray, he can stop and watch it any time he wants!

Community plays a huge role in this film. What better way is there a community to enjoy time together than with food? In honor of that feeling of community and McFarland's Mexican heritage, we have a delicious tamale recipe to share with you. Just click on the image above to download it.

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Reader Giveaway: One lucky Thrifty Jinxy reader will win their own copy of McFarland USA on Blu-ray + Digital HD. To enter for a chance to win, just complete the entry form below by 11:59pm ET on 6/27/15. Good luck!

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Chrysa is the founder and owner of ThriftyJinxy.com, a site dedicated to living a fabulous life on a frugal budget. Her approach is that by spending less on the boring everyday stuff, you can have more money to splurge on the things you REALLY want, whether it’s travel, fashion, electronics – you name it! Chrysa is married, has an 11-year-old nephew she dotes on, as well as three lovable cats and a big sweetie of a German Shepherd.

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  1. Margot C says

    June 3, 2015 at 12:31 am

    I haven’t seen this yet; I love Costner in these inspiring sports roles though.

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  2. Adrienne Gordon says

    June 3, 2015 at 5:55 am

    I havent seen it, but like inspirational sports movies.

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  3. Bernie W says

    June 3, 2015 at 11:05 am

    I have not seen this movie but I would like to because I like inspirational sports movies. Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win.

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  4. Lauren says

    June 3, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    I enjoy inspirational sports movies.

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  5. Debbi Wellenstein says

    June 3, 2015 at 4:02 pm

    I have not seen the movie. I would like to win it so I can share it with my family.

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  6. Will G says

    June 3, 2015 at 5:02 pm

    I want to win because I heard it was good, but did not get to see it while it was in theaters.

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  7. vickie couturier says

    June 3, 2015 at 7:17 pm

    i have not seen it but will see it when it comes out on dvd,,seems like a good true story,which I likie

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  8. Jordan says

    June 3, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    I haven’t, but I really want to! I have heard a lot of people say it’s great!

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  9. JayMike310 says

    June 3, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    I wanted to see this in theaters, so I hope I win the DVD!

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  10. Leela says

    June 4, 2015 at 12:35 am

    I haven’t seen it yet.

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  11. Jackie says

    June 4, 2015 at 9:56 am

    I havent seen it. I’d like to win because it looks like a good movie for a family movie night. I’m also a Kevin Costner fan.
    Thank you!

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  12. Merry says

    June 4, 2015 at 10:25 am

    I would love to win this movie to watch for our family movie night

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  13. david steele says

    June 4, 2015 at 11:25 am

    wanna see it

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  14. sandra says

    June 4, 2015 at 12:01 pm

    I want to win because it looks like an uplifting story

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  15. April Brenay says

    June 4, 2015 at 12:42 pm

    I have no seen this yet, but I heard the story is really good!

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  16. Sharon Kaminski says

    June 4, 2015 at 1:02 pm

    I want to win because I have not seen the movie and would love to see it.

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  17. Pat says

    June 4, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    The preview had me laughing but I somehow missed this movie!

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  18. Betty Ramsey says

    June 4, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    I’d like to win this DVD for my husband. He was involved with cross country in high school and I think he would enjoy it. Thanks for the offer.

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  19. Stephanie MacDonald says

    June 4, 2015 at 4:13 pm

    looks like a good movie for the family

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  20. peter gladue says

    June 4, 2015 at 6:22 pm

    My sister ran track (long distance) in high school, and my parents want to see this

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  21. Ria Andrews says

    June 4, 2015 at 10:47 pm

    Looks like it would be a good movie to watch with my hubby, but I haven’t seen it before 🙂

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  22. Brittney House says

    June 4, 2015 at 10:49 pm

    It looks like an uplifting story.

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  23. Daniel Thornton says

    June 4, 2015 at 11:51 pm

    I want to win so I can add another movie to my collection.

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  24. Kelly Nicholson says

    June 5, 2015 at 2:10 am

    or why you want to win if you haven’t yet seen it.

    all i have is keven costner..even though he has put out some silly film in the last few

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  25. Denise C says

    June 5, 2015 at 3:48 am

    I haven’t seen this yet. I need to win it so we can see it, it was recommended to us!

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  26. Meredith Miller says

    June 6, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    I haven’t seen it, but it sounds very inspiring!

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  27. kyl neusch says

    June 6, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    wanted to see this in theaters,

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  28. sandra davis says

    June 7, 2015 at 1:37 am

    I have not seen it but was told it was a really great movie to see.

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  29. Robin Abrams says

    June 12, 2015 at 7:53 am

    I have not seen this movie yet. I would love to watch it because it looks like a inspiring movie

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  30. Austin Baroudi says

    June 13, 2015 at 7:59 pm

    I want this because I haven’t seen it yet and I love seeing new movies!

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  31. Leon Durham says

    June 14, 2015 at 9:09 am

    I would like to see it because I like the story behind the movie.

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  32. Angela W says

    June 14, 2015 at 3:05 pm

    I have not seen this movie but I would like to because I love Kevin Costner and the story sounds inspirational

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  33. Cheryl Abdelnour says

    June 17, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    I have not seen it yet, but I really like Kevin’s movies. He’s great.

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  34. G K says

    June 19, 2015 at 1:58 am

    I haven’t seen it yet, but I like Kevin Costner and this movie looks very uplifting and heartwarming. It’s about hard-work and dedication.

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  35. Kristy Thiel says

    June 19, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    I think this will tell a really good story!

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  36. Donald Hazel says

    June 19, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Great Contest Great Movie

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  37. Thomas Gibson says

    June 20, 2015 at 8:08 pm

    The movie was very inspiring and taught that no matter if situations try to keep you down, you have choice to make it better.

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  38. Michele P says

    June 20, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    I haven’t seen the movie, but I want to win because my husband is Latino and has heard good things about the movie so he really wants to watch it and add it to his collection.

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  39. Christina Sparks says

    June 21, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    I like Kevin Costner as an actor and like these kinds of story lines.

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  40. Tammy Woodall says

    June 22, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    I haven’t seen the movie yet, but definitely want to. I really like Kevin Costner as a actor.

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  41. Erica B. says

    June 23, 2015 at 1:49 am

    I haven’t seen it but it looks good.

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  42. Rebecca says

    June 25, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    haven’t seen it yet but it seems like it would be good!

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  43. Daniel M says

    June 25, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    haven’t seen it but want to, still a Costner fan

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  44. Heather K says

    June 25, 2015 at 11:40 pm

    This looks like a great inspirational movie.

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  45. kim keithline says

    June 26, 2015 at 2:24 pm

    I haven’t seen it but it looks like a great feel good family movie I would love to see it

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  46. Mary Songer says

    June 26, 2015 at 6:17 pm

    I want to win because I haven’t seen the movie yet and I love a good sports movie. Inspirational and makes you just feel good.

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  47. Lisa V. says

    June 26, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    I always like a feel good movie about the underdogs overcoming the odds/doing good, etc.

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  48. Stephanie Larison says

    June 26, 2015 at 7:52 pm

    I’m hoping to win for my husband, he loves sports movies.

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  49. Susan Smith says

    June 26, 2015 at 8:35 pm

    I havent seen it, but like inspirational sports movies

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  50. DanV says

    June 27, 2015 at 5:56 am

    I would like to win because I haven’t seen it yet and it looks like a good movie

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  51. Kathy Pease says

    June 27, 2015 at 7:08 am

    I have not seen this yet but would love to I think Kevin Costner is a great actor 🙂

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  52. Frank P says

    June 27, 2015 at 7:22 am

    Looks like a good movie to watch.

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  53. Sheryl says

    June 27, 2015 at 9:53 am

    I haven’t seen the movie but I want to win because I think the movie has a great story behind it. Love Disney movies.

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  54. Leah Shumack says

    June 27, 2015 at 11:24 am

    This looks like it’s going to be a great movie for our family movie night!

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  55. Philip Lawrence says

    June 27, 2015 at 1:01 pm

    I haven’t seen the movie yet but would like to since it seems to have quite an uplifting theme.

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  56. Lisa says

    June 27, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    I want to see this because I like Kevin Costner.

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  57. Carla Pullum says

    June 27, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    I haven’t seen the movie but would love to see it! A good movie about community is what I would love to see!

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  58. Shea Balentine says

    June 27, 2015 at 8:29 pm

    It has Kevin Costner in it, so I know it’s got to be good! =)

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  59. AEKZ2 says

    June 27, 2015 at 8:30 pm

    I haven’t seen this movie yet. I’d like to watch it because I love underdog movies.

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  60. Buddy Garrett says

    June 27, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    I would like to see it because it sounds like a great inspirational movie. I like that it is a true movie.

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  61. Amy Z. says

    June 28, 2015 at 5:30 am

    I’d love to win this because it sounds like a film with a great message.

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  62. Jerry Marquardt says

    June 29, 2015 at 11:22 pm

    I haven’t seen it yet, but I like sports and runners movies, so it looked good. I would love to see it.

    Reply

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