| Edition |
Special edición ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1). |
| Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from disc surface. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Cast |
Marisa Parades, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Iñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo, José Manuel Lorenzo, Paco Maestre. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; editor, Luis de la Madrid ; music, Javier Navarrete. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. |
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Special features: optional audio commentary by del Toro; optional director's thumbnail track (synchronizes selected thumbnail sketches by del Toro to the film); "¿Que es un Fantasma? : the making of 'The Devil's backbone'" featurette (27 min.); 4 deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by del Toro (4 min. total); 6 thumbnail/storyboard comparisons; 5 photo galleries (characters, art direction/set design, prosthetic effects, thumbnails, del Toro's director's notebook). |
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"Brand new director-supervised HD film transfer"--Container. |
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"Sony Pictures Classics"--Opening screens. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence, language, and some sensuality. |
| Summary |
"Twelve-year-old Carlos is the latest arrival to Santa Lucia School, an imposing stone building that shelters the orphans of the Republican militia and politicians during the last days of the Spanish Civil War. Carlos gradually uncovers the dark ties that bind the inhabitants of the school: hidden riches, sexual intrigue and the restless ghost of a murdered student"--Container. |
| Contents |
Start -- Carlos -- Galvez & owl -- Mr. Ayala leaves -- Number 12 -- Jacinto & Conchita -- One who sighs -- Bhisti boys -- "Many of you will die" -- "He can't swim" -- The Devil's backbone -- Swap meet -- The last time -- The legend of Santi -- The condemned -- Careful what you wish for -- "We have to leave" -- Prince without a kingdom -- Prophecy fulfilled -- A new poem -- Watching for his prey -- How Santi died -- "Say you're sorry" -- What Santi wants -- Jacinto returns -- The escape -- Gold! -- Punishment fits the crime. |
| Language |
In Spanish, with optional yellow English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Orphanages -- Spain -- Drama.
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Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Horror films.
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Fiction films.
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Foreign films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- Spain.
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| Added Author |
Almodóvar, Agustin.
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Almodóvar, Pedro.
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Toro, Guillermo del, 1964-
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Trashorras, Antonio.
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Muñoz, David, 1968-
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Navarro, Bertha.
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Paredes, Marisa, 1946-
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Noriega, Eduardo, 1973-
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Luppi, Federico.
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Tielve, Fernando.
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Garcés, Iñigo.
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Visedo, Irene, 1978-
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Navarro, Guillermo.
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Navarrete, Javier, 1956-
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Deseo, S.A.
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Tequila Gang (Firm)
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Sogepaq S.A.
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Canal+ España (Firm)
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Producciones Anhelo.
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
¿Que es un Fantasma? : the making of "The Devil's backbone."
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| ISBN |
1404958754 |
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9781404958753 |
| Standard No. |
043396056763 |
| Music No. |
05676 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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