El Espinazo del Diablo = The Devil's backbone /

El Espinazo del Diablo = The Devil's backbone / Devil's backbone Augustín y Pedro Almodóvar presentan ; una producción El Deseo S.A., Tequila Gang ; con la participación de Sogepaq S.A., Canal+España y Anhelo Producciones ; guión, Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras, David Muñoz ; productores, Augustín Almodóvar, Bertha Navarro ; dirección, Guillermo del Toro. - Special ed. ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1). , Spain Mexico - Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, ©2004, ©2001. - 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - SONY Pictures classics .

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. 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). "Brand new director-supervised HD film transfer"--Container. "Sony Pictures Classics"--Opening screens.

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.

Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; editor, Luis de la Madrid ; music, Javier Navarrete. Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; editor, Luis de la Madrid ; music, Javier Navarrete.

Marisa Parades, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Iñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo.

"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.

MPAA rating: R; for violence, language, and some sensuality.


DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1.


In Spanish, with optional yellow English subtitles.

Gérardmer Film Festival, 2002: the International Critics Award, the Special Jury Prize, and the Youth Jury Grand Prize awarded to Guillermo del Toro.

1404958754 9781404958753

043396056763

05676 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment


Orphanages--Spain--Drama.


Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Drama.


Feature films.
Fiction films.

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