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The devil's backbone [videorecording (DVD)].

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002], c2001.

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

Criterion collection 666.

Video Difference legacy collection.

1404958754 (Special ed.)

9781604657432 (2013 Criterion Collection Director-Approved 2-DVD Special ed.)

Alternate title:

Espinazo del diablo [videorecording (DVD)]

Échine du diable [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 (or 2) videodisc(s) (103 min.) : Dolby digital Surround stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Special features: Director and cinematographer commentary ; making-of featurette ; storyboard comparisons ; theatrical trailers.

Special features (Special ed.) : Brand new director-supervised HD film transfer ; new audio commentary by Guillermo del Toro ; deleted scenes with optional director commentary ; "Que es un fantasma?": the making of The Devil's Backbone documentary ; director's thumbnail track ; storyboard thumbnail comparisons ; conceptual art galleries ; excerpts from Del Toro's director notebook ; previews.

Special features (Criterion Collection Director-Approved 2-DVD Special ed.): Audio commentary featuring Del Toro ; video introduction by Del Toro from 2010 ; Trailer ; new interviews with Del Toro about the creation of his film ; Que es un fantasma? A 2004 making of documentary ; iInteractive director's notebook ; four deleted scenes, with commentary by Del Toro ; new interview with scholar Sebastiaan Faber about the film's depiction of the Spanish Civil War ; program comparing Del Toro's thumbnail sketches and Carlos Gimenez's storyboards with the final film ; PLUS: an essay by critic Mark Kermode.

1.85:1 aspect ratio (widescreen).

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Producer, Esther García ; writer, Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras, David Muñoz ; director, Guillermo del Toro.

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

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. Presented by Agustin and Pedro Almodovar (All About My Mother) and starring Marisa Paredes (The Flower Of My Secret), Federico Luppi (Men With Guns) and Eduardo Noriega (Open Your Eyes). The Devil's Backbone is a richly atmospheric, genuinely thrilling ride in the tradition of The Others and The Sixth Sense.

Gérardmer Film Festival, 2002: International Critics Award (Guillermo del Toro); Special Jury Prize (Guillermo del Toro); Youth Jury Grand Prize (Guillermo del Toro).

Haunted house films.

Thriller films.

Toro, Guillermo del, 1964-

Noriega, Eduardo, 1973-

Paredes, Marisa, 1946-

Luppi, Federico.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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