El espinazo del diablo = The devil's backbone
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[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013].
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
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Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013].
Format
DVD
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Language
Spanish
UPC
715515107815

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1: Guillermo del Toro introduction; Commentary featuring writer-director Guillermo del Toro; Trailer. Disc 2: Summoning spirits (interview with Guillermo del Toro); ¿Que es un fantasma? (2004 making-of documentary); Spanish gothic (2010 interview with writer-director Guillermo del Toro conducted by Javier Soto); Director's notebook (interactive gallery includes preparatory drawings and concepts); Designing The devil's backbone (interview with the filmmaker about the initial designs and prosthetics for the characters, effects, and art direction); Deleted scenes; Sketch, storyboard, screen (compares del Toro's thumbnail sketches and Carlos Giménez's storyboards with the final film); A war of values (new interview with Sebastiaan Faber about the film's depiction of the Spanish Civil War). Insert includes an essay by critic Mark Kermode.
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Luis de la Madrid ; music, Javier Navarrete ; director of photography, Guillermo Navarro.
Participants/Performers
Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo, José Manuel Lorenzo, Paco Maestre.
Description
The most personal film by Guillermo del Toro is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, the tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R; for violence, language and some sexuality.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Language
Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Toro, G. d., Almodóvar, A., Almodóvar, P., Trashorras, A., Muñoz, D., Navarro, B., Paredes, M., Noriega, E., Luppi, F., Tielve, F., Garcés, I., Visedo, I., Lorenzo, J. M., Maestre, F., Madrid, L. d. l., Macarrón, C., Navarrete, J., Navarro, G., Soto, J., Giménez, C., Faber, S., & Kermode, M. (2013). El espinazo del diablo = The devil's backbone (Director-approved two-DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Guillermo del Toro et al.. 2013. El Espinazo Del Diablo = The Devil's Backbone. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Guillermo del Toro et al.. El Espinazo Del Diablo = The Devil's Backbone Criterion Collection, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Toro, Guillermo del, et al. El Espinazo Del Diablo = The Devil's Backbone Director-approved two-DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2013.

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