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Babel [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Paramount Vantage present ; an Anonymous Content production ; una produccíon de Zeta Film ; a Central Films production ; directed and produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu ; written by Guillermo Arriaga ; produced by Jon Kilik, Steve Golin.

Arriaga Jordán, Guillermo, 1958- (writer.). Barraza, Adriana, 1956- (actor.). Blanchett, Cate, 1969- (actor.). Crise, Douglas, (editor.). García Bernal, Gael, 1978- (actor.). Golin, Steve, (producer.). González Iñárritu, Alejandro, (producer,, director.). Kikuchi, Rinko, 1981- (actor.). Kilik, Jon, (producer.). Mirrione, Stephen, 1969- (editor.). Pitt, Brad, 1963- (actor.). Prieto, Rodrigo, (cinematographer.). Rachidi, Mustapha, (actor.). Santaolalla, Gustavo, (composer.). Yakusho, Kōji, (actor.). Anonymous Content (Firm) (Added Author). Central Films (France) (Added Author). Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). Paramount Vantage. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Zeta Films. (Added Author). Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Kôji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Mustapha Rachidi. (Cast).

Summary:

A wealthy American couple touring Morocco become the focus of an international incident involving a poor Moroccan farmer. A San Diego nanny makes a disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico while her employers are absent. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1415728550
  • ISBN: 9781415728550
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on an idea by Guillermo Arriaga and Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; edited by Stephen Mirrione, Douglas Crise ; music by Gustavo Santaolalla.
Participant or Performer Note:
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Kôji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Mustapha Rachidi.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
Chiefly English dialogue; also includes Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, Japanese sign language, Berber dialogue with English subtitles; optional soundtrack in French; optional subtitles in English or Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
Academy Award (2006) for Original Score (Santaolalla) ; also nominee including Best Picture, Best Director.
Cannes Film Festival for Best Director, 2006, Alejandro González Iñárritu ; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Alejandro González Iñárritu) ; Technical Grand Prize (Stephen Mirrione).

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Americans > Morocco > Drama.
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Genre:
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)

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  • 49 of 50 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

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