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El orfanato = The orphanage

Author: Guillermo del ToroJ A BayonaSergio G SánchezFernando Velázquez, composer.Mar TargaronaAll authors
Publisher: [Burbank, CA] : New Line Home Entertainment : [Distributed by] Warner Home Video, [2008]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : Spanish : Widescreen format
Summary:
A woman purchases the orphanage she spent her own childhood in, hoping to restore and reopen the long abandoned facility as both a home for herself and her husband and son, and a school for disabled children. However, her son's imagination seems to run wild in their new home, as he becomes increasingly involved with a group of seemingly imaginary friends.
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Genre/Form: Feature films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Motion pictures
Horror films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Fiction films
Motion pictures
Spanish language films
Drama
Teatro
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Guillermo del Toro; J A Bayona; Sergio G Sánchez; Fernando Velázquez, composer.; Mar Targarona; Joaquin Padro; Álvaro Augustín; Belén Rueda; Fernando Cayo; Roger Príncep; Mabel Rivera; Montserrat Carulla; Andrés Gertrúdix; Edgar Vivar; Picturehouse (Firm); Rodar y Rodar Cine y Televisión S.L.; Telecinco (Firm); Warner Bros. Pictures España.; Warner Home Video (Firm); New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN: 0780680219 9780780680210
OCLC Number: 210209771
Language Note: In Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: "When Laura grew up: constructing The orphanage" featurette (18 min.); "Tomas' secret room" production featurette (11 min.); "Horror in the unknown: make-up effects" featurette (10 min.); "Rehearsal studio" featurette (4 min.); still gallery; "Marketing Campaign" teasers and trailers (6 min.); poster gallery.
Credits: Director of photography, Óscar Faura ; editor, Elena Ruiz ; music, Fernando Velázquez ; costume designer, Maria Reyes.
Cast: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Andrés Gertrúdix, Edgar Vivar.
Awards: Barcelona Film Awards, 2007: Barcelona Film Award - Best Actress (Belén Rueda) ; Best Art Direction (Josep Rosell) ; Best Cinematography (Óscar Faura) ; Best Film ; Best Film Editing (Elena Ruiz) ; Best New Director (Juan Antonio Bayona) ; Best Sound (Xavier Mas, Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó)
Goya Awards, 2008: Goya - Best Make-Up and Hairstyles (Lola López, Itziar Arrieta) ; Best New Director (Juan Antonio Bayona) ; Best Production Design (Josep Rosell) ; Best Production Supervision (Sandra Hermida) ; Best Screenplay - Original (Sergio G. Sánchez) ; Best Sound (Xavier Mas, Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó) ; Best Special Effects (David Martí, Montse Ribé, Pau Costa, Enric Masip, Lluís Castells, Jordi San Augstín)
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing content.
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD-video; Region 1; widescreen (2.35:1 enhanced) presentation; DTS-ES 6.1discrete, Dolby digital 5.1 EX surround sound, Dolby digital stereo surround.
Contents: Special features: Widescreen version --
"When Laura grew up: Constructing The Orphanage" --
"Tomas' secret room (The filmmakers)" --
"Horror in the unknown: Makeup effects" --
Still galleries --
Rehearsal studio --
Marketing campaign --
Language: Spanish DTS-EX 6.1 discrete ; Spanish Dolby digital 5.1 EX stereo surround --
Subtitles (feature film only): English, Spanish.
Other Titles: Orfanato (Motion picture)
Orphanage
The orphanage
Orfanato
Responsibility: Picturehouse ; Guillermo del Toro presenta ; una produccion de Rodar y Rodar ; y Telecinco Cinema ; con la colaboracion de Warner Bros. Pictures de España ; dirigida por J.A. Bayona ; guión, Sergio G. Sanchez ; producida por Mar Targarona, Joaquín Padro, Álvaro Augustín.
Local System Bib Number:
212604

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A woman purchases the orphanage she spent her own childhood in, hoping to restore and reopen the long abandoned facility as both a home for herself and her husband and son, and a school for disabled children. However, her son's imagination seems to run wild in their new home, as he becomes increasingly involved with a group of seemingly imaginary friends.
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