The orphanage
Esta Vivo! Laboratorio de Nuevos Talentos; Estudios Picasso; Grupo Rodar; Rodar y Rodar Cine y Televisión S.L.; Telecinco; Televisió de Catalunya (TV3); Warner Bros. Pictures de España; Wild Bunch; produced by Álvaro Augustín, Joaquín Padro, Mar Targarona, Guillermo del Toro; screenplay by Sergio G. Sánchez; directed by J.A. Bayona
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Publication:
- [Burbank, CA] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2008]
- Distribution:
- [Burbank, CA] : [Warner Home Video, distributor]
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- Summary:
- Laura decides to purchase her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. The new environment awakens the imagination of Laura's son. His ongoing fantasy games played with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists for help in unraveling the mystery that has taken over the place.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround.
- Performers:
- Cast: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Andrés Gertrúdix, Edgar Vivar.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Óscar Faura ; editor, Geli Albaladejo ; music, Fernando Veláquez ; costume designer, Maria Reyes ; production designer, Josep Rosell.
- General Notes:
- Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: Feature audio commentary by director Juan Antonio Bayona and writer Sergio Sanchez; "When Laura grew up: constructing The orphanage" featurette; "Tomas' secret room" featurette; "Horror in the unknown: make-up effects" featurette; "Rehearsal studio" featurette; still gallery.
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) - Audience:
- MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing content.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- ORP DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780680219
9780780680210 - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 794043120718
Universal Product Code: 00794043120718
Publisher Number, New Line Home Entertainment: 1000038293 - OCLC Numbers:
- 1042113928
210209771 [Invalid]
