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Summary:

A rambunctious dark comedy. An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a B-movie porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of Almodovar's international sensation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the world's most beloved and provocative auteurs.

Contributors:

Almodóvar, Pedro , film director, screenwriter

Almodóvar, Augustin , film producer

Posner, Enrique , film producer

Abril, Victoria , actor

Banderas, Antonio , actor

León, Loles , actor

Rabal, Francisco, 1926-2001 , actor

Alcaine, José Luis , director of photography

Salcedo, José , editor of moving image work

Morricone, Ennio , composer

Deseo, S.A. , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Spanish
English

Language Notes:

Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 722

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Tie me up! Tie me down!

Subjects:

Stockholm syndrome — Drama

Ex-mental patients — Drama

Psychopaths — Drama

Bondage (Sexual behavior) — Drama

Kidnapping — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Bondage (Sexual behavior)

Ex-mental patients

Kidnapping

Man-woman relationships

Psychopaths

Stockholm syndrome

Genres:

Motion pictures

Sex comedy films

Dark comedy films

Fiction films

Feature films

Feature films — Spain

Foreign language films — Spanish

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround.

Performers:

Cast: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Francisco Rabal.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Jose Luis Alcaine; editor, Jose Salcedo; composer, Ennio Morricone.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: New 2K digital restoration; New documentary on the making of the film; New interview with Almodóvar collaborator and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker; Conversation from 2003 between Pedro Almodóvar and Banderas; Footage from the film's 1990 premiere party in Madrid; New English subtitle translation; plus: a booklet featuring a 1990 piece about the film by Pedro Almodóvar, a conversation between critic Kent Jones and filmmaker Wes Anderson, and an interview with Almodóvar from 1989.

Audience:

Rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodiscs (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.85:1

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

TIE 1990 BLU

ISBNs:

9781604658460
1604658460

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515117517 (set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2364BDDVD (set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2364BDDVD-1 (Blu-ray)

OCLC Numbers:

885360089