The devil's backbone = El espinazo del diablo
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004].
Format
DVD
Edition
Special ed. ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004].
Edition
Special ed. ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1).
Language
Spanish

Notes

General Note
Special features: optional audio commentary by del Toro; optional director's thumbnail track (synchronizes selected thumbnail sketches by del Toro to the film); "¿Que es un Fantasma: the making of 'The Devil's backbone'" featurette (27 min.); 4 deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by del Toro (4 min. total); 6 thumbnail/storyboard comparisons; 5 photo galleries (characters, art direction/set design, prosthetic effects, thumbnails, del Toro's director's notebook).
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
General Note
"Brand new director-supervised HD film transfer"--Container.
General Note
"Sony Pictures Classics"--Opening screens.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; editor, Luis de la Madrid ; music, Javier Navarrete.
Participants/Performers
Marisa Parades, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Iñigo Garcés, Irene Visedo.
Description
"Twelve-year-old Carlos is the latest arrival to Santa Lucia School, an imposing stone building that shelters the orphans of the Republican militia and politicians during the last days of the Spanish Civil War. Carlos gradually uncovers the dark ties that bind the inhabitants of the school: hidden riches, sexual intrigue and the restless ghost of a murdered student"--Container.
System Details
DVD format, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1.
Language
In Spanish with optional yellow English subtitles.
Awards
Gérardmer Film Festival, 2002: the International Critics Award, the Special Jury Prize, and the Youth Jury Grand Prize awarded to Guillermo del Toro.

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