Pan’s Labyrinth (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

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An Academy Award winning dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, Pan s Labyrinth encapsulates the rich visual style and genre-defying craft of Guillermo del Toro (The Devil s Backbone, Cronos). Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi López), a sadistic captain in General Franco s army, hunts down Republican guerrillas who refuse to give up the fight. The violent reality in which she lives merges seamlessly with a fantastical interior world when Ofelia meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child s imagination and threatening the innocence of youth.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
– Newly graded 2K digital master, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro
– Audio commentary by del Toro from 2007
– New interview with del Toro by novelist Cornelia Funke about fairy tales, fantasy, and Pan s Labyrinth
– New interview with actor Doug Jones
– Four 2007 making-of documentaries, examining the characters, production, special effects, themes, and music of the film
– Interactive director s notebook
– Footage of actor Ivana Baquero s audition for the film
– Animated comics featuring prequel stories for the film s menagerie of creatures
– Programs comparing selected production storyboards and del Toro s thumbnail sketches with the final film; visual effects work for the Green Fairy; and elements of the film s score
– Trailers and TV spots
– PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 42925953
Director ‏ : ‎ Guillermo del Toro
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 59 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ October 18, 2016
Actors ‏ : ‎ Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Doug Jones
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01IPDY3C4
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2