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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet
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Criterion collection #1195
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A remote manor; hushed, candlelit atmosphere; and shivery, supernatural menace. With his first English-language feature, Chilean Spanish writer-director-composer Alejandro Amenábar resurrected the classic gothic chiller to create a ghost story of uncommon emotional resonance. Nicole Kidman stars as a World War II-era mother whose imperiousness masks a terrifying pain, as she keeps her light-sensitive children enshrouded in darkness on her country estate. The arrival of three new servants punctures her insular world and seems to disturb the balance between the living and the dead. With each stunning twist and turn, Amenbàr immerses us more deeply in a realm haunted not only by spirits but also by guilt, trauma, and repression
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001
Wide screen
4K digital restoration, approved by director Alejandro Amenábar
Special features: audio commentary featuring Amenábar; New conversation between Amenábar and film critic Pau Gómez; New making-of program from Studiocanal UK featuring Amenábar, actors Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston, and producer Fernando Bovaira; Archival programs about the film's production, soundtrack, and visual effects, featuring interviews and footage recorded on the set; Audition footage of actors Alakina Mann and James Bentley and photography from the "Book of the Dead"; Seven deleted scenes; Trailer; An essay by scholar Philip Horne (on leaflet)
Director of photography, Javier Aguirresarobe ; editor, Nacho Ruiz Capillas ; music, Alejandro Amenábar
Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy
Blu-ray; Region A; wide screen; Dolby Atmos; requires Blu-ray player
Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH)