The Orphanage (US Version) DVD Region 1

It might come as no surprise that the producer of the Spanish supernatural thriller THE ORPHANAGE is none other than Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro (PAN'S LABYRINTH, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE), for his influence is felt greatly throughout the picture. Made by an entire crew of newcomers--director Juan Antonio Bayona, screenwriter Sergio G. Sanchez, director of photography Oscar Faura, composer Fernando Velazquez--THE ORPHANAGE is an extremely accomplished work. The story concerns Laura (Belen Rueda), who has returned with her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and adopted child Simon (Roger Princep) to the large manor where she was raised in an orphanage as a child. Laura is determined to fix up the abandoned house and open it as a refuge for ill children. But from the moment she returns, the past begins to haunt her. It isn't long before she begins to see the children who she used to play with as a seven-year-old. And when Simon goes missing one afternoon, she's convinced that they have taken him hostage. What follows is a murky descent into Laura's mind, where she doesn't know what is real and what is a figment of her tortured imagination. Bayona brings Sanchez's complex script to life with the help of Faura's haunting imagery and Valazquez's atmospheric score. But what makes THE ORPHANAGE an even greater achievement is its insistence on being more than just a superficial scare-fest. Bayona and Sanchez are more interested in deeper themes of memory, loss, and grief, establishing Laura as a mother who feels guilt over not being able to protect her child from outside forces. The result is a film that is both unsettling and moving.

"THE ORPHANAGE is an effectively scary picture about guilt, retribution and acceptance, and it shares some of the spectral potency of Alejandro Amenabar's THE OTHERS." - Kevin, Courrier (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 01/01/2008

"In just a few minutes, Juan Antonio Bayona sets the tone of his eerie, atmospheric first feature....An unexpectedly poignant ghost story..." - Carina, Chocano (Los Angeles Times Critic), Los Angeles Times, 12/28/2007

3 stars out of 4 -- "A frightening movie that earns its scares the hard way, generating unbearable tension through artful technique instead of computer." - Peter, Travers (Rolling Stone Critic), Rolling Stone, 01/24/2008

4 stars out of 5 -- "An unsettling yet refreshing thriller...it generates deep feeling while implicating you in its terrors and traumas..." - Kevin, Harley (Total Film Critic), Total Film, 05/01/2008

4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he story is riveted together by Belen Rueda's performance, a turn constantly on the brink of emotional collapse....The climax is an emotional wallop." - Olly, Richards (Empire Critic), Empire, 04/01/2008

"This is a movie whose power and emotional pitch lie in the understated....A poignant film that looks to the past and the world beyond to illuminate the realities of the present." - Maria M., Delgado (Sight & Sound Film Critic), Sight and Sound, 04/01/2008

4 stars out of 5 -- "THE ORPHANAGE -- produced by Del Toro -- delivers....The moments of horror are effective..." - Michael, Bonner (Uncut Critic), Uncut, 05/01/2008

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Product Title:	The Orphanage (US Version) The Orphanage (US Version) The Orphanage (US Version) The Orphanage (US Version) The Orphanage (US Version)
Also known as:	El Orfanto El Orfanto El Orfanto El Orfanto El Orfanto
Artist Name(s):	Geraldine Chaplin (Actor) | Belen Rueda (Actor) | Fernando Cayo (Actor) | Christine Vachon Geraldine Chaplin (Actor) | 伯蓮露達 (Actor) | 費拿度卡路 (Actor) | Christine Vachon Geraldine Chaplin (Actor) | 伯莲露达 (Actor) | 费拿度卡路 (Actor) | Christine Vachon Geraldine Chaplin (Actor) | Belen Rueda (Actor) | Fernando Cayo (Actor) | Ｃｈｒｉｓｔｉｎｅ Ｖａｃｈｏｎ Geraldine Chaplin (Actor) | Belen Rueda (Actor) | Fernando Cayo (Actor) | Christine Vachon
Director:	Juan Antonio Bayona Juan Antonio Bayona Juan Antonio Bayona Juan Antonio Bayona Juan Antonio Bayona
Producer:	Guillermo Del Toro Guillermo Del Toro Guillermo Del Toro Guillermo Del Toro Guillermo Del Toro
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Release Date:	2008-04-22
Language:	Spanish
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	Spain
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Warner Home Video
Package Weight:	110 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1010727893

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
DTS-ES 6.1
Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Subtitles - English, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes - Rehearsal Studio
Featurettes - 1. WHEN LAURA GREW UP: CONSTRUCTING THE ORPHANAGE
2. TOMAS' SECRET ROOM (THE FILMMAKERS)
3. HORROR IN THE UNKNOWN: MAKEUP EFFECTS
Text/Photo Galleries:
Still Gallery