Pan's Labyrinth [Spanish Packaging]

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Overview

Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro returns to the phantasmagorical cinema that defined such early fare as Cronos and The Devil's Backbone with this haunting fantasy-drama set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and detailing the strange journeys of an imaginative young girl who may be the mythical princess of an underground kingdom. Her mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), recently remarried to sadistic army captain Vidal (Sergi L?pez) and soon to bear the cruel military man's child, shy young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) is forced to entertain herself as her recently-formed family settles into their new home nestled deep in the Spanish countryside. As Ofelia's bed-ridden mother lies immobilized in anticipation of her forthcoming child and her high-ranking stepfather remains determined to fulfill the orders of General Francisco Franco to crush a nearby guerilla uprising, the young girl soon ventures into an elaborate stone labyrinth presided over by the mythical faun Pan (Doug Jones). Convinced by Pan that she is the lost princess of legend and that in order to return to her underground home she must complete a trio of life-threatening tasks, Ofelia sets out to reclaim her kingdom and return to her grieving father as Vidal's housekeeper Mercedes (Maribel Verd?) and doctor (Alex Angulo) plot secretly on the surface to keep the revolution alive.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/19/2009
UPC:	0794043133329
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	R
Source:	NEW LINE HOME VIDEO
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:59:00
Sales rank:	28,792

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ivana Baquero	Ofelia
Sergi L?pez	Vidal
Doug Jones	Pan/Pale Man
Ariadne Gil	Carmen,Actor
Manolo Solo	Garc?s
C?sar Vea	Serrano
Roger Casamajor	Pedro
Ivan Massagu?	El Tarta
Gonzalo Uriarte	Franc?s
Eusebio L?zaro	Father
Paco Vidal	Priest
Juanjo Cucal?n	Mayor
Lina Mira	Mayor's Wife
Mario Zorilla	First-Aid Boss
Mario Zorrilla	First-Aid Boss
Sebasti?n Haro	Civil Guard Captain
Mila Espiga	Doctor's Wife
Pepa Pedroche	Conchita
Mar?a Jes?s Gattoo	Jacinta
Ana S?ez	Paz
Chani Mart?n	Trigo
Milo Taboada	Young Man
Fernando Albizu	Engineer
Pedro G. Marzo	Manager
Jos? Luis Torrijo	Sergeant Bayona
Jose Torrijos	Sergeant Bayona
Fernando Tielve	Young Guerrilla No. 2
Maribel Verd?	Mercedes
?lex Angulo	Doctor
Federico Luppi	King
Chicho Campillo	Old Man
Francisco Vidal	Priest
??igo Garc?s	Joven Guerrillero
Brittney Bush	Insect
Elizabeth Irastorza	Fairy/Ballerina
Javier Navarrete	Composer
Pablo Ad?n	Voz fauno / Narrador

Technical Credits

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro	Screenwriter,Producer
Bel?n Atienza	Executive Producer,Producer
Elena Manrique	Executive Producer,Producer
Alfonso Cuar?n	Producer
?lvaro August?n	Producer
Bertha Navarro	Producer
Frida Torresblanco	Producer
Martin Hernandez	Sound/Sound Designer
Miguel Polo	Sound/Sound Designer
Montse Ribe	Makeup Special Effects
Reyes Abades	Special Effects
Emilio Ru?z	Special Effects
?lvaro Augustin	Producer
Edmundo Gil	Producer
Jaime Baksht	Sound Effects
Michelle Couttolenc	Sound Effects
Guiomar Alonso	Stunts
Jeff Barnes	Executive Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Pan's Labyrinth
1. There Lived a Princess [5:50]
2. Captain Vidal [5:38]
3. The Magic Rose [3:21]
4. Fathers and Sons [3:17]
5. Into the Labyrinth [6:41]
6. Mercedes [6:20]
7. The Giant Toad [7:20]
8. A New, Clean Spain [4:23]
9. Take Me to the Labyrinth [3:19]
10. Our Daily Bread in Franco's Spain [2:00]
11. Lullaby [7:20]
12. The Pale Man [6:57]
13. The Maquis [5:21]
14. Skirmish in the Hills [4:55]
15. Torture [3:49]
16. You Failed! [5:00]
17. Magic Does Not Exist [3:28]
18. Take Me With You [6:15]
19. Just a Woman [4:57]
20. Vidal's Wound [6:37]
21. The Blood of an Innocent [9:14]
22. End Titles [6:52]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Pan's Labyrinth
Director's Prologue
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Special Features
Feature Audio Commentary by Director Guillermo del Toro
Marketing Campaign
Poster Art
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spots
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Deadly
Trap
Three Tasks
Top Critics
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Spanish DTS-ES 5.1 Discrete
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 EX Surround Sound
Spanish Stereo Surround Sound
Subtitles: English
Subtitles: Spanish
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Editorial Reviews

While the darkness of Grimm's Fairy Tales has been gradually sanitized by both the passage of time and the growing desire to shelter youngsters from the cruelty of the outside world, Guillermo del Toro has cut away the safety net woven by the overprotective powers that be to craft an intoxicating and original fable with the power to simultaneously enchant and repulse. After seemingly perfecting the melding of historical fact and imaginative fantasy with The Devil's Backbone, a horrified del Toro realized that whatever he thought he knew about war and death had been immediately rendered void when, just two days after the film made its debut at the Toronto Film Festival, the world was forever changed along with the New York skyline. In the aftermath, the filmmaker would escape grim reality by crafting an entertaining pair of CG-heavy Hollywood actioners that, despite outward appearances, still weren't entirely devoid of the political commentary expressed in his most serious-minded work. Now, after proving that he is capable of producing a slick hit despite a frustrating false start in blockbuster-land, del Toro has returned with a companion piece to The Devil's Backbone (a "sister" film in the director's own terms) which delves headlong into the subjects of fascism, brutality, and innocence with an insight he simply didn't have before the modern world plunged into darkness. Just as a film such as The Devil's Backbone couldn't have existed with the Spanish Civil War, a film such as Pan's Labyrinth couldn't exist without the apocalyptically titled War on Terror. It would be impossible to tell a tale as brutal as Pan's Labyrinth without the balance of great beauty, and in the lens of cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, del Toro has found a collaborator capable of carrying his ambitious vision. The composition, color, and stylistic texture of Pan's Labyrinth suggest a fevered child's hallucinatory interpretation of an amalgamation of fairy tales. Of course, in order to achieve such a dramatic effect, the frame demands to be filled not only with phantasmagorical imagery but an exceptional selection of talent as well, and in Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, and Doug Jones, del Toro has found the ideal cast. The initial innocence and subsequent shattering of a young girl who gradually comes to comprehend the inhumanity that surrounds her is heart-wrenchingly realized by Baquero, while Lopez inspires fierce loathing from his initial appearance and Verdú beautifully embodies the spirit of furtive, gentle righteousness right up until the moment she unleashes the fury that has been silently building inside. In his duel roles as the playfully menacing titular faun and the downright terrifying Pale Man, formally trained mime and noted contortionist Doug Jones continues the collaboration with del Toro that began with Mimic to striking effect. If there is truly a modern heir to the Karloff throne, it is almost certainly Jones, whose chameleon-like ability to disappear into a character allows him to instill them the kind of depth and personality that would be near impossible to achieve with even the most advanced computer-generated creation. From del Toro's perfectly balanced screenplay to his assured skills as a visual storyteller, the fearless performances of an immensely talented cast, the sleepy lullaby that forms the foundation of Javier Navarrete's score, and special effects that have the power to dazzle and horrify, all the elements in Pan's Labyrinth fall beautifully into place to form an genuinely affecting adult fairy tale.