| | | From the Director of Blade II and Hellboy!
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From Guillermo Del Toro, director of Devils' Backbone, Blade 2, and Hellboy. Pan's Labyrinth is a fanciful and chilling story set against the backdrop of a fascist regime in 1944 rural Spain. The film centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father; a military officer tasked with riding the area of rebels. In her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fantastical creatures and secret destinies. With post-war repression at its height, Ofelia must come to terms with her through a fable of her own creation. This film is on more than 100 top ten lists and was recently named Best Picture of 2006 by the National Society of Film Critics.
"...swift and accessible entertainment, blunt in its power and exquisite in its effects." A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Literally and figuratively marvelous, a rich, daring mix of fantasy and politics." J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
"A critic trots out the word "masterpiece" at his own peril, but there it is." Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
"...a fairy tale for adults that is violent, sometimes shocking, yet utterly engrossing." Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
"...like no movie you've seen before, a haunting mixture of horror, history and fantasy..." Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail
"On the same altar of high fantasy as The Lord of the Rings trilogy." Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"A brilliant work of the imagination capable of truly seizing and igniting our fantasies." Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
"The best film of the year." Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
Editor's Note
IN THEATERS DECEMBER 29, 2006HELLBOY director Guillermo del Toro returns with PAN'S LABYRINTH, the tale of a young girl who willingly surrenders herself to her fantasies to block out life in rural Spain during the 1950s.
| Features | Audio: Spanish Dolby Digital | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 12/26/2007 |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 1000032076 | | UPC: 00794043111129 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Spanish | | Available Audio Tracks: Spanish | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (2007) | | | British Academy Awards, Lala Huete, Best Costume Design | | | British Academy Awards, Alfonso Cuaron, et. al., Best Film not in the English Language | | | British Academy Awards, Jose Quetglas, Blanca Sanchez, Best Make Up & Hair | |
Nominee (2007) | | | Cannes Film Festival, Guillermo del Toro, Golden Palm Award | | | Golden Globe, Pan's Labyrinth, Best Foreign Language Film | |
Winner (2007) | | | Independent Spirit, Guillermo Navarro, Best Cinematography | | | Oscar, Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta, Best Achievement in Art Direction | | | Oscar, Guillermo Navarro, Best Achievement in Cinematography | | | Oscar, David Marti, Montse Ribe, Best Achievement in Makeup | |
Nominee (2007) | | | Oscar, Pan's Labyrinth, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | | | Oscar, Guillermo del Toro, Best Writing, Original Screenplay | | | Oscar, Javier Navarrete, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"For horror that fries your nerves and fires your imagination, Guillermo del Toro is the hellboy of choice." 09/07/2006 p.122Box Office
3 stars out of 5 -- "In his highly atmospheric film, Del Toro extracts some excellent performances, especially Lopez, who makes his character a monster with some human qualities..." 09/01/2006 p.108 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n exquisite, dark carnival destined to unspool again and again through troubled brains on many a sleepless night." 12/01/2006 p.32 Sight and Sound
"[Del Toro] is not only a skilled director mining a rich vein in fantasy/horror; he is an artist full stop....Not only del Toro's best film, but also his most demanding and accomplished..." 12/01/2006 p.67-8 Premiere
4 stars out of 4 -- "Del Toro handles this rich narrative in a way that goes far beyond mere deftness -- this is incredibly passionate filmmaking..." 01/01/2007 p.46 Entertainment Weekly
Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "[A] supple mix of magical realism and surreal movie-technique magic." 12/29/2006 p.102 New York Times
"If this is magic realism, it is also the work of a real magician....[Del Toro is] a thoroughgoing cinephile, steeped in classical technique and film history." 12/29/2006 p.E1 Film Comment
Ranked #15 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006." 01/01/2007 p.36 Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 4 -- "Del Toro never coddles the audience. He means for us to leave PAN'S LABYRINTH shaken to our souls. He succeeds." 01/25/2007 p.78 Movieline's Hollywood Life
"[A] most original picture that is at once a political melodrama, a poignant family drama and a macabre fairy tale." 01/01/2007 p.97 Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "[B]oth a mystical fairy tale and a brutal commentary on the horrors of war....There's no disputing the sheer beauty of del Toro's masterpiece..." 05/01/2007 p.100 ReelViews 9 of 10
One of the most anticipated releases of the 2006 holiday season is the latest offering from Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, whose previous credits include The Devil's Backbone, Blade 2, and Hellboy. With Pan's Labyrinth, del Toro opens a landscape where gothic fantasy elements are infused into the real-life horrors of the second World War...The term "fairy tale" can be used to describe Pan's Labyrinth, and references to The Wizard of Oz are not out of place. However, these should not go along with the expectation that this is a kid-friendly movie, because it is not. It contains scenes of graphic violence and images that will cause all but the most stalwart children to have nightmares...However, the lack of family friendliness does not diminish what del Toro has achieved with this magical motion picture. - James Berardinelli
Reel.com 10 of 10
With Pan's Labyrinth, Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro has created a kind of companion piece to his excellent and eerie 2001 ghost story, The Devil's Backbone. It's a fairytale itself, and also a terrifying story of a child caught in circumstances beyond her control. And for Del Toro, it's simply a glorious achievement, an irresistible and affecting mixture of horror, fantasy, history, and drama...Lately, Del Toro has been working more in Hollywood, helming Blade II and Hellboy. He will soon be back behind the camera to shoot Hellboy 2, and he has a whole slate of projects that he's involved with, including an adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches. It's so excellent that he took a break from that commercial work to make this obviously personal movie. His deep connection to the film touches every frame; it's a labor of love that marks the finest film of his career to date, and one of the very finest movies of 2006. - Pam Grady
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