Babel.
A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother. It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children.
Record details
- ISBN: 1415728550
- ISBN: 9781415728550
- ISBN: 1415728593
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen edition.
- Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the idea by Guillermo Arriaga and Alejandro González Iñárritu. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; edited by, Stephen Mirrione ; music by, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Brigitte Broch ; visual effects supervisor, Lon Molnar. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Koji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Mustapha Rachidi. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R; for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use. |
System Details Note: | DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
Language Note: | Closed-captioned. Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, and with optional subtitles in English or Spanish. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Tourists > Drama. Americans > Morocco > Drama. Farmers > Morocco > Drama. Firearms > Morocco > Drama. Nannies > California > San Diego > Drama. Deaf > Japan > Drama. Fathers and daughters > Japan > Drama. Communication > Drama. |
Genre: | Feature films. Action and adventure films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Adventure. |
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cameron Public Library | DVD DRAMA BABEL (Text) | 32311111190665 | DVD | Available | - |