| Edition |
Director-approved DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (92 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (37 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Playing Time |
013200 |
| Description |
two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vf rdacarrier |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0 rda |
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widescreen |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture lcsh |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 551 |
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Criterion collection ; 551.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation (1.78:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital stereo. |
| Cast |
Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; production designer, Tolita Figueroa ; music, Javier Alvarez ; editor, Raul Davalos ; special effects, Laurencio Cordero. |
| Note |
Title from title frame. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992. |
| Summary |
In the darkness, a clock ticks. Aging antique dealer Jesús Gris marks his time with his granddaughter Aurora, and his wife Mercedes. Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device. The invention of a sixteenth century alchemist who fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition, it grants eternal life and youthful vigor to the user. The only drawbacks are marble white skin that burns under sunlight and an insatiable thirst for human blood. Elsewhere in the city, a dying industrialist obtains the alchemist's journal, learns of the device, and imports his American nephew to track down and obtain the device, by force if necessary. Señor Gris can grasp the gift of time, but the cost is high. Can he keep his soul intact faced with such great temptation, or will he be overcome? |
| Note |
Special features: Commentaries [optional audio] by writer-director Guillermo del Toro or producers, Arthur H. Gorson, Bertha Navarro, and Alejandro Springall [English and Spanish]; Featurettes Geometria [short film] (7 min.); Geometria: Interview [with Guillermo del Toro] (7 min.); Welcome to Bleak House (10 min.); Interviews: Guillermo del Toro (18 min.); Guillermo Navarro (13 min.); Ron Perlman (8 min.); Federico Luppi (6 min.) [Spanish with English subtitles]; Stills gallery [slide show]; Trailer (2 min.); Optional Spanish theatrical voice-over introduction [audio feature]; booklet includes essay "Beautiful Dark Things" by Maitland McDonagh, and excerpts from the director's notes for "Cronos." |
| Awards |
Ariel Awards, 1993 [Mexico's premiere film awards]: Golden Ariel (Guillermo del Toro); Cannes Film Festival, 1993: Mercedes-Benz Award (Guillermo del Toro) |
| Language |
Soundtrack in Spanish with occasional English dialogue; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Subject |
Vampires -- Drama.
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Immortality -- Drama.
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Antiquarians -- Drama.
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Businessmen -- Drama.
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Grandchildren -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Inmortalidad -- Teatro.
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Historiadores -- Teatro.
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Clase alta -- Teatro.
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Antiquarians. (OCoLC)fst00810687
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Businessmen. (OCoLC)fst00842951
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Grandchildren. (OCoLC)fst00946338
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Immortality. (OCoLC)fst00967853
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Vampires. (OCoLC)fst01163968
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Immortality -- Drama.
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Antiquarians -- Drama.
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Businessmen -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Vampire films.
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Horror films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Horror films. (OCoLC)fst01710373
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Vampire films. (OCoLC)fst01710378
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Horror films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films -- Mexico.
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Foreign language films -- Spanish.
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Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- film director, screenwriter.
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Gorson, Arthur H., film producer.
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Navarro, Bertha, film producer.
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Navarro, Guillermo, director of photography.
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Alvarez, Javier, 1956- composer (expression)
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Dávalos, Raúl, editor of moving image work.
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Figueroa, Tolita, production designer.
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Luppi, Federico, actor.
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Perlman, Ron, 1950- actor.
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Brook, Claudio, actor.
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Isabel, Margarita, actor.
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Shanath, Tamara, actor.
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Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico), presenter.
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Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, presenter.
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Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, presenter.
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Universidad de Guadalajara, presenter.
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Producciones Iguana, production company.
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Ventana Films, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Cronos (Motion picture) |
| Standard No. |
715515048613 |
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00715515048613 gtin-14 |
| ISBN |
9781604651836 |
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1604651830 |
| Music No. |
229468002 The Criterion Collection |
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CC1944D Criterion Collection |
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