Pans Labyrinth Essay

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Industry Research – Pan’s Labyrinth (2007) Production Details Pan’s Labyrinth is a Spanish film that was written, produced and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The 5 production companies involved were New Line Cinema, Tequila Gang, Telecinco Cinema, Estudios Picasso and Esperanto Filmoj. The production budget was an estimated $19,000,000. The film is only available in Spanish with subtitles in various languages, including English. It was edited by Bernat Vilaplana and the cinematography was done by Guillermo Navarro. The music was composed by Javier Navarette. The film starred Ivana Baquero (Ofelia), Doug Jones (Faun & pale man), Sergi Lopez (Vidal), Maribel Verdu (Mercedes) and Ariadna Gil (Carmen). It was filmed in Zaragoza, Castilla y Leon, Segovia and Madrid, all in Spain. Distribution Details The UK theatrical distribution company was StudioCanal UK and the theatrical distribution company for Spain was Picturehouse. It was premiered at Cannes Film Festival on May 27th 2006 and has been critically acclaimed since.. It won academy awards for best cinematography, best make up and best art direction. Director Guillermo Del Toro describes it as “A fairy tale for adults.” It is available on DVD in 1 disc and 2 disc editions or Blu-Ray regular or special edition. It was released on DVD on May 15th 2007 and has sold $41,001,939 of DVDs. Exhibition details Pan’s Labyrinth was released in Spain on 29th December 2006 and finished screening on June 14th 2007. It grossed a total of $5,556,152 in the UK, $11,774,277 in Spain and made a total of $83,258,226 worldwide. It is rated a 15 in England and Spain and R in the US. It is Picturehouse’s highest grossing film to date. It received very good reviews with a rating of 8.3/10 on IMDB and 96% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Empire Magazine gave it a 5 star rating and described it as “Dark, twisted and beautiful,

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