Guillermo del Toro

Pan’s Labyrinth

Pan’s Labyrinth

An Academy Award–winning dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, Pan’s Labyrinth encapsulates the rich visual style and genre-defying craft of Guillermo del Toro. Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi López), a sadistic captain in General Francisco Franco’s army, hunts down Republican guerrillas refusing to give up the fight. The violent reality in which Ofelia lives merges seamlessly with her fantastical interior world when she meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child’s imagination and threatening the innocence of youth.

Film Info

  • Spain
  • 2006
  • 119 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • Spanish
  • Spine #838

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • Newly graded 2K digital master, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Alternate 7.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Audio commentary by del Toro from 2007
  • New interview with del Toro by novelist Cornelia Funke about fairy tales, fantasy, and Pan’s Labyrinth
  • New interview with actor Doug Jones
  • Four 2007 making-of documentaries examining the characters, special effects, themes, and music of the film
  • Interactive director’s notebook
  • Footage of actor Ivana Baquero’s audition for the film
  • Animated comics featuring prequel stories for the film’s menagerie of creatures
  • Programs comparing selected production storyboards and del Toro’s thumbnail sketches with the final film; visual effects work for the Green Fairy; and elements of the film’s score
  • Trailers and TV spots
  • English subtitle translation approved by del Toro
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

New cover by Becky Cloonan

Purchase Options

Collector's Sets

Collector's Set

Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro

Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro

Blu-ray Box Set

3 Discs

$79.96

Out Of Print

Collector's Set

Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro

Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro

DVD Box Set

5 Discs

$79.96

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • Newly graded 2K digital master, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Alternate 7.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Audio commentary by del Toro from 2007
  • New interview with del Toro by novelist Cornelia Funke about fairy tales, fantasy, and Pan’s Labyrinth
  • New interview with actor Doug Jones
  • Four 2007 making-of documentaries examining the characters, special effects, themes, and music of the film
  • Interactive director’s notebook
  • Footage of actor Ivana Baquero’s audition for the film
  • Animated comics featuring prequel stories for the film’s menagerie of creatures
  • Programs comparing selected production storyboards and del Toro’s thumbnail sketches with the final film; visual effects work for the Green Fairy; and elements of the film’s score
  • Trailers and TV spots
  • English subtitle translation approved by del Toro
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

New cover by Becky Cloonan

Pan’s Labyrinth
Cast
Ivana Baquero
Ofelia
Sergi López
Vidal
Maribel Verdú
Mercedes
Doug Jones
The faun/The Pale Man
Álex Angulo
Doctor Ferreiro
Ariadna Gil
Carmen
Manolo Solo
Garcés
César Vea
Serrano
Roger Casamajor
Pedro
Ivan Massagué
El Tarta
Gonzalo Uriarte
Francés
Eusebio Lázaro
Padre
Paco Vidal
Sacerdote
Federico Luppi
Rey
Pablo Adán
Narrator/Voice of the faun
Credits
Director
Guillermo del Toro
Written and produced by
Guillermo del Toro
Produced by
Bertha Navarro
Produced by
Alfonso Cuarón
Produced by
Frida Torresblanco
Produced by
Alvaro Augustin
Executive producers
Belen Atienza
Executive producer
Elena Manrique
Director of photography
Guillermo Navarro
Edited by
Bernat Vilaplana
Production design by
Eugenio Caballero
Music by
Javier Navarrete
Sound designer
Martín Hernández
Sound by
Miguel Polo
Makeup effects and animatronics
DDT Efectos Especiales
Visual effects by
CafeFX, Inc.
Special effects supervisor
Reyes Abades
Costume design by
Lala Huete

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