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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Pedro Almod?var |
| Stars: |
Peter Coyote |
| Actors: |
Ver?nica Forqu??2005753879 |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Racy · Black Comedy · Comedy · Spanish |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS/EP |
| UPC: |
031398610236 |
| Release Date: |
1994 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 49min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Spanish |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 54min
Release Company: Image Entertainment, Inc. (July 21, 1998)
UPC: 014381418927 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Subtitled, 1hr 49min
Release Company: Trimark Home Video (August 27, 1996)
UPC: 031398610335 |
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Professional Reviews
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(05/06/1994, p.F6, Kevin Thomas): "...Almodovar's exuberant style remains intact; he's one director who's intensely verbal yet always keeps his films moving, always inspiring trust in his actors to cast away virtually all their inhibitions..." |
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Spanish director Pedro Almod?var spins out enough frenetic material for four normal movies in this penetrating satire. Peter Coyote costars as Nicholas, an American writer living in Spain whose wife has killed herself, and whose stepson, Ramon (Alex Casanova), is obsessive and narcoleptic. Ramon's ex-girlfriend, Andrea "Scarface" Garacortada is a TV show host for a program that could be called "Spain's Most Violent Home Videos." Played by Spanish star Victoria Abril, Andrea is seductive, manipulative, and will stop at nothing to get a story, spending most of the movie with a camera strapped to the top of her head. Then there is Kika (Ver?nica Forqu?), a flighty make-up artist in love with Nicholas but engaged to Ramon. When the sexually superhuman brother of Kika's lesbian maid (Rossy De Palma) rapes Kika in a very bizarre scene, this somehow causes all the links to come together, as the footage of the rape ends up on Andrea's show, and sinister secrets come out from all directions. With topics ranging ... |
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