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The sea inside [videorecording (DVD)] /

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 20893 | Alliance AtlantisLanguage: French, Spanish Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: Spanish Publication details: Montreal, Quebec : distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Atlantis/Motion Picture Distribution c2005.Description: 1 videodisc (125 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cmOther title:
  • Original Spanish title: Mar adentro [videorecording (DVD)]
  • French title from container: Mer interieure [videorecording (DVD)]
Subject(s): Production credits:
  • Producers, Alejandro Amenabar, Fernando Bovaira ; screenplay, Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil ; director, Alejandro Amenabar.
Awards:
  • Academy Awards, USA: 2004, Oscar - Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (Spain).
Cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo and Clara Segura.Summary: Ramon Sampedro wants to end his life because a diving accident 28 years before that turned him into a quadriplegic. For most of those years he made the most of it: writing, developing a close relationships with his family, who all help to care for him. While grateful to his family and friends for their help, Ramon was always an active person. He has come to see his life as frustrating and pointless and wishes to die with what remains of his dignity. Gene is a friend who works with a "Right to Die" organization who introduces Ramon to Julia, a lawyer he hopes will help him persuade the courts to let him end his own life. As Ramon and Julia work together on his case, Ramon finds himself falling in love with his attorney, but Ramon remains convinced that the greatest gift to him would be an end to his life.
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Movies Markdale Branch Shelves Sea Thriller (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33436003001358

Based on a true story.

Program content : New Line Features, Inc., 2004.

Special features: Director commentary ; deleted scenes ; "A trip to 'The sea inside'": a making-of documentary ; storyboards ; theatrical trailer.

Aspect ratio: widescreen (2.35:1).

Producers, Alejandro Amenabar, Fernando Bovaira ; screenplay, Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil ; director, Alejandro Amenabar.

Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo and Clara Segura.

Ramon Sampedro wants to end his life because a diving accident 28 years before that turned him into a quadriplegic. For most of those years he made the most of it: writing, developing a close relationships with his family, who all help to care for him. While grateful to his family and friends for their help, Ramon was always an active person. He has come to see his life as frustrating and pointless and wishes to die with what remains of his dignity. Gene is a friend who works with a "Right to Die" organization who introduces Ramon to Julia, a lawyer he hopes will help him persuade the courts to let him end his own life. As Ramon and Julia work together on his case, Ramon finds himself falling in love with his attorney, but Ramon remains convinced that the greatest gift to him would be an end to his life.

Region 1 videodisc, InterActual Player 2.0.

System requirements for DVD-ROM and on-line features. A computer running Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher, the (included) InterActual Player installed. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Macromedia Flash 6.0 and an internet connection, a DVD-ROM drive and a software or hardware DVD players. This DVD will not work in a CD-ROM drive and the DVD-ROM features are not available on Apple MacIntosh. New Line Home Entertainment, Inc. is not responsible for maintaining access to any web site or its content. Some advanced features may not function on some players.

In Spanish or dubbed French with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, USA: 2004, Oscar - Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (Spain).

N/A PG dg. Please add note on workslip for processing: In Spanish with English subtitles.

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