The Orphanage  enlarge Other Views: Director: Juan Antonio Bayona Actors: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla Studio: New Line Home Video Category: DVD List Price: $5.98 Buy New: $2.80 as of 2/8/2012 02:29 CST details You Save: $3.18 (53%) In Stock New (52) Used (122) Collectible (2) from $1.48 Seller: DVDbuffs Sales Rank: 7,972 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Original Language) Rating: R (Restricted) Region: 1 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Running Time: 105 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 MPN: 1000038293 Model: 1000038293 UPC: 794043120718 EAN: 0794043120718 ASIN: B0015ET3YO Release Date: April 22, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Features:   •  Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro (director of Pan's Labyrinth) presents The Orphanage, a chilling ghost story about a woman who discovers dark and horrific secrets hidden within her cherished childhood home and her desperate attempt to rescue her family from the nightmare into which she unwittingly led them.Running Time: 105 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rati Similar Items: Pan's Labyrinth Orphan The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition) Innocent Voices Maria Full of Grace Editorial Reviews: Product Description ORPHANAGE - DVD Movie Amazon.com It's only his first film, but Spain’s Juan Antonio Bayona has already figured out the secret to a successful supernatural thriller: emphasize character over special effects. Like Walter Salles's Dark Water and Alejandro Amenábar's The Others, The Orphanage pivots on a pretty woman and an unusual child. When her old orphanage goes on the market, Laura (Belén Rueda, Amenábar's The Sea Inside) and Carlos (Fernando Cayo) settle in with their son, Simón (Roger Príncep). Once acclimated to the remote seaside surroundings, they plan to re-open it as a home for special-needs children. Meanwhile, their seven-year-old doesn't know he's adopted or that he has a life-threatening illness. He does, however, have a lot of imaginary playmates. When Simón disappears without a trace, his parents contact the police, but to no avail. Because Laura has been hearing odd noises and having strange visions, they proceed to consult a medium. Aurora (Geraldine Chaplin, speaking perfect Spanish) is convinced they aren't alone. Carlos has his doubts, but Laura makes like a detective and revisits her childhood--through photographs, home movies, and exploration of the spooky stone manor--to determine who or what abducted her son. Produced and presented by Guillermo Del Toro, The Orphanage is less fanciful than his works, though it does bear a vague resemblance to the ghostly Devil's Backbone. There are a few gory make-up effects, but Bayona mostly preys on our fear of the unknown to craft a first-rate fright fest. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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