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Tie me up! Tie me down!
Title
Tie me up! Tie me down! / El Deseo, S.A. presents ; a film by Almodóvar ; executive producer, Agustin Almodóvar ; writer and director, Pedro Almodóvar.
ISBN
9781604658729
160465872X
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]
Distribution
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Special features : New documentary on the making of the film including interviews with the producers, cast and crew ; new interview with Almodóvar collaborator Michael Barker ; conversation from 2003 between Almodóvar and Barker ; footage from the film's 1990 premieres in Madrid.
Booklet : Visions of desire: Kent Jones talks to Wes Anderson about Almodóvar -- The birth of Tie me up! Tie me down! / Pedro Almodóvar.
Director of photography, Jose Luis Alcaine ; editor, Jose Salcedo ; music, Ennio Morricone ; costume design, José María de Cossío ; director of production, Esther García.
Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.
Summary
A rambunctious dark comedy. An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a B-movie porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of Almodovar's international sensation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the world₂s most beloved and provocative auteurs.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Spanish
Added to Catalog
May 02, 2016
Series
Criterion collection ; 722.
Credits
Director of photography, Jose Luis Alcaine ; editor, Jose Salcedo ; music, Ennio Morricone ; costume design, José María de Cossío ; director of production, Esther García.
Cast
Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Francisco Rabal.
System details note
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1, 16x9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Sex comedy films.
Dark comedy films.
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