| The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Javier Bardem |
Rejas
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| Juan Diego Botto |
Sucre
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| Laura Morante |
Yolanda
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| Elvira Minguez |
Llosa
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| Alexandra Lencastre |
Sylvina
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| Oliver Cotton |
General Merino
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| Abel Folk |
Ezequiel Duran
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| Marie-Anne Verganza |
Laura
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| Elvira Mínguez |
Det. Llosa
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| Luis Miguel Cintra |
Calderon
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| Javier Manrique |
Clorindo
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| Marie-Anne Berganza |
Laura
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| Luís Miguel Cintra |
Calderon
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| Plot |
| Actor John Malkovich made his directorial debut with this tense political drama, set in an unnamed Latin American nation and based on a novel by Nicholas Shakespeare . Agustin Rejas ( Javier Bardem ) is a former lawyer who became a police detective as a more direct way of dealing with crime and justice. Rejas has been assigned to investigate a group of terrorists who are determined to up-end the current government through any means necessary, from revolting pranks (such as leaving dead animals, painted with revolutionary rhetoric, around the capitol building) to bombings and assassinations. Rejas knows little about the terrorists, and no one on the force is certain of the identity or whereabouts of the group's leader, who calls himself President Ezequiel. As Rejas learns more about Eziquiel and his group, they begin stepping up their actions, making his investigation all the more urgent. Meanwhile, Rejas is single father whose daughter is taking dance lessons from Yolanda ( Laura Morante ); as Rejas and Yolanda get to know one another, a romance begins to grow between them, but in time, Rejas begins to suspect that the woman he loves is working with the terrorists he's been trying to ferret out. The Dancer Upstairs received its North American premier at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival . — Mark Deming |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Crime; Drama; Thriller |
| Director |
John Malkovich |
| Producer |
John Malkovich; Andres Vicente Gomez |
| Writer |
Nicholas Shakespeare |
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| Studio |
Fox Searchlight |
| Country |
Spain |
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
133 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
1/11/2002 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
48 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
9/15/2003 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
024543088295 |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 5.1
 French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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