| The Sea Inside - Mar adentro (2004)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Javier Bardem |
Ramón Sampedro
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| Belén Rueda |
Julia
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| Lola Dueñas |
Rosa
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| Mabel Rivera |
Manuela Sampedro
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| Celso Bugallo |
José Sampedro
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| Clara Segura |
Gené
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| Joan Dalmau |
Joaquín
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| Alberto Jiménez |
Germán
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| Tamar Novas |
Javier Sampedro
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| Francesc Garrido |
Marc
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| Lola Duenas |
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| Alberto Jimenez |
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| Belen Rueda |
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| Plot |
| Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of 2004, The Sea Inside is a life-affirming film about a man who wishes to die. That may seem like a massive contradiction, but in the hands of director Alejandro Amenábar (Open Your Eyes, The Others) and actor Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls), this fact-based Spanish drama concerns the final days of Ramón Sampedro, the quadriplegic poet who waged a controversial campaign for his right to die. He was denied this right for 30 years, and ultimately arranged for his own assisted suicide, but this remarkable film--and Bardem's keenly intelligent performance--examines the hotly-debated issue of assisted suicide with admirable depth and humanity, just as Sampedro did until his death in 1998. For Sampedro, death was preferable to severe paralysis (he even refused to use a wheelchair), but the film does not suggest a "disposable" attitude toward disability. Instead, it's a thoughtful meditation on life and love as gifts to be cherished, and a challenging drama that begs each viewer to examine their own personal beliefs about what makes life worth living. You may not agree with Sampedro and his ultimate denial of life, but The Sea Inside will urge you to ponder how you would react under similar circumstances, and that makes it a profoundly meaningful film. --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Biography; Drama; Foreign |
| Director |
Alejandro Amenábar; Alejandro Amenabar |
| Producer |
Fernando Bovaira; Alejandro Amenabar |
| Writer |
Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
Spain |
| Language |
Spanish |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
125 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
11/14/2004 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
572 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
1/30/2006 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
794043784026 |
| Release Date |
5/17/2005 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.0
 SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Deleted Scenes
Documentaries : A Trip to The Sea Inside
Director Commentary, Storyboards, Photo And Set Design Galleries
Theatrical Trailer
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