| The City of Lost Children - La Cité des enfants perdus (1995)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Daniel Emilfork |
Krank
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| Ron Perlman |
One
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| Judith Vittet |
Miette
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| Dominique Pinon |
le scaphandrier/les clones
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| Jean-Claude Dreyfus |
Marcello
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| Geneviève Brunet |
la Pieuvre
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| Odile Mallet |
la Pieuvre
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| Mireille Mossé |
Mademoiselle Bismuth
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| Serge Merlin |
Gabriel Marie (Cyclops Leader)
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| Rufus |
Peeler
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| Genevieve Brunet |
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| Marc Caro |
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| Briac Barthelemy |
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| Plot |
| The fantastic visions of Belgian filmmakers Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet find full fruition in this fairy tale for adults. Evoking utopias and dystopias from Brazil to Peter Pan, Caro and Jeunet create a vivid but menacing fantasy city in a perpetually twilight world. In this rough port town lives circus strongman One (Ron Perlman), who wanders the alleys and waterfront dives looking for his baby brother, snatched from him by a mysterious gang preying upon the children of the town. Rising from the harbor is an enigmatic castle where lives the evil scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who has lost the ability to dream and robs the nocturnal visions of the children he kidnaps, but receives only mad nightmares from the lonely cherubs. Other wild characters include the Fagin-like Octopus--Siamese twin sisters who control a small gang of runaways-turned-thieves--Krank's six cloned henchmen (all played by the memorable Dominique Pinon from Delicatessen), and a giant brain floating in an aquarium (voiced by Jean-Louis Trintignant). Caro and Jeunet are kindred souls to Terry Gilliam (who is a vocal fan), creating imaginative flights of fancy built of equal parts delight and dread, which seem to be painted on the screen in rich, dreamy colors. --Sean Axmaker |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Drama; Fantasy; Foreign; Sci-Fi |
| Director |
Marc Caro; Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Producer |
Arlette Mas; Svetlana Novak; Claudie Ossard |
| Writer |
Gilles Adrien; Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Marc Caro |
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| Studio |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Country |
France
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| Language |
French |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
112 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
12/15/1995 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
654 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
5/13/2005 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396400191 |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
10/19/1999 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Interactive Menus
Theatrical Trailers
Scene Selections |
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