Babel
(DVD)

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

Based on the idea by Guillermo Arriaga and Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; editors, Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Brigitte Broch ; visual effects supervisor, Lon Molnar.

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Koji Yoshida, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Mustapha Rachidi.

A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother. It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children.

MPAA rating: R; for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.

Cannes Film Festival, 2006: Best Director (Alejandro González Iñárritu) ; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Alejandro González Iñárritu) ; Technical Grand Prize (Stephen Mirrione).

Academy Award Nomination 2006 Best Picture.

Academy Award Nomination 2006 Actress in a Supporting Role.

Academy Award Nomination 2006 Directing.

Academy Award Nomination 2006 Film Editing.

Academy Award Winner 2006 Music (Original Score).

Academy Award Nomination 2006 Writing (Original Screenplay).