The Criterion Collection
Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro
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Cronos | The Devil's Backbone | Pan's Labyrinth
Licensor Information
Tequila Gang S.A. de C.V., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Featuring: Federico Luppi, Ivana Baquero, Ron Perlman, Sergi López, Claudio Brook, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones
Throughout a career that encompasses both visually arresting art-house hits and big-budget Hollywood spectacles, director Guillermo del Toro has continually redefined and elevated the horror genre with his deeply personal explorations of myths and monsters. These three Spanish-language films, each a tale of childhood in troubled times, showcase his singular fusion of the fantastic and the real. Drawing inspiration from a rich variety of sources, from Alfred Hitchcock to Francisco de Goya, the gothic-infused stories collected here—populated by vampires, ghosts, and a fairy-tale princess—make evident why del Toro is considered the master cinematic fabulist of our time.
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Cronos
Year: 1993
Time: 92
Aspect Ratios
1.78:1
Audio
Spanish DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
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The Devil's Backbone
Year: 2001
Time: 108
Aspect Ratios
1.85:1
Audio
Spanish DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Streaming Options
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Pan's Labyrinth
Year: 2006
Time: 119
Aspect Ratios
1.85:1
Audio
Spanish DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Spanish DTS-HD MA Surround 7.1
Streaming Options
Rent
Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (3 Discs)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78:1
1.85:1
Audio Options:
Spanish DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
Spanish DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Spanish DTS-HD MA Surround 7.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Interview, Documentary, Interactive Feature, Audition Footage, Video Presentation, Theatrical Trailer, TV Spot, Alternate Soundtrack, Short Film, Gallery, Introduction, Deleted Scenes, Storyboard Comparison, Storyboards, Book
- Optional original Spanish-language voice-over introduction
- Audio commentary featuring Guillermo del Toro
- Audio commentary with producers Arthur H. Gorson and Bertha Navarro and coproducer Alejandro Springall
- Geometria, an unreleased 1987 short horror film by del Toro, finished in 2010, with a new video interview with the director
- Welcome to Bleak House, a video tour by Guillermo del Toro of his home offices, featuring his personal collections
- New video interviews with Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo Navarro, and actor Ron Perlman
- Video interview with actor Federico Luppi
- Stills gallery
- Trailer
- Audio commentary featuring Guillermo del Toro
- Video introduction by Guillermo del Toro from 2010
- New and archival interviews with Guillermo del Toro about the creation of his film
- ¿Que es un fantasma?, a 2004 making-of documentary
- Interactive director’s notebook
- Four deleted scenes, with commentary by Guillermo del Toro
- New interview with scholar Sebastiaan Faber about the film’s depiction of the Spanish Civil War
- Program comparing Del Toro’s thumbnail sketches and Carlos Giménez’s storyboards with the final film
- Selected on-screen presentation of Del Toro’s thumbnail sketches
- Trailer
- Audio commentary by Guillermo del Toro from 2007
- New interview with Guillermo del Toro by novelist Cornelia Funke about fairy tales, fantasy, and Pan’s Labyrinth
- New interview with actor Doug Jones
- Four 2007 making-of documentaries, examining the characters, production, special effects, themes, and music of the film
- Interactive director’s notebook
- Footage of actor Ivana Baquero’s audition for the film
- Animated comics featuring prequel stories for the film’s menagerie of creatures
- Programs comparing selected production storyboards and del Toro’s thumbnail sketches with the final film; visual effects work for the Green Fairy; and elements of the film’s score
- Trailers
- TV spots
- A 100-page hardcover book featuring an introduction by author Neil Gaiman and essays by critics Michael Atkinson, Mark Kermode, and Maitland McDonagh, along with production notes and sketches by Guillermo del Toro and illustrators Carlos Giménez and Raúl Monge
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Cronos
The Devil's Backbone
Pan's Labyrinth
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Release Notes on Restoration
Cronos
Cronos is presented in the director’s preferred aspect ratio of 1.78:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On widescreen televisions, the image should fill the screen. Director Guillermo del Toto and director of photography Guillermo Navarro supervised this new high-definition digital transfer, which was created in 2K resolution on a Spirit 4K Datacine from the original 35mm camera negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTI’s DRS system and Pixel Farm’s PFClean system, while Digital Vision’s DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.
The stereo soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from a 35mm LT/RT magnetic soundtrack. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.
The stereo soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from a 35mm LT/RT magnetic soundtrack. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil’s Backbone is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this format. Supervised by director Guillermo del Toto and director of photography Guillermo Navarro supervised, this new high-definition digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on an ARRISCAN film scanner from the original 35mm camera negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, and warps were manually removed using MTI’s DRS and Pixel Farm’s PFClean, while Image Systems’ Phoenix was used for small dirt, grain management, jitter, and flicker.
The original 5.1 surround soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from the 35mm 6-channel magnetic track. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.
The original 5.1 surround soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from the 35mm 6-channel magnetic track. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan’s Labyrinth is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this format. For its theatrical release, the film was completed in a 2K digital intermediate finishing process from the 35mm original camera negative. That digital intermediate provided the highest level of faithfulness to director Guillermo del Toro’s original vision. For this release, further color changes were made throughout the feature to fully realize that vision. The film features a fully digital soundtrack. The surround audio for this release was remastered from the original digital audio master files using Pro Tools HD.