Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (#722, DVD)
Pedro AlmodĆ³varās colorful and controversial tribute to the pleasures and perils of Stockholm syndrome,Ā Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Ā is a rambunctious dark comedy starring Antonio Banderas as an unbalanced but alluring ex-mental-patient and Victoria Abril as the B-movie and former porn star he takes prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of AlmodoĢvarās international sensationĀ Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,Ā this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the worldās most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the directorās great cinematographer, JoseĢ Luis Alcaine.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Pedro AlmodoĢvar and executive producer AgustiĢn AlmodoĢvar, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro AlmodoĢvar; AgustiĢn AlmodoĢvar; actors Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Loles LeoĢn, and Rossy de Palma; production manager Esther GarciĢa; and cinematographer JoseĢ Luis Alcaine
- New interview with AlmodoĢvar collaborator and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker
- Conversation from 2003 between Pedro AlmodoĢvar and Banderas
- Footage from the filmās 1990 premiere party in Madrid
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A 1990 piece about the film by Pedro AlmodoĢvar, a conversation between critic Kent Jones and filmmaker Wes Anderson, and an interview with AlmodoĢvar from 1989
New cover by Malika Favre
Pedro AlmodĆ³varās colorful and controversial tribute to the pleasures and perils of Stockholm syndrome,Ā Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Ā is a rambunctious dark comedy starring Antonio Banderas as an unbalanced but alluring ex-mental-patient and Victoria Abril as the B-movie and former porn star he takes prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of AlmodoĢvarās international sensationĀ Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,Ā this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the worldās most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the directorās great cinematographer, JoseĢ Luis Alcaine.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Pedro AlmodoĢvar and executive producer AgustiĢn AlmodoĢvar, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro AlmodoĢvar; AgustiĢn AlmodoĢvar; actors Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Loles LeoĢn, and Rossy de Palma; production manager Esther GarciĢa; and cinematographer JoseĢ Luis Alcaine
- New interview with AlmodoĢvar collaborator and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker
- Conversation from 2003 between Pedro AlmodoĢvar and Banderas
- Footage from the filmās 1990 premiere party in Madrid
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A 1990 piece about the film by Pedro AlmodoĢvar, a conversation between critic Kent Jones and filmmaker Wes Anderson, and an interview with AlmodoĢvar from 1989
New cover by Malika Favre
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Pedro AlmodĆ³varās colorful and controversial tribute to the pleasures and perils of Stockholm syndrome,Ā Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Ā is a rambunctious dark comedy starring Antonio Banderas as an unbalanced but alluring ex-mental-patient and Victoria Abril as the B-movie and former porn star he takes prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of AlmodoĢvarās international sensationĀ Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,Ā this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the worldās most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the directorās great cinematographer, JoseĢ Luis Alcaine.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Pedro AlmodoĢvar and executive producer AgustiĢn AlmodoĢvar, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro AlmodoĢvar; AgustiĢn AlmodoĢvar; actors Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Loles LeoĢn, and Rossy de Palma; production manager Esther GarciĢa; and cinematographer JoseĢ Luis Alcaine
- New interview with AlmodoĢvar collaborator and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker
- Conversation from 2003 between Pedro AlmodoĢvar and Banderas
- Footage from the filmās 1990 premiere party in Madrid
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A 1990 piece about the film by Pedro AlmodoĢvar, a conversation between critic Kent Jones and filmmaker Wes Anderson, and an interview with AlmodoĢvar from 1989
New cover by Malika Favre