a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title tur

a Classification number DVD 004983

a Personal name Alejandro GonzálezsInarritu

a Title Babel

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc France

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2006

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Paramount

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2006

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Paramount

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Mexico

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2006

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Paramount

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 143 min.

a General note If You Want to be Understood...Listen

a Summary, etc 4 interlocking stories all connected by a single gun all converge at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan that is literally the size of the state of California. Then, on the opposite side of the world the married couple's Mexican nanny takes the couple's 2 children with her to her son's wedding in Mexico, only to come into trouble on the return trip. Combined, it provides a powerful story and an equally powerful looking glass into the lives of seemingly random people around the world and it shows just how connected we really are.

a Summary, etc "In Gen. 11:9, the name of Babel is etymologized by association with the Hebrew verb balal, 'to confuse or confound'" (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/babel)..."Babel", through a series of misunderstandings, interweaves the unfortunate circumstances of a Moroccan, an American, a Mexican and a Japanese family. A Moroccan family acquires a rifle to protect their goats. An American woman, on a bus tour with her husband, is accidentally shot, which is in turn grossly exaggerated by the press who are quick to label the incident as a "terrorist attack". The same couple's children accompany their long-time caretaker to Mexico to attend her son's wedding, where upon re-entering the United States face problems. A Japanese widower confronts difficulties in communicating with his deaf teenage daughter whom simply craves human contact.

a Summary, etc Richard and Susan are a couple from San Diego, California who are vacationing in Morocco while their two children are at home with their Mexican housekeeper, Amelia. A rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman's young sons, who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and hit Susan in the shoulder, causing her severe injury. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation, who shortly departs for Mexico to attend her son's wedding, with Richard and Susan's children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies, with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media, while Amelia meets with trouble at the Mexican border when she attempts to return to San Diego with Richard and Susan's children. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower tied to the rifle in question, a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy, attempts to deal with the memories of his recently deceased wife and his strained relationship with his deaf teenage daughter.

a Language note Languages : English, Turkish

a Language note Subtitles : English, Turkish

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thriller

a Personal name Pitt, Brad,

d Dates associated with a name 1963-

a Personal name Cate Blanchett

a Personal name Mohamed Akhzam

a Personal name Peter Wight

a Personal name Harriet Walter

a Personal name Trevor Martin

a Personal name Matyelok Gibbs

a Personal name Georges Bousquet

a Personal name Claudine Acs

a Personal name André Oumansky

a Personal name Michael Maloney

a Personal name Dermot Crowley

a Personal name Wendy Nottingham

a Personal name Henry Maratray

a Personal name Linda Broughton

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u Cover Images http://library.neu.edu.tr/uploaded-files/coverimages/tt0449467.jpg