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Cria Cuervos (Criterion Collection)
Starring: Héctor Alterio , Geraldine Chaplin , Florinda Chico , German Cobos , and Mirta Miller
Director: Carlos Saura
Manufacturer: Criterion
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000QXDFR6
Release Date: 2007-08-14

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Question about item
Bootlegged NTSC TV shot with a blurred lens
Another gullible consumer
WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!
available elsewhere as a licensed DVD

Cria
Starring: Geraldine Chaplin , and Ana Torrent
Director: Carlos Saura
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
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ASIN: B000278Y68
Release Date: 2003-06-17

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Question about item .......2007-03-18

I have not opened the DVD and did not no how to contact you. It says it is dubbed in spanish which I do not understand because it is a spanish made film. So I have been concerned about opening it to see if actully is dubbed or the authentic actors speaking. Do you recommend I open it to see of would you rather I just return it? Please let me know. I have rated this item as 5 stars because this program insists I give it a rating. I am certain it is in perfect condition just uncertain if it is what I want or need as I use movied to teach culture in my Spanish classes. Thank you,
Linda

Bootlegged NTSC TV shot with a blurred lens.......2006-06-13

I agree with the other reviewers about the awful quality of this DVD. They didn't mention the high noise floor and bathroom resonance of the sound track.

Another gullible consumer.......2006-04-20

I too was duped by this incredibly poor quality, obviously bootlegged copy of Cria! I was excited by the possiblity of a DVD version of this wonderful film, but it certainly was too good to be true, thanks to "Miracle Pictures" whoever they are. I really wish I had taken the time to read the reviews before purchasing. I won't make that mistake twice.

I am shocked that Amazon should still be selling such an item, with complaints dating back as far as 2004. PLEASE TAKE IT OFF YOUR CATALOGUE. Someone should do something to prevent this trade in such garbage.

PS. I had to give this 1 star, but really I give it a big 0.

WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!.......2006-03-27

I had long looked forward to seeing this superb Spanish movie on DVD. "Cria" {1976} is a masterpiece in the political movie genre, a telling critique of the baleful effects of Franco's Fascist regime on Spanish society as seen through the eyes of a little girl. Ana Torrent, at only age 9, delivers one of the best performances by a child actor I have ever seen.

But who is responsible for this cheap, amaterish DVD production? It is much worse than the 1988 VHS edition, with washed-out and grainy textures and with the subtitles virtually unreadable.

It is a disaster. Carlos Saura-the writer-director, Ana Torrent and the other excellent makers and performers of this great movie deserve so much better.

Maybe Criterion will sometime give this great movie the care and attention it deserves, like they did recently for the great 1952 French film "Forbidden Games".

Blaine in Seattle.

available elsewhere as a licensed DVD.......2005-12-14

A Region 2/PAL DVD with removable English subtitles, and excellent picture quality, is available from many sellers in Europe under the Spanish title "Cría Cuervos". DVDGO is one such seller, find them via your favorite search engine. Don't settle for a terrible quality bootleg.

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Dios los Cria
Starring: Su Carnal Marcelo , Nini Marshall , Ramon Valdez , Elvira Lodi , and Celia Viveros
Manufacturer: Laguna Films
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000BEZR3K
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Cria! (Raise Ravens) (Cría cuervos) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]

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Absolute cinematic classic

Cria! (Raise Ravens) (Cría cuervos) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
Director: Carlos Saura
Manufacturer: Manga Films
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000FMPHTM

Product Description

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Subtitles), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SYNOPSIS: In haunting memories, a woman relives the disturbing summer of her father´s death. Outside her father´s bedroom door, the nine-year-old Ana hears him making love to his best friend´s wife, then take his last gasp of breath. When, years earlier, her mother died of cancer, Ana blamed her father; now she blames herself for his demise. In Saura´s compelling vision of the child´s world, past and present blend imperceptibly. Fantasy and reality become one as dead characters take their place beside the living. Cria! is graced by two remarkable actresses: Ana Torrent (The Spirit of the Beehive) as the guilt-ridden girl and Geraldine Chaplin (Peppermint Frappe) as both the grown-up Ana and her deceased mother. SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Filmographies,

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Absolute cinematic classic.......2007-02-21

For anyone who is looking for this film, this is the definitive DVD version as far as i know. I believe this is the official Spainish DVD. The qulity is excellent, no faults. You do need a multi-regional DVD player if you're in the US or not in Region 2.

This film should be better known because it's a classic and a masterpiece. It should be shown in Cinema classes, or at least Spanish cinema. Anyone who enjoyed Ana Torrent in "Spirit of the Beehive" will definetely enjoy her in this performance, she does not look much older, but a little. She does more things, feels more emotions and has a much more developed character - IMO. This movie is deep, and shot in a very creative style. The script is perfect. Anyway, this film is incredible. Very highly recommended.

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Cría Cuervos [Region 2 Import - Spain]

ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000I3QFAI

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Dios los Cria
Starring: Alicia Encinas , Vicente Fernandez , Monica Prado , Carlos Riquelme , and Maria Carolina Salome
Manufacturer: Laguna Films
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ASIN: B000AJJNCM
Release Date: 2004-02-16

Carmen (Multi-language Edition) [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]

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Carmen (Multi-language Edition) [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
Director: Carlos Saura
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Main Language: Spanish
Subtitles:
Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish

ASIN: B000TBW8SW

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Please note that this DVD Set is in PAL, Region 2 format and will not play on most North American DVD players. ------------------------------------ Synopsis: Director Carlos Saura's Carmen develops a fictional story revolving around the rehearsals of Georges Bizet's opera about the brash and colorful cigarette factory woman and her dalliance with the soldier Don José, and eventual love for Escamillo, the bullfighter. Saura introduces exciting flamenco dance scenes and a love story between Antonio (Antonio Gades), the choreographer of the opera, and the actress playing Carmen, Laura del Sol. Joan Sutherland and Paco de Lucía also perform segments from Bizet's 1875 opera. The mix of magical choreography, rousing flamenco dances, and operatic insertions as well as the tongue-in-cheek parodies of the French opera and foreign stereotypes of Spaniards keeps most viewers well entertained throughout. Saura's Carmen won an award for "Artistic Contribution" and for "Technical Achievement" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983, another award for "Technical Achievement" at the 1983 Venice Film Festival, and the "Best Foreign Language Film" award at the 1984 British Academy Awards. It was the second in a trilogy of films choreographed in a similar style by Antonio Gades.

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Cría Cuervos

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