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Apocalypto

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression...

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Corporate Authors: Touchstone Pictures, Icon Productions, Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Gibson, Mel, Davey, Bruce, Safina, Farhad, Youngblood, Rudy, Hernandez, Dalia, Brewer, Jonathan, Birdyellowhead, Morris, Baez, Carlos Emilio, Amilcar, Ramirez, Contreras, Israel, Rios, Israel, Díaz, María Isabel, Cache, Espiridion Acosta, Serbulo, Mayra, Larios, Iazua, Hernández, Lorena, Gutierrez, Itandehui, Gutierrez, Sayuri, Semler, Dean, 1943-, Horner, James
Format: Videos DVD
Language:Mayan languages
Published: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2007], c2006.
Subjects:
Mayas > Drama.
Kings and rulers, Ancient > Drama.
Human sacrifice > Drama.
Temples > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Feature films.
Epic films.
Historical films.
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Summary:As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
Item Description:DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.
Special features: "Becoming Mayan: making 'Apocalypto'" ; deleted scene with optional commentary by director Mel Gibson and co-writer Farhad Safinia ; feature commentary by director Mel Gibson and co-writer Farhad Safinia.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for sequences of graphic violence and disturbing images.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Dean Semler ; editor, John Wright ; music, James Horner ; costume designer, Mayes C. Bubeo ; production designer, Tom Sanders ; hair and make-up designer, Aldo Signoretti.
ISBN:0788868780
9780788868788

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