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Release Date:
27 June 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen
Plot:
A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child...
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Awards:
1 win
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6 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Lennon, Manson and me: the psychedelic cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky
(From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 4:10 PM, PST)
Little Scene: The Films of Alejandro Jordorowsky
(From t5m.com. 10 September 2009, 9:36 AM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 4:10 PM, PST)
Little Scene: The Films of Alejandro Jordorowsky
(From t5m.com. 10 September 2009, 9:36 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Axel Jodorowsky | ... | Fenix |
| Blanca Guerra | ... | Concha |
| Guy Stockwell | ... | Orgo |
| Thelma Tixou | ... | The Tattooed Woman |
| Sabrina Dennison | ... | Alma |
| Adan Jodorowsky | ... | Young Fenix |
| Faviola Elenka Tapia | ... | Young Alma |
| Teo Jodorowsky | ... | Pimp |
| María de Jesús Aranzabal | ... | Fat Prostitute (as Ma. De Jesus Aranzabal) |
| Jesús Juárez | ... | Aladin |
 | Sergio Bustamante | ... | Monsignor |
| Gloria Contreras | ... | Rubi |
| S. Rodriguez | ... | The Saint |
| Zonia Rangel Mora | ... | Trini |
| Joaquín García Vargas | ... | Box-office Attendant (as Borolas) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Holy Blood (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for bizarre, graphic violence and sensuality, and for drug content. (edited version)
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Runtime:
123 min | 120 min (cut version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (1991) (edited version) |
USA:Unrated (1990) (rating surrendered) |
USA:NC-17 (uncut video version) |
South Korea:18 |
Italy:VM14 |
Australia:R |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) (uncut version) |
France:-16 |
Germany:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
Canada:R (Ontario)
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As a tribute to Mexican horror films, Santa sangre (1989) includes a scene with masked wrestlers and a "superwoman" named La Santa.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When the elephant is dying, all the close-ups of its trunk bleeding show the trunk to be clean. All the long shots of the elephant show it's trunk covered in blood.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
[Fenix crouches naked atop a tree trunk in his barren asylum room]
Doctor: [enters along with orderlies pushing a food cart] Fenix. Please...
[offers him a normal meal]
Doctor: Eat like a human being.
[pause]
Doctor: [puts the tray back down and offers him a raw fish]
Fenix: [howls]
[jumps down and grabs the fish]
Fenix: Grr!
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[Fenix crouches naked atop a tree trunk in his barren asylum room]
Doctor: [enters along with orderlies pushing a food cart] Fenix. Please...
[offers him a normal meal]
Doctor: Eat like a human being.
[pause]
Doctor: [puts the tray back down and offers him a raw fish]
Fenix: [howls]
[jumps down and grabs the fish]
Fenix: Grr!
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Zomergasten: (#16.3)" (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Marcha funebre
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I saw the U.S. premiere of this movie at the DC FilmFest. I was intrigued by the thought of a man who makes movies once every 15 years.
Well, I'll tell you. The people sitting next to me left 10 - 15 minutes into the movie. If you can get through the first 30 minutes, it is worthwhile.
Of course, I am into very surrealistic movies and ones that address the question of what is real and what is not.
After seeing it, the visuals have stayed with me over the years. A powerful movie for the adventurous.