Babel (2006)

Director:

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Writers (WGA):

Guillermo Arriaga (written by)
Guillermo Arriaga (idea) ...
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Release Date:

10 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

If You Want to be Understood...Listen

Plot:

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Plot Keywords:

Children | Rifle | Morocco | Mexican | Mexico

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 37 wins & 85 nominations

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Richard Jones
Cate Blanchett	...	Susan Jones
Mohamed Akhzam	...	Anwar
Peter Wight	...	Tom
Harriet Walter	...	Lilly
Trevor Martin	...	Douglas
Matyelok Gibbs	...	Elyse
Georges Bousquet	...	Robert
Claudine Acs	...	Jane
André Oumansky	...	Walter
Michael Maloney	...	James
Dermot Crowley	...	Barth
Wendy Nottingham	...	Tourist #1
Henry Maratray	...	Tourist #2
Linda Broughton	...	Tourist #3
Jean Marc Hulot	...	Tourist
Aline Mowat	...	Tourist #5
Liliane Escoza	...	Tourist #6
Lynsey Beauchamp	...	Tourist in Morocco (as Lindsey Beauchamp)
Michel Dubois	...	Tourist #8
Shirley Dixon	...	Tourist #9
Patrick Lebre	...	Tourist #10
John O'Mohoney	...	Tourist
Mary Mitchell	...	Tourist #12
Edward Lyon	...	Tourist #13
Robert Fyfe	...	Tourist #14
Abdelaziz Merzoug	...	Waiter Casbah
Omar El Mallouli	...	Bus Driver
El Hassan Ait Bablal	...	Old Man in Car
Sfia Ait Benboullah	...	Anwar's Grandmother
Hammou Aghrar	...	Doctor - Vet
Mohamed Ait Lahcen	...	Sheik
Ali Hamadi	...	Moukadem
Lhacen Znin	...	Store Owner
Mustapha Amhita	...	Mohammed
Mohammed Amal El Koussi	...	Mohammed's Friend #1
Mohamed Nait Addi	...	Mohammed's Friend #3
Mohammed El Bouamraoui	...	Mohammed's Friend #2
Rahmoune Abdelhalim	...	Mohammed's Friend #4
Soukayna Ait Boufakri	...	Yamile
Youssef Boukioud	...	Police at Anwar's #1
Khouyael Houssein	...	Police at Anwar's #1
Alex Jennings	...	Ken Clifford
Commandant Mesbah	...	Helicopter Pilot
Timothy Peter Buxton	...	US Army Medic #1
Mohammed Ourjdal	...	US Army Medic #2 (as Dr. Mohammed Ourjdal)
Aimee Meditz	...	Reporter - US News (as Aimée Meditz)
Mohammed Bennani	...	Moroccan Doctor
Boubker Ait El Caid	...	Yussef
Said Tarchani	...	Ahmed
Mustapha Rachidi	...	Abdullah
Driss Roukhe	...	Alarid
Wahiba Sahmi	...	Zohra
Fadmael Ouali	...	Yasira
Zahra Ahkouk	...	Jamila
Abdelkader Bara	...	Hassan
Ehou Mama	...	Hassan's Wife
Rida Taya	...	Abdullah's 2-Year-Old Son
Salah Mezzi	...	Moroccan Police Officer
Mohamed Atkliss	...	Moroccan Police Officer
Adriana Barraza	...	Amelia
Elle Fanning	...	Debbie Jones
Nathan Gamble	...	Mike Jones
Gael García Bernal	...	Santiago
Monica del Carmen	...	Lucia
Rosa Reyes	...	Comadre
Robert 'Bernie' Esquivel	...	Luis
Damian Garcia	...	Lucio
Barbarella Pardo	...	Amelia's Daughter #1
Úrsula García	...	Amelia's Daughter #2
Cynthia Montaño	...	Patricia
Maripaz Lopez	...	Patricia's Mother
Santiago Lizarraga	...	Tambora Band
Ismael Gregorio	...	Tambora Band
Pedro Sillas	...	Tambora Band
Enrique Garcia Contreras	...	Tambora Band
Fernando Montes Avila	...	Tambora Band
Luis Avila	...	Tambora Band
Eugenio Jara Reynoso	...	Tambora Band
Pedro Cuota	...	Tambora Band
Romeo Echeverria Jimenez El Gitano	...	Musician
Guadalupe Quintero	...	Wedding Band
Mariano Quintero	...	Wedding Band
Eluterio Higuera	...	Wedding Band
Pascual Montaño	...	Wedding Band
Efrain Gonzalez	...	Wedding Band
Claudia Silvia Mendoza	...	Patricia's Grandmother
Norma Samarin	...	Patricia's Aunt
Polo Nuño	...	Jacinto
Jose Campas Agiñaga	...	Amelia's Grandfather
Miguel Maldonado Tinoco	...	Amelia's Father
Rosa Campos Maldonado	...	Amelia's Mother
Emilio Echevarría	...	Emilio
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Officer at Border Crossing
Aaron D. Spears	...	Officer #2 (as Aaron Spears)
Jamie McBride	...	Bill - Border Patrol
Michael Peña	...	John - Border Patrol
Ivor Shier	...	Helicopter Pilot
R.D. Call	...	FBI Interrogation Officer
Rinko Kikuchi	...	Chieko Wataya
Kôji Yakusho	...	Yasujiro Wataya
Yuko Murata	...	Mitsu
Kumi Ohkawatsu	...	Teammate
Miyuki Tamada	...	Teammate
Hirotaka Nabeya	...	Referee #1
Kazuya Senzaki	...	Referee #2
Takanobu Imaizumi	...	Referee #3
Koji Yoshida	...	Volleyball Coach
Saki Kito	...	J-Pop Hostess
Tomomi Kosugi	...	J-Pop Waitress
Noemi	...	J-Pop Waitress
Rika Watanabe	...	J-Pop Waitress
Ran Saotome	...	J-Pop Waitress
Sanae Miura	...	Kumiko
Kazunori Sasaki	...	Young Man
Ryoji Takiguchi	...	Shocked Young Man
Shoushi Nakasone	...	Young Man's Friend
Jun Tanaka	...	Young Man's Friend
Masayuki Ishii	...	Young Man's Friend
Yoshiyuki Yagisawa	...	Young Man's Friend
Hideto Onishi	...	Young Man's Friend
Hiroshi Yazaki	...	Young Man's Friend
Zengo Matayoshi	...	J-Pop Special #1
Koji Morisawa	...	J-Pop Special #2
Sumire Matsumura	...	Receptionist
Qyoko Kudo	...	Mother at Dentist (as Kyoko Saito)
Hazuki Saito	...	Daughter at Dentist
Yu Tanabe	...	Son at Dentist
Kentaro Tokuhiro	...	Patient
Kiichiro Kawauchi	...	Patient
Shigemitsu Ogi	...	Dentist
Tose Fukuda	...	Nurse at Dentist's
Satoshi Nikaido	...	Det. Lt. Kenji Mamiya
Kazunori Tozawa	...	Det. Hamano
Jun'ichi Hayakawa	...	Doorman
Nobushige Suematsu	...	Haruki
Shinji Suzuki	...	Takeshi
Reina Makino	...	Chieko's Girl Friend
Ayako Masagaki	...	Chieko's Girl Friend
Yurie Okada	...	Chieko's Girl Friend
Erika Okada	...	Chieko's Girl Friend
Mika Yokoyama	...	Chieko's Girl Friend
Kimi Unno	...	Chieko's Girl Friend
Kazuma Yamane	...	Kazuma
Hideaki Kunieda	...	Haruki's Friend
Keita Kanegae	...	Haruki's Friend
Tomohiro Higashi	...	Chieko's Boyfriend
Onbou Miura	...	Chieko's Boyfriend
Daiki Inoue	...	Chieko's Boyfriend
Shinichi Osawa	...	Club DJ
Noriko Yamamura	...	Dancer - Club
Motomi Kobayashi	...	Dancer - Club
Akira Matsuda	...	Bartender
Shizue Yamamoto	...	Wife
Kaoru Mihira	...	Chieko's Teammate
Ayaka Kotake	...	Chieko's Teammate
Natsumi Hayashida	...	Chieko's Teammate
Maki Kuraya	...	Chieko's Teammate
Kana Harada	...	Chieko's Teammate
Sayaka Shimizu	...	Chieko's Teammate
Sumie Kobayashi	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Yoko Iwasaki	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Eri Terada	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Reina Aoki	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Naoko Kato	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Ikumi Muramatsu	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Keiko Nakamichi	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Miyuki Kido	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Fumie Takama	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Miki Watanuki	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Aki Yanagisawa	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Megumi Watanabe	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Hanako Komatsu	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Fumie Kikuchi	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Hotomi Nakajima	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Miyuki Aoki	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Yuko Raihon	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Hosana Ueyama	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Erika Nakaya	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Sachiyo Yamashita	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Kaori Shimizu	...	Babel Volleyball Girl
Yuta Hori	...	Tap Dancer
Ikken	...	Tap Dancer
Takayuki Matsumoto	...	Tap Dancer
Maro	...	Juggler
Marie Machida	...	Member of the Theatrical Company
Namiko Hatori	...	Member of the Theatrical Company
Yurako Takano	...	Member of the Theatrical Company
Kiyomi Ensô	...	Member of the Theatrical Company (as Kiyomi Ensou)
Ikue Takada	...	Member of the Theatrical Company
Yoshiki Wakura	...	Member of the Theatrical Company
Yosuke Morita	...	Member of the Theatrical Company
Yuji Inanobe	...	Member of the Theatrical Company
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yoshi Ando	...	Japanese Man (uncredited)
Masami Kosaka	...	Japanese Guy (uncredited)
Linda Sans	...	(voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Alejandro González Iñárritu

Writing credits (WGA)
Guillermo Arriaga		(written by)
Guillermo Arriaga		(idea) and
Alejandro González Iñárritu		(idea)

Produced by
Ahmed Abounouom	....	line producer: Morocco (as Ahmed Jimmy Abounouom)
Steve Golin	....	producer
Alejandro González Iñárritu	....	producer
Norihisa Harada	....	line producer: Japan
Jon Kilik	....	producer
Tita Lombardo	....	line producer: Mexico
Ann Ruark	....	co-producer
Kay Ueda	....	line producer: Japan
Corinne Golden Weber	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Gustavo Santaolalla

Cinematography by
Rodrigo Prieto

Film Editing by
Douglas Crise
Stephen Mirrione

Casting by
Gigi Akoka
Gemma Hancock
Hervé Jakubowicz
Francine Maisler
Juliette Ménager
Yôko Narahashi
Marc Robert
Sam Stevenson

Production Design by
Brigitte Broch

Art Direction by
Miyuki Kitagawa
Rika Nakanishi

Set Decoration by
Yoshihito Akatsuka

Costume Design by
Michael Wilkinson

Makeup Department
Alessandro Bertolazzi	....	key makeup artist: Morocco
Jean Ann Black	....	makeup artist: Mr. Pitt (as Jean Black)
Hiba Boukili	....	assistant hair stylist: Morocco (as Hiba El Boukili)
Nicola Clarke	....	hair stylist: Ms. Blanchett
Raul Covarrubias	....	additional hair stylist: Mexico
Marco Antonio Garcia	....	makeup artist: Mexico (as Marco Antonio García Munguia)
Giorgio Gregorini	....	key hair stylist: Morocco
Khadija Hamdan	....	assistant hair stylist: Morocco (as Khadija Hamdane)
Elvia Felix Herrera	....	assistant hair stylist: Mexico (as Elvia Felix)
Souad Khattabi	....	assistant makeup artist: Morocco (as Souad El Khattabi)
Jim Knell	....	production photographer: Captive Audience Productions
Rebecca Lafford	....	makeup artist: Ms. Blanchett
Vera Mitchell	....	hair designer: Brad Pitt
Alfredo Mora	....	chief makeup artist: Mexico
Eden Orfanos	....	makeup artist
Steve Painter	....	prosthetics supervisor
Steve Painter	....	special makeup effects artist
Darren Robinson	....	prosthetics senior technician
Maribel Romo	....	chief hairdresser: Mexico
Bouchra Sakhi	....	makeup artist
Juan Carlos Trujillo	....	hair stylist: Mexico (as Juan Carlos Trujillo Trinidad)
Greg Cannom	....	age makeup: Brad Pitt (uncredited)
Harvey Lowry	....	director of operations: makeup effects department (uncredited)

Production Management
Ahmed Abounouom	....	production manager
Moncef Belam	....	production team
Alex Corven Caronia	....	production supervisor
Alejandra Cárdenas	....	production supervisor
Marco Giacalone	....	second unit manager
Michael Tinger	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shinichiro Asakura	....	additional assistant director: Japan
Mouhssine El Badaoui	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Kenichi Fukuyama	....	additional assistant director: Japan
Toshitaka Furuike	....	fourth assistant director: Japan
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	....	second unit director
Fumitsugu Ijuin	....	additional assistant director: Japan
Ippei Ishibashi	....	additional assistant director: Japan
Daniel Jacobs	....	second second assistant director: Mexico
Kazumasa Kobayashi	....	additional assistant director: Japan
Mauricio Lule	....	first assistant director: second unit, Mexico (as Mauricio Lule Camacho)
Mauricio Lule	....	second assistant director: Mexico (as Mauricio Lule Camacho)
Shinya Masuda	....	second first assistant director: Japan
Fumiaki Nojo	....	additional assistant director: Japan
Kensuke Shiga	....	second assistant director: Japan
Batan Silva	....	first assistant director (as Sebastián Silva)
Joaquin Silva	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Mariana Silva	....	second assistant director: Mexico
Sadahiro Sonoda	....	third assistant director: Japan
Yuho Tadano	....	additional assistant director: Japan
Ali Tahiri	....	first assistant director: Morocco
Tetsuhiko Tsuchiya	....	additional assistant director: Japan
Julian 'Chico' Valdez	....	additional second second assistant director: Mexico
Takuma Yoshimi	....	first assistant director: Japan
Mohammed Hamza Regragui	....	assistant director: Morocco (uncredited)

Art Department
Abdellah Achir	....	architect
Yoshihito Akatsuka	....	set decorator: Tokyo
Luis Blackaller	....	graphic artist
Luis Blackaller	....	storyboard artist
Alisarine Ducolomb	....	art department coordinator
Said El Kounti	....	prop master
Otniel Gonzalez	....	property master
Aziz Hamichi	....	construction manager
Derek A. Hecker Diaz	....	assistant set dresser: Mexico
Dereck Hecker	....	assistant art director
Nazha Kajja	....	art department coordinator
Elizabeth Keenan	....	assistant production designer
Rafael Mandujano	....	assistant art director
René Marquéz	....	property master
Rika Nakanishi	....	art department coordinator
Bernardo Trujillo	....	consulting art director

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	sound recordist
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound re-recording engineer
Dana Blanco	....	sound effects recordist
Richard Burton	....	dialogue editor
Thierry J. Couturier	....	dialogue editor (as Thierry Couturier)
Sergio Diaz	....	dialogue editor
Jonathan Fuh	....	boom operator
José Antonio García	....	sound mixer
Martín Hernández	....	sound designer
Martín Hernández	....	supervising sound editor
Shawn Kennelly	....	supervising foley editor
Shawn Kennelly	....	supervising foley mixer
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Chris Minkler)
Vince Nicastro	....	foley artist
Alejandro Quevedo	....	sound effects editor
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Rin Takada	....	sound assistant: Japan Unit
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Roland N. Thai	....	co-sound designer
Roland N. Thai	....	supervising sound effects editor
Robert Troy	....	dialogue editor
Carlos Zamorano	....	foley artist
Nourdine Zaoui	....	assistant sound
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
James Bomalick	....	special effects technician: Morocco
Manuel Cordero	....	special effects coordinator: Mexico
Conor Coughlan	....	special effects technician: Morocco
Werner Hahnlein	....	special effects foreman: Morocco
Kevin Hannigan	....	special effects supervisor: Morocco
Michael Kearns	....	special effects technician: Morocco
Osamu Kikegawa	....	special effects coordinator: Japan
Toshio Kishiura	....	special effects coordinator: Japan
Keiichi Nishioka	....	special effects coordinator: Japan
Ruben Rodriguez	....	special effects assistant: Mexico
Mustapha Steila	....	special effects coordinator: Morocco
Keiko Sumikura	....	special effects coordinator: Japan
El Hassan Tib	....	special effects assistant technician: Morocco (as Hassan Tib)
Norimasa Usui	....	special effects coordinator: Japan

Visual Effects by
Casey Allen	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Greg Astles	....	senior digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Darren A. Bell	....	associate visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc. (as Darren Bell)
Kris Carson	....	rotoscope artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Dominic Cheung	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Patrick Flannery	....	visual effects stills photographer
Raymond Gieringer	....	visual effects creative advisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Michael Hatton	....	visual effects technical advisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Chris Ingersoll	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Jeffrey Klug	....	systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Lev Kolobov	....	associate visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Wendy Lanning	....	executive visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Danny Lee	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mai-Ling Lee	....	digital artist
Sam Lee	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Margarida Leong	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Laurence Lok	....	lead compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Jason Maher	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Lon Molnar	....	visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Chris Nokes	....	visual effects production manager: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Brian Nugent	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Ciaran O'Connor	....	junior digital matte painter: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Hojin Park	....	digital compositor
Scott Parker	....	systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Scott Riopelle	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Geoff Sayer	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Michael Shelton	....	visual effects supervisor: Captive Audience
Vicki Silva	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Jeremy Smith	....	digital artist: Cinebyte
Colin Strause	....	2D technical supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Greg Strause	....	lead Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Mehrdad Tavakkolian	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mahvash Tehrani	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Wayne Traudt	....	3D supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Tim Warnock	....	digital matte painter: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Dan Wheaton	....	digital matte painter: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Linda Williams	....	digital intermediate editor
Loeng Wong-Savun	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Diane Wright	....	digital asset manager: Laser Pacific
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	visual effects coordinator: Lola Visual Effects

Stunts
Gerardo Albarrán	....	stunt coordinator: Mexico (as Gerardo Moreno)
Cedric Proust	....	stunt coordinator: Morocco
Joel Proust	....	stunt coordinator: Morocco
Mustapha Touki	....	stunts
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin Aragon	....	grip
Robby Baumgartner	....	gaffer (as Robert Baumgartner)
Berto	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Gilbert Lecluyse)
Juliette Castanier	....	second assistant camera
Arturo Castañeda	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Murray Close	....	still photographer
Martin De Chabaneix	....	second assistant camera
Joseph Dianda	....	key grip
Lahcen Herraf	....	key grip
Trevor Holbrook	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Oscar Inzunza	....	electrician: Mexico
Garth Longmore	....	second assistant camera
Mary Ellen Mark	....	still photographer
Driss Marzak	....	best boy electric
Matías Mesa	....	Steadicam operator
Chris Milani	....	best boy eletric
Yasushi Miyata	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, Tokyo
Yuji Nakaza	....	electric: Japan
Steeven Petitteville	....	first assistant camera
Xavier Pérez Grobet	....	additional photographer: Mexico
Imad Rechiche	....	second assistant camera: Morocco
Bryce Shields	....	video assist operator
Leah Striker	....	first assistant camera
Masanobu Takayanagi	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Tokyo
Masanobu Takayanagi	....	photographer: Japan
Kamaleddine Talmi	....	grip
Eduardo Flores Torres	....	photographer: Mexico
Taylor Tulip-Close	....	assistant still photographer
Yuji Wada	....	co-gaffer Japan unit
Jörg Widmer	....	aerial cinematographer: Morocco
Jörg Widmer	....	camera operator: "c" camera, Morocco

Casting Department
Merry Alderman	....	casting assistant
Mourad Barouche	....	extras casting
Salah Benchegra	....	extras casting
Patti Carns Kalles	....	casting: Seattle
Saad Fekhari	....	casting assistant
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	....	casting consultant
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Kimberly Mullen	....	casting: Florida
Mark Mullen	....	casting: Florida
Jalila Otky	....	casting coordinator
Barbarella Pardo	....	casting assistant
Katie Taylor	....	casting assistant
Alain Aswani	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Blanca Arreola	....	costume assistant
Galaxia Bautista	....	wardrobe assistant
Christine Bieselin Clark	....	assistant costume designer (as Christine Bieselin)
Rebecca Hofherr	....	costumer
Kate Quinlan	....	dresser: Brad Pitt
Dana Schondelmeyer	....	costumes
Dulcie Scott	....	costume supervisor
Stacy Stagnaro	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
Jade E. Chatham	....	editorial production assistant (as Jade Welsh)
Marisa Clayton	....	post-production coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Kyle DeVriendt	....	digital film recordist
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Jamey Hopper	....	vision mixer
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Laser Pacific
Denise Marquez	....	assistant editor
Bill Missett	....	subtitling editor
Rodolfo Ornelas	....	post-production assistant
Robb Porter	....	post-production assistant: Modern VideoFilm
Eric Putz	....	telecine colorist: dailies
Keith H. Sauter	....	first assistant editor
Morio Takahashi	....	workprint timer: Japan
Matthew Evan Walsh	....	post-production coordinator (as Matthew Walsh)
Michael Hatzer	....	final color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Lynn Fainchtein	....	music supervisor
Anibal Kerpel	....	music co-producer
Anibal Kerpel	....	music editor
Anibal Kerpel	....	music mixer
Anibal Kerpel	....	music programmer
Anibal Kerpel	....	music recording engineer
Gustavo Santaolalla	....	music producer
Adrian Nicolas Sosa	....	music score assistant (as Adrian Sosa)

Transportation Department
Hicham Regragui	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Hiam Abbass	....	acting coach
Giovanna Acha Aleman	....	assistant director apprentice
Richie Adams	....	title designer: main and end titles
El Mahjoub Ahbid	....	assistant locations
Saad Ajedigue	....	production assistant
Lucy Amador	....	production accountant: Mexico
Yoshi Ando	....	adr voice artist
Mohamed Atbir	....	production assistant
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	craft service coordinator
Jeremy Bau	....	assistant location manager
Steve Beeson	....	controller
Jinane Ben Zaida	....	assistant production coordinator
Géraldine Bergé	....	assistant to cast
Luis Eduardo Carreola	....	technician: 3CP
Jan Cerwonka	....	studio teacher (as Jeannette Cerwonka)
Houssna Choukri	....	second script supervisor
Nigel Clay	....	production consultant
James Cutting	....	close protection officer
Alice Ding	....	production assistant
Blake Dow	....	photo double
Maureen Duffy	....	completion guarantor
Saida Elidrissi	....	production secretary
Marina Filippelli	....	assistant to line producer
Marina Filippelli	....	production translator
Damien Fitzpatrick	....	helicopter supervisor
Christina Foundation	....	production office coordinator
Katsumi Furuhashi	....	production accountant
Edgar Gallaga	....	set production assistant
Fiona Garland	....	assistant production coordinator
Luisa Gomez da Silva	....	assistant production office coordinator
Desmond Griffiths	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Souheil Halaoui	....	set production assistant
Yari Hernandez	....	assistant: Alejandro González Iñárritu, USA
Patrick Heyerdahl	....	on-set production assistant
Jim Jaffe	....	product placement
Elyse Jerry	....	assistant: Mr. Steve Golin
Hideaki Jimbo	....	production coordinator
Hiromi Kamata	....	key production assistant
Fay Kato	....	adr voice
Jim Knell	....	assistant: MUFX producer
Masami Kosaka	....	adr voice artist
Peter Madamba	....	script researcher
Jennifer Malloy	....	assistant: Mr. Steve Golin
Meg Mathisen	....	publicity manager
Emilia McCarthy	....	photo double
Christian McWilliams	....	location scout
Eriko Miyagawa	....	script supervisor: second unit
Yumi Mizui	....	adr voice
Zoe Morgan	....	script supervisor
Abdessalam Ngadi	....	location manager
Rosalba Nogueda	....	assistant: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexico
Sandra Odelga	....	production coordinator
Joel Proust	....	animal wrangler: Morocco
Mohammed Hamza Regragui	....	production assistant: Morocco
Claudia Repper	....	production office trainee
Marie-Hélène Riverain	....	production office coordinator
Zeiddy Silva Ríos	....	office production assistant
Ivor Shier	....	helicopter pilot
Kazuko Shingyoku	....	script supervisor: Japan
Julian Stone	....	adr voice artist
Daniel Trainer	....	key production assistant: Los Angeles
Fernando Guzman Villegas	....	location assistant
Héctor Villegas	....	key set location assistant
Allen Wong	....	first assistant accountant
Thierry Zemmour	....	supervising location manager
Noel Davis Poyner	....	publicity intern (uncredited)
Carlos Tadeo	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Yessenia Torres	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Alfonso Cuarón	....	special thanks
Carlos Cuarón	....	special thanks
Guillermo del Toro	....	special thanks
Rodrigo García	....	special thanks
Brad Grey	....	thanks
Sean Penn	....	special thanks
Carlos Reygadas	....	special thanks
Naomi Watts	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Paramount Vantage (presents)
• Anonymous Content
• Zeta Film
• Central Films
• Media Rights Capital

Distributors

• Mars Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• StudioCanal (2006) (France) (all media)
• Independent Films (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Biografdistribution (2006) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures Corporation (Canada) (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Paramount Vantage (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2006) (Greece) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2006) (Hungary) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2006) (Romania) (all media)
• Bioscop (2007) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• GAGA (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sponge (2007) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Viva Films (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• GAGA (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Intelligent Creatures (visual effects)
• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI Rental  Arriflex cameras (as ARRI Rental Deutschland GmbH)
• Aoi Promotion  production services: Japan
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Avon Studio Transport  transportation
• CLA Studios  sound stages
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Concord Records  soundtrack
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Dune Films  production services: Morocco
• East Co  Japanese television footage courtesy of
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• FotoKem Laboratory  color (as FotoKem)
• Gamma & Density  on-set color correction
• Hollywood Rentals Productions Services  production lighting: Mexico (as Hollywood Rentals)
• Imagica  film lab: dailies (Japan)
• Inter Video  24 frame video services
• Inup Company  production coordinator
• Kurosawa Film Studio  production lighting: Japan
• LaserPacific  digital intermediate (as Laser Pacific)
• Media Distributors Film Source  emergency additional film source
• Media Rights Capital  funding
• Modern VideoFilm  dailies telecine
• Moroccan Movie Systems  production lighting: Morocco
• Otto Nemenz International  cameras: Mexico
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Panavision  cameras: Japan
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Pivotal Post  HD services
• River Road Creative  main and end titles
• Scarlet Letters  end title crawl
• Todd-AO Studios  sound mixed at (as Todd-AO Radford)
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)  Japanese television footage courtesy of
• Tokyo Location Box  film commission
• United Performers' Studio  extras casting
• Z Film  production services: Mexico
• Zenith Trust  production consultant
• Ztrackz  sound editing services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use

Runtime:

143 min

Country:

France | USA | Mexico

Language:

English | Arabic | Spanish | Japanese | Berber languages | French | Russian | Japanese Sign Language

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R (certificate #42677) | Sweden:11 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Denmark:15 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:M18 | Iran:18+ | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Brazil:16 | South Africa:16 (LN) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:18 | South Korea:18 | Malaysia:18PL | France:U | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Czech Republic:15 | Iceland:16 | Mexico:B15 | Italy:T | Peru:18 | Chile:14

Filming Locations:

Azabu-Juban, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett were originally slated to appear as a couple in 2002 in Darren Aronofsky's film The Fountain (2006). However, after creative differences with Aronofsky, Pitt dropped out to appear in Troy (2004) and the film was shut down. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz were later cast instead.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Amelia is in the desert, we can see one of the camera's shadow on the ground.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Hassan:It's almost new. Three hundred cartridges. The guy who gave it to me said you can hit as far as three kilometers.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Million Dollar Movie Week 3 (#7.108)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Dr. Funk

A Bit Of Teaching, A Lot Of Preaching, Oodles of Talent

I loved "Amores Perros" It was revolutionary in so many ways and smelled like the real thing even if I couldn't quite put my finger as to what the real thing really was. "21 Grams" had gigantic intentions and superb performances but didn't feel quite revolutionary because we had kind of seen it before - and better - in "Amores Perros". Now "Babel" and, my goodness, the first thing that comes to mind is, what an extraordinary filmmaker Inarritu really is. I suspect that his universe, even if it feels infinite, it is framed - beautifully so - between the walls of biblical references. His methods may be way ahead of the times but the roots are as ancestral as fire itself. I'm not sure where I want to go with all this but the question is, Inarritu is taking me places and that's what I long for in a filmmaker. He's not taking any of us for granted and I'm very grateful for that. His movies are experiences and I for one can't wait for the next one.