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Babel

  • 2006
  • K-15
  • 2h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
315K
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Babel (2006)
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Drama

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

  • Director
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • Writers
    • Guillermo Arriaga
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • Stars
    • Brad Pitt
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Gael García Bernal
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    315K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,276
    169
    • Director
      • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
    • Writers
      • Guillermo Arriaga
      • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
    • Stars
      • Brad Pitt
      • Cate Blanchett
      • Gael García Bernal
    • 1KUser reviews
    • 264Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 45 wins & 137 nominations total

    Videos14

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    Trailer 2:32
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    'Babel' | Anniversary Mashup
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    Cate Blanchett's Films of Hope
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    Babel
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    Babel
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    Babel Scene: I'm Doing The Best I Can
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    Babel Scene: Ready To Argue
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    Babel Scene: Step Out Of The Vehicle
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    Babel Scene: Is This Mexico
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    Babel Scene: If You Leave I'll Kill You
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    Behind the Scenes of Babel
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    Babel: Featurette (Japan)
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    Adriana Barraza, Elle Fanning, and Nathan Gamble in Babel (2006)
    Cate Blanchett in Babel (2006)
    Babel (2006)
    Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in Babel (2006)
    Adriana Barraza in Babel (2006)
    Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (2006)
    Brad Pitt in Babel (2006)
    Gael García Bernal in Babel (2006)
    Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (2006)
    Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (2006)
    Adriana Barraza, Elle Fanning, and Nathan Gamble in Babel (2006)
    Brad Pitt in Babel (2006)

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    Brad Pitt
    Brad Pitt
    • Richard
    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Susan
    Gael García Bernal
    Gael García Bernal
    • Santiago
    Mohamed Akhzam
    • Anwar
    Peter Wight
    Peter Wight
    • Tom
    Harriet Walter
    Harriet Walter
    • Lilly
    Trevor Martin
    • Douglas
    Matyelok Gibbs
    • Elyse
    Georges Bousquet
    • Robert
    Claudine Acs
    • Jane
    André Oumansky
    André Oumansky
    • Walter
    Michael Maloney
    Michael Maloney
    • James
    Dermot Crowley
    Dermot Crowley
    • Barth
    Wendy Nottingham
    • Tourist
    Henry Maratray
    • Tourist
    Linda Broughton
    • Tourist
    Jean Marc Hulot
    • Tourist
    Aline Mowat
    • Tourist
    • Director
      • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
    • Writers
      • Guillermo Arriaga
      • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The scene where Chieko (Rinko Kikuchi) and her father are in the car together was shot without filming permission from the city due to slow Japanese bureaucratic procedures. The crew created "man-made" busy traffic, and began shooting the scene. Later the police started chasing them while still shooting the scene.
    • Goofs
      After the wedding, Amelia, her nephew and the Jones children use the Tecate border crossing to reenter the USA. After fleeing, we are shown a sandy, wide desert where they wander. Actually, the Tecate border crossing is in the mountains, there is no such desert within a reasonable distance on the USA side. What is shown looks like an Arizona border crossing.
    • Quotes

      Mike Jones: My mom said Mexico is dangerous.

      Santiago: [in Spanish] Yes, it's full of Mexicans.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Prestige/Flicka/Marie Antoinette/Flags of Our Fathers/A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Para Que Regreses
      El Chapo

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    fascinating
    a film. many stories. great actors. Babel has the gift to be more than a film. or giving a story. or proposing characters. it is a sort of manifesto. about the roots of every day reality. about the price of success, happiness, love, sacrifices, victories, sadness. and that did it a sort of poem. about its public more than about the evolution of characters. a film about mark of gestures. about decisions and believes and science to accept the truth. it is not easy to define it. because entire film is in the space of the frame of the last scenes. a film about ordinaries people. in a labyrinth. as parts of labyrinth. looking the second chance. or, more exactly, the essence of freedom against yourselves.
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    • Mar 19, 2017

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 17, 2006 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Mexico
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Vidio (Indonesia)
      • West Video (Russia)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
      • Spanish
      • Japanese
      • Berber languages
      • French
      • Russian
      • Japanese Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • Tháp Babel
    • Filming locations
      • Ouarzazate, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Paramount Vantage
      • Anonymous Content
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $34,302,837
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $389,351
      • Oct 29, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $135,330,182
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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