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Apocalypto Title on container: Mel Gibson's Apocalypto Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Icon Productions, an Icon production ; directed by Mel Gibson ; written by Mel Gibson and Farhad Safinia ; produced by Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey ; Costa Rican producer, Sergio Miranda. - Widescreen. , United States - Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2007] - 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - DVD-Video 4 3/4 in.

DVD release of the 2006 motion picture. Special features include: "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.

For private home use only.





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.

MPAA rating: R; for sequences of graphic violence and disturbing images ; Canadian Home Video rating: 18A; for gory scenes, and brutal violence.




In Mayan, with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.

0788868780 9780788868788

786936705089

50646 Touchstone Home Entertainment




Mayas--Drama.
Kings and rulers, Ancient--Drama.
Human sacrifice--Drama.
Temples--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.



PN1997.2 / .A66 2007

Apo 35