Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families.Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families.Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 45 wins & 137 nominations total
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- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsAfter 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.
- SoundtracksPara Que Regreses
El Chapo
Gabriel Ramirez
Maximo Aguirre Music Publishing, Inc.
D Disa Latin Music, S. de R.L. de C.V
Featured review
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.
- mjstellman
- Mar 1, 2007
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- Also known as
- Tháp Babel
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $34,302,837
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $389,351
- Oct 29, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $135,330,835
- Runtime2 hours 23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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