KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN / LE BAISER DE LA FEMME ARAIGNE (2-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION)

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Two-Disc Collector's Edition); This groundbreaking film (the first independent ever to receive the top four Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Director for Hector Babenco), adapted for the screen by Academy Award nominated screenwriter Leonard Schrader from Manuel Puig's novel set in a non-specific Latin American country, takes a penetrating look at the role of sex and politics under an oppressive right-wing regime. The timeless story, more relevant today than ever, follows the complex relationship between two distinctly different men with opposite views about life - building with powerful emotional crescendo as they gradually come together in a stunningly transcendental conclusion. Hurt delivers his Oscar-winning performance in this captivating tribute to the power of film and fantasy as escape from inhumane conditions.; Run time: 121 minutes; ; Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman; A strange odyssey from novel to film is chronicled in Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman. Creative team Manuel Puig, William Hurt, Hector Babenco, David Weisman, Leonard Schrader, and Raul Julia confess the daunting challenge and profound satisfaction of creating this watershed film - which almost never made it to the big screen. Burt Lancaster's mysterious obsession, director Babenco's epic struggle with author Puig, the birth of today's independent cinema - all play parts in the startling saga of this timeless gem. Filmmaker David Weisman's Tangled Web captures the many unique and emotional moments that serendipitously turned this courageous movie into a masterpiece.; Run time: 109 minutes
• Cast: William Hurt; Raul Julia; Sonia Braga; José Lewgoy; Milton Gonçalves; Míriam Pires; Nuno Leal Maia; Fernando Torres; Patricio Bisso; Herson Capri; Denise Dumont; Nildo Parente; Antônio Petrin; Wilson Grey; Miguel Falabella; Walter Breda; Luis Guilherme; Walmir Barros; Luiz Serra; Ana Maria Braga; Benjamin Cattan; Oswaldo Barreto; Sergio Bright; Claudio Curi; Lineu Dias; Joe Kantor; Luis Roberto Galizia; Pericles Campos; Edmilson Santos; Walter Vicca; Ken Kaneko; Geogers Schlesinger; Carlos Fariello; Frederico Botelho; Sylvio Band; Paulo Ludmer; Elvira Bisso; Hector Babenco; Manuel Puig; Leonard Schrader
• Director: Hector Babenco
• Runtime: 2:00
• Company: VVS Films
• Media Format: Movie