BABEL (2006)

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	October 27th, 2006 (NY, LA; wide release: November 10)
	Alejandro González Iñárritu
	Guillermo Arriaga
	Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Koji Yakusho, Elle Fanning
	Paramount Vantage
	Drama
	paramountvantage.com
	R for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use
	143 minutes
	$34,300,771 (US total)
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Armed with a Winchester rifle, two Morrocan boys set out to look after their family's herd of goats. In the silent echoes of the desert, they decide to test the rifle... but the bullet goes farther than they thought it would.

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Interpreting Babel

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"A disappointment for two performances that should have stood out. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett stand out, but only too briefly. Four storylines that interlink only slightly, with one not needed at all."

- Steven Chupnick

"Babel Is Compelling Filmmaking About Isolation & How Our Cultural Barriers Create Conflict And Friction In The World"

- Kaya Savas

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