An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.
MPAA rating: R; sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language.|||adult
Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; a Double Dare You production ; a Guillermo Del Toro film ; produced by Guillermo Del Toro, J. Miles Dale ; story by Guillermo Del Toro ; screenplay by Guillermo Del Toro & Vanessa Taylor ; directed by Guillermo Del Toro.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Special features: A fairy tale for troubled times; theatrical trailers.
Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Costume designer, Luis Sequeira ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; film editor, Sidney Wolinsky ; production designer, Paul Austerberry ; director of photography, Dan Laustsen.
In English, Spanish or French; Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); closed-captioned; English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.
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