Javier Bardem (1969 - ????)

 

Key Films:

Before Night Falls (2000) [DVD]
"Basquiat" director Julian Schnabel brings to the screen another doomed creative genius on the fringes of his society--gay Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, in this moving biodrama. Javier Bardem stars as Arenas, whose work was inspired by the fervor of Castro's revolution, but who faced persecution and jail for his sexuality before escaping and coming to America in the 1980 Mariel exodus. With Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, and cameos by Sean Penn and Johnny Depp (in a dual role). 133 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; filmographies; documentary; theatrical trailer.
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) [DVD]
The film directorial debut of John Malkovich, this gripping political thriller stars Javier Bardem as a police officer in an unnamed South American country caught up in a bloody war with leftist rebels. As he searches for a terrorist ringleader, the tightly-wound Bardem must deal with corruption within his department and a strained homelife that worsens when he falls for his daughter's dance teacher. Abel Folk, Laura Morante also star. 135 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Malkovich, Bardem; featurette; theatrical trailers.
The Sea Inside (2004) [DVD]
The winner of the 2004 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, Alejandro Amenabar's powerful drama tells the stirring true story of quadriplegic Ramon Sampedro (Javier Bardem). Paralyzed from the neck down after a diving accident, Sampedro spent 26 years on a crusade to change a Spanish law that prohibits assisted suicide in order to allow him to end his own life and die with dignity. Lola Duenas, Belen Rueda, Mabel Rivera also star. 125 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Amenabar; "making of" documentary; deleted scenes; storyboards; theatrical trailer.
Love In The Time Of Cholera (2007) [DVD]
As it often happens, love at first sight for young Florentino (Javier Bardem) proves anything but simple when Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) is sent far away by her overprotective father (John Leguizamo). Over the next five decades, the pair find other mates, but no other kindred spirits. Set in early 1900s South America, this sweeping adaptation of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel co-stars Marcela Mar, Gina Bernard Forbes. 138 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer.
No Country For Old Men (2007) [DVD]
Four Academy Awards--including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor--went to the Coen Brothers' riveting adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. When a hunter (Josh Brolin) happens upon a drug deal gone bad, he winds up with a suitcase containing $2 million in cash. Now, Brolin must engage in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a ruthless hired killer (Javier Bardem) out to retrieve the money, while the local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) tries to stop them both. With Kelly Macdonald, Woody Harrelson. 122 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French; "making of" documentary; featurettes.

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