Alejandro Amenábar

The Others

The Others

A remote manor; hushed, candlelit atmosphere; and shivery, supernatural menace. With his first English-language feature, Chilean Spanish writer-director-composer Alejandro Amenábar resurrected the classic gothic chiller to create a ghost story of uncommon emotional resonance. Nicole Kidman stars as a World War II–era mother whose imperiousness masks a terrifying pain, as she keeps her light-sensitive children enshrouded in darkness on her country estate. The arrival of three new servants punctures her insular world—and seems to disturb the balance between the living and the dead. With each stunning twist and turn, Amenábar immerses us more deeply in a realm haunted not only by spirits but also by guilt, trauma, and repression.

Film Info

  • Spain
  • 2001
  • 104 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • English
  • Spine #1195

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Alejandro Amenábar, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring Amenábar
  • New conversation between Amenábar and film critic Pau Gómez
  • New making-of program from Studiocanal UK featuring Amenábar, actors Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston, and producer Fernando Bovaira
  • Archival programs about the film’s production, soundtrack, and visual effects, featuring interviews and footage recorded on the set
  • Audition footage of actors Alakina Mann and James Bentley and photography from the “Book of the Dead”
  • Seven deleted scenes
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by scholar Philip Horne

    New cover by Greg Ruth

Purchase Options

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Alejandro Amenábar, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring Amenábar
  • New conversation between Amenábar and film critic Pau Gómez
  • New making-of program from Studiocanal UK featuring Amenábar, actors Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston, and producer Fernando Bovaira
  • Archival programs about the film’s production, soundtrack, and visual effects, featuring interviews and footage recorded on the set
  • Audition footage of actors Alakina Mann and James Bentley and photography from the “Book of the Dead”
  • Seven deleted scenes
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by scholar Philip Horne

    New cover by Greg Ruth
The Others
Cast
Nicole Kidman
Grace
Christopher Eccleston
Charles
Fionnula Flanagan
Mrs. Mills
Eric Sykes
Mr. Tuttle
Alakina Mann
Anne
James Bentley
Nicholas
Elaine Cassidy
Lydia
Renée Asherson
Old lady
Credits
Director
Alejandro Amenábar
Written by
Alejandro Amenábar
Executive producer
Tom Cruise
Executive producer
Paula Wagner
Executive producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive producer
Rick Schwartz
Producer
Fernando Bovaira
Producer
José Luis Cuerda
Producer
Sunmin Park
Line producer
Emiliano Otegui
Line producer
Miguel Ángel González
Cinematographer
Javier Aguirresarobe
Production designer
Benjamín Fernández
Music
Alejandro Amenábar
Sound
Goldstein & Steinberg
Visual effects supervisor
Félix Bergés
Associate producer
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
Costume designer
Sonia Grande

Current

The Others: Something in This House
The Others: Something in This House

Influenced by haunted-house classics like The Innocents and Rebecca, this brilliantly restrained ghost story is a dramatization of extreme repression that builds toward an explosive reckoning.

By Philip Horne