Babel (Blu-ray)

Building on the themes of his "Amores Perros" and "21 Grams," director Alejandro González Iñárritu's compelling drama chronicles the effect the shooting of an American tourist in Morocco has on a global group of people-from her children, who are being taken by their nanny from Southern California to a wedding in Mexico, to a deaf-mute Japanese girl looking for emotional connections. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi star. 143 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French.

Starring: Gael Garc a Bernal, Gael García Bernal, Brad Pitt, Claudine Acs, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Georges Bousquet, Koji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Matyelok Gibbs, Rinko Kikuchi, Henry Maratray, Harriet Walter, Trevor Martin, Andre Oumansky, Michael Maloney, Dermot Crowley, Wendy Nottingham, Linda Broughton, Abdelkader Bara, Michael Peña, Mustapha Rachidi, Robert Esquivel, Yuko Murata, Elle Fanning, Said Tarchani, Boubker Ait El Caid, Nathan Gamble, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Driss Roukhe, Clifton Collins Jr., Mary Mitchell, Alex Jennings, Emilio Echevarria, Aaron Spears, Jamie McBride, Michael Pea, Ivor Shier, R.D. Call

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo Arriaga, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin

Rating: R