| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | |
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 Spanish theatrical release poster | |
| Spanish | ¡Átame! |
| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
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| Distributed by | Lauren Films |
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Running time | 101 minutes[1] |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $8 million |
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spanish: ¡Átame!, pronounced [ˈa.ta.me], "Tie Me!") is a 1989 Spanish black romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Victoria Abril and Antonio Banderas alongside Loles León, Francisco Rabal, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, and Rossy de Palma. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him. He believes his destiny is to marry her and father her children.
The film was highly successful with both critics and audiences in Spain.[2] Its United States release was entangled in controversy, instrumental in the implementation by the MPAA of a new rating category, NC-17, for films of an explicit nature that were previously categorized as pornographic due to the X rating.[3]
- ^ "Tie Me Up / Tie Me Down! (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 23 May 1990. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Edwards 2001, p. 106
- ^ Edwards 2001, p. 107