his technique: The writing and editing moves between the stories with full logical and emotional clarity, and the film builds to a stunning impact because it does not hammer us with heroes and villains but asks us to empathize with all of its characters." Home media On 20 February and 21 May 2007, Babel was released on DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. On 25 September 2007, Paramount re-released the film as a two-disc special edition DVD. The second disc contains a 90-minute 'making of' documentary titled Common Ground: Under Construction Notes. Babel has also been released on the high-definition formats, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc. On its first week of release on DVD in North America (19–25 February 2007), Babel debuted #1 in DVD/Home Video Rentals. Total gross rentals for the week, were estimated at $8.73 million. In the first week of DVD sales, Babel sold 721,000 units, gathering revenue of $12.3 million. By April 2007, 1,650,000 units had been sold, translating to $28.6 million in revenue. In July 2008, its US DVD sales had totaled $31.4 million. Accolades See also Hyperlink cinema – the film style of using multiple inter-connected story lines List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing References External links 2006 films 2000s psychological drama films Anonymous Content films American psychological drama films Mexican drama films French psychological drama films French multilingual films American multilingual films 2000s English-language films 2000s Spanish-language films 2000s Arabic-language films 2000s French-language films 2000s Japanese-language films Japanese Sign Language films Berber-language films Films directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Films with screenplays by Guillermo Arriaga Films with screenplays by Alejandro González Iñárritu American anthology films Best Drama Picture Golden Globe winners Films set in San Diego Films set in Japan Films set in Mexico Films set in Morocco Films set in Tokyo Films shot in Mexico Films shot in Morocco Films shot in Tijuana Films shot in Tokyo Films that won the Best Original Score Academy Award American nonlinear narrative films French nonlinear narrative films Media Rights Capital films Paramount Pictures films Paramount Vantage films Films produced by Steve Golin Films scored by Gustavo Santaolalla Hyperlink films French anthology films 2006 multilingual films BAFTA winners (films) 2006 drama films Japan in non-Japanese culture Films produced by Jon Kilik Mexican multilingual films Films shot in 16 mm film Spanish-language French films 2000s