Hellboy
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6.7In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
Released: 2004-04-02122 minDir: Guillermo del ToroFantasy, Action
Cast
- Ron Perlman as Hellboy
- Selma Blair as Elizabeth 'Liz' Sherman
- Doug Jones as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
- John Hurt as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
- Rupert Evans as John Myers
- Jeffrey Tambor as Tom Manning
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Guillermo del Toro
- Screenplay by
- Guillermo del Toro
- Story by
- Guillermo del Toro Peter Briggs
- Based on
- Hellboy , by Mike Mignola
- Produced by
- Lawrence Gordon Mike Richardson Lloyd Levin
- Starring
- Ron Perlman Selma Blair Jeffrey Tambor Karel Roden Rupert Evans John Hurt
- Cinematography
- Guillermo Navarro
- Edited by
- Peter Amundson
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami
- Production companies
- Revolution Studios Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin Productions Dark Horse Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing ) Revolution Studios
- Release dates
- March 30, 2004 ( 2004-03-30 ) ( Mann Village Theater ) April 2, 2004 ( 2004-04-02 ) (United States)
Key dates
- Published
- 16 September 2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- demon
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Screenwriter
- Mike Mignola
- Cast member
- Jim Howick
- Voice actor
- David Hyde Pierce
- Composer
- Marco Beltrami
Article
Hellboy is a 2004 American superhero film based on the Dark Horse Comics character, created by Mike Mignola. Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, it is the first live-action film in the Hellboy franchise. Ron Perlman stars as the titular character, alongside Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Rupert Evans, and John Hurt. The film draws inspiration from the debut comic Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. In the film, a charismatic demon-turned-investigator named "Hellboy" works with the secretive Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense to suppress paranormal threats, when a resurrected sorcerer seeks to make Hellboy fulfill his destiny by triggering the apocalypse.
Hellboy had its premiere at the Mann Village Theater in Los Angeles on March 30, 2004, and was released in the United States on April 2. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $99.8 million against a production budget between $60–66 million.