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Watchmen is a 2009 American neo-noir, vigilante, and superhero action film directed by Zack Snyder. The screenplay was written by David Hayter, Alex Tse, Alan Moore, and Dave Gibbons, based on the work Watchmen. The cast includes Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, and Malin Akerman. Production was handled by Lawrence Gordon, Deborah Snyder, and Lloyd Levin, with Larry Fong serving as director of photography and Tyler Bates as composer. The film was produced by Legendary Pictures and DC Comics, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix.
The narrative is set in New York City, Washington, D.C., Mars, and Antarctica, with the Cold War as its main subject. Filming took place in Vancouver and Coquitlam. The movie has a runtime of 163 minutes and was released on March 4, 2009. It received a budget of 130,000,000 and generated revenue of 185,258,983. The film received a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Costume. Audience ratings include a 7.6 score from 611,760 votes on IMDb and a 7.354 average from 9,968 votes on TMDb.
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7.4In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Cast
- Malin Åkerman as Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
- Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
- Billy Crudup as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
- Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
- Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / The Comedian
Themes
- usa president
- nuclear war
- mass murder
- secret identity
- narration
- soviet union
- melancholy
- retirement
- based on comic
- conspiracy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Watchmen
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Zack Snyder
- Screenwriter
- Dave Gibbons
- Cast member
- Greg Travis
- Composer
- Tyler Bates
- Producer
- Lloyd Levin
- Cinematographer
- Larry Fong
- Narrative location
- Vietnam
- Filming location
- Coquitlam
- Duration
- 216
- FilmAffinity ID
- 267002
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- watchmenmovie.warnerbros.com
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- Commons category
- Watchmen
- publication date
- 2009-03-06
- title
- Watchmen
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- film editor
- William Hoy
- nominated for
- Saturn Award for Best Costume
- executive producer
- Thomas Tull
- after a work by
- Dave Gibbons
- costume designer
- Michael Wilkinson
- characters
- Silk Spectre II
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 56/100
- box office
- 55214334
- capital cost
- 130000000
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