Watchmen / Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures present in association with Legendary Pictures, a Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin production, a Zack Snyder film ; produced by Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Deborah Snyder ; screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse ; directed by Zack Snyder.
Material type:
FilmLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: Burbank, California : Warner Home Video, ©2009Edition: Widescreen editionDescription: 1 videodisc (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1419878891 :
- Watchmen (Motion picture)
- Gibbons, Dave, 1949- -- Film adaptations
- Moore, Alan, 1953- -- Film adaptations
- Superheroes -- United States -- Drama
- Murder -- Investigation -- United States -- Drama
- Vigilantes -- United States -- Drama
- Conspiracy -- United States -- Drama
- Criminal behavior -- United States -- Drama
- Fantasy films
- Action and adventure films
- Feature films
- Conspiracy
- Criminal behavior
- Murder -- Investigation
- Heroes
- Vigilantes
- Superheroes -- United States -- Drama
- Director of photography, Larry Fong ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Tyler Bates.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | DVDs | New Books | DVD WAT | Available | 36748002493759 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
300's Zack Snyder brings Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' critically acclaimed comic book Watchmen to the big screen, courtesy of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film's world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all changes with the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a robust ex-hero commando whose mysterious free fall out a window perks the interest of one of the country's last remaining vigilantes, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). His investigation leads him to caution many of his other former costumed colleagues, including Dr. Manhattan, Night Owl (Patrick Wilson), Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), Sally Jupiter (Carla Gugino), and her daughter, The Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman). Heralded for bringing the world of superheroes into the literary world, Watchmen gave the super-powered mythos a real-life grounding that had been missing in mainstream comics to that point. The film adaptation had languished in one form of development hell or another for years after the book's release, with various directors on and off the project, including Terry Gilliam, David Hayter, and Darren Aronofsky, as well as Paul Greengrass, whose eventual dismissal stemmed from budget conflicts with the studio. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Based on the graphic novel co-created by Dave Gibbons and published by DC Comics.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Also issued in the same container with: V for vendetta (Motion picture), as a double feature.
Director of photography, Larry Fong ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Tyler Bates.
Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson.
In the United States, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. But, when one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up, but no less determined, masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover the plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers, Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future.
MPAA rating: R, for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language.
BBFC certificate 18.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.
English, French, or Spanish dialogue, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.