Watchmen [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures present in association with Legendary Pictures, a Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin production, a Zack Synder film ; produced by Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Deborah Snyder ; screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse ; directed by Zack Snyder.
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FilmPublisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2009Description: 1 videodisc (162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscISBN: 1419878891; 1419878913Uniform titles: Watchmen (Motion picture) Subject(s): Superheroes -- United States -- Drama | Murder -- Investigation -- United States -- Drama | Vigilantes -- United States -- Drama | Conspiracy -- United States -- Drama | Criminal behavior -- United States -- Drama | French language materials | Spanish language materialsGenre/Form: Fantasy films. | Action and adventure films. | Feature films. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. DDC classification: 791.43/72 LOC classification: PN1997.2 | .W38 2009Production credits: Director of photography, Larry Fong ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Tyler Bates.Cast: Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson.Summary: 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.
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| DVD Video | A J M Library 868-5076 | DVD WATC (Browse shelf) | Available | 37694 |
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Based on the graphic novel co-created by Dave Gibbons and published by DC Comics.
Special features: 25-minutes of additional footage; "The phenomenon: the comic that changed comics" featurette; "Watchmen:" video journals (ca. 30 min.); music video "Desolation row" by My Chemical Romance; 11 Watchmen making-of webisodes.
Director of photography, Larry Fong ; editor, William Hoy ; music, Tyler Bates.
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.
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.
English, French, or Spanish dialogue, with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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