Watchmen

Release Date: Friday, March 6, 2009 TBA

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Billy Crudup, Sarah Schechter, Zack Snyder, Alex Tse, Patrick Wilson, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Thomas Tull, Lloyd Levin, Larry Gordon, Jessica Goodman, Tyler Bates, Larry Fong

After a law is past to thwart the efforts of group of crimefighters, one of them is mysteriously murdered.

R Drama 2 hrs, 35 m

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After a law is past to thwart the efforts of group of crimefighters, one of them is mysteriously murdered.

Plot

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Plot
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a 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. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the Watchmen?
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The film's director Zack Snyder last directed Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire and Army of the Dead. The film's writer Alex Tse last wrote Superfly and The Illustrated Man.

Director
Zack Snyder
Screenwriter
Producers
Larry Gordon
Lloyd Levin

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language
Runtime
2 hrs, 35 m
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Language
English

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Key Facts

  • Based on the DC Comics limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

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Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Release Dates

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Watchmen was released in on Friday, March 6, 2009 . There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Shuttle, Phoebe in Wonderland and The Horsemen.



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Fri., Jul. 24, 2009

  • Added the Blu-ray release date of July 21, 2009

  • Added the DVD release date of July 21, 2009

  • Added the film release date of TBA June, 2009

  • Set the production budget to $100,000,000

  • Changed the production status to Complete

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