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Watchmen  (DVD)  2009

SKU:  9386443 Release Date: 7/21/2009
Rating:  R
Customer Reviews:
3.7 of 5 3.7 of 5 (6 reviews)
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Common Sense Media Says:

Not a superhero movie; a dark, gory, complex morality tale.

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Synopsis

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

Cast

Robert Wisden - Richard Nixon
Laura Mennell - Janey Slater
Matt Frewer - Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
Carla Gugino - Sally Jupiter
Carla Gugino - Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre
Rob La Belle - Wally Weaver
Stephen McHattie - Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Edward Blake/Comedian
Malin Akerman - Silk Spectre
Malin Akerman - Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre II
Matthew Goode - Ozymandias
Matthew Goode - Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias
Patrick Wilson - Night Owl
Patrick Wilson - Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl
Billy Crudup - Dr. Manhattan
Billy Crudup - Dr. Manhattan/Jon Osterman
Malcom Scott - Fat Thug
Walter Addison - Lee Iacocca
Ron Fassler - Ted Koppel
Gary Houston - John McLaughlin
James Michael Connor - Pat Buchanan
William Taylor - Prison Psychiatrist
Jerry Wasserman - Detective Fine
Frank Novak - Henry Kissinger
Don Thompson - Detective Gallagher
Stephanie Belding - Janet Black
Garry Chalk - NORAD General
Chris Burns - Dumb Thug
John Shaw - Doug Roth
David MacKay - Child Murderer
Mary Ann Burger - Eleanor Clift
Nhi Do - Vietnamese Girl
Sean Allan - NORAD General
Michael Kopsa - Paul Klein
Stephen McHattie - Hollis Mason
Matt Frewer - Moloch
Jackie Earle Haley - Rorschach/Walter Kovacs
Malcolm Scott - Fat Thug

Crew

Editor: William Hoy
Producer: Lloyd Levin
Casting: Kristy Carlson
Screenwriter: Alex Tse
Producer: Deborah Snyder ,Larry Gordon
Director: Zack Snyder
Supervising Art Director: François Audouy
Production Designer: Alex McDowell
Art Director: Helen Veronica Jarvis
Composer (Music Score): Tyler Bates
Cinematographer: Larry Fong
Screenwriter: David Hayter
Executive Producer: Herbert W. Gains
Book Author: Dave Gibbons
Executive Producer: Thomas Tull
Sound Mixer: Michael McGee
Producer: Lawrence Gordon
Co-producer: Wesley Coller
First Assistant Director: Martin Walters
Casting: Michelle Allen
Visual Effects Producer: Tom C. Peitzman
Makeup Special Effects: Greg Cannom
Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Jenkins
Costume Designer: Michael Wilkinson
Re-Recording Mixer: Frank A. Montaño
Visual Effects Supervisor: John "D.J." Desjardin
Supervising Sound Editor: Scott A. Hecker
Special Effects Coordinator: Joel Whist
Script Supervisor: Kimi Webber
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Wertheim
Second Assistant Director: Misha Bukowski
Sound/Sound Designer: Jeremy Peirson

Customer Reviews

Watchmen - Widescreen - DVD (5 out of 6)
GREAT FILM W/DEEP SOCIO/POLITICAL THEME & CONNOTAT
5
Posted by: from VERNON, CT. on 10/22/2010..ION (Didn't feel like writing actual review right now) Bottom line: Great movie, w/amazing special effects, & story line as well. Very well written, directed, acted, & produced too!

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Watchmen
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Posted by: from Bronx, NY on 01/06/2010I enjoyed the movie and I especially liked the Black Friday price. I know that it took me a while to view it but I'm a busy man. It received bad reviews, but I enjoyed the storyline. It went deeper than most superhero flicks.

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Extremely high quality, but no special features
4
Posted by: from Illinois on 08/15/2009Zack Snyder's adaptation of 'Watchmen' is finally here on DVD, and the overall package is pretty good, if a little skimpy. The movie itself was excellent, or at least I thought so, its ver independant from other super-hero flicks, and really sets itself apart with the gritty setting and bloody violence. The picture and audio are just amazing, they really raise the bar for what can be done on DVD. But outside of that, nothing. The special features are non-existant, no deleted scenes, documentary, yada yada yada. There isn't even a 2-Disc special edition! Just a one disc release with nothing but the movie. Its an obvious attempt to sucker you into getting the Watchmen Ultimate Collectors Edition this December, with all the special stuff one would want, but for now, we just have the movie. At least thats superb.

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Gotta have it.
4
Posted by: from MN on 07/31/2009Really great visuals. If you have a Blu Ray DVD, I would consider the Blu Ray version-- it is worth it. Some will love the movie, some will not. But for the genre, it is fantastic.

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An epic film
4
Posted by: from Rocklin, CA on 07/27/2009For the person below me, the movie was actually 3 hours long not 2 as you said. So you may have missed some important parts.

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THIS MOVIE SUCKS!
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Posted by: from SAN DIEGO,CA on 07/25/2009THIS MOVIE IS HORRIBLE. HAS NO STORY LINE. HAS NO ACTION. EVEN THE INTRO IS LONG AND BORING. SAVE YOUR MONEY BUY SOMETHING ELSE.

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