Watchmen (Movie)

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Watchmen
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Directed by	Zack Snyder
Written by	Graphic Novel: Alan Moore Screenplay: David Hayter and Alex Tse
Starring	Patrick Wilson Jackie Earle Haley Malin Akerman Billy Crudup Jeffrey Dean Morgan Matthew Goode Stephen McHattie Carla Gugino
Cinematography	Larry Fong
Editing by	William Hoy
Release date(s)	March 6, 2009
Country	United States
Language	English
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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Plot 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 Links

Synopsis

Watchmen is based on the 1986 limited series of the same name, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons.

Cast

Character	Actor
Rorschach	Jackie Earl Haley
Hollis Mason / Nite Owl	Stephen McHattie
Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II	Patrick Wilson
The Comedian	Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Doctor Manhattan	Billy Crudup
Sally Jupiter / The Silk Spectre	Carla Gugino
Laurie Juspeczyk / The Silk Spectre	Malin Åkerman
Ozymandias	Matthew Goode

Plot

"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?"

Notes

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Trivia

The teaser trailer was released several days online before debuting in theaters before The Dark Knight's presentation. The song present in the trailer is rock band The Smashing Pumpkins's song,"The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning", an alternate take on their similar song,"The End Is the Beginning Is the End", which was released on Batman & Robin's OST.

Links

• Watchmen Wiki
• The Watchmen Movie at Wikipedia
• "Watchmen" at Youtube

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