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Watchmen (2009)

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Watchmen is a American neo-noir superhero film based on the 1986–87 DC Comics limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Directed by Zack Snyder.

A dark and dystopian deconstruction of the superhero genre, the film is set in an alternate history in the year 1985 at the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, as a group of mostly retired American superheroes investigates the murder of one of their own before uncovering an elaborate and deadly conspiracy, while their moral limitations are challenged by the complex nature of the circumstances.

In an alternate United States, beginning in 1939 during the fading Interwar period, a team of costumed crime-fighters is formed – the ”Minutemen”. The 1960s Vietnam War era through the mid-1980s Cold War sees the rise of the “Watchmen” team of heroes, whose existence dramatically affects world events. In 1959, after his apparent death in an Intrinsic Field Generator accident, Dr. Jon Osterman remakes his body as a god-like being dubbed “Doctor Manhattan”. The U.S. government utilizes his powers to win the Vietnam War and gain a strategic advantage over the Soviet Union which, by 1985, threatens thermonuclear war. The Comedian suppresses evidence of the Watergate scandal. By overwhelming public support, the 22nd Amendment is repealed, allowing President Richard Nixon to win a third term.

As anti-vigilante sentiment sweeps the nation, coupled with a nationwide police strike, the Keene Act is passed in 1977, declaring all “costumed adventuring” and “vigilantism” illegal. While most heroes like Daniel Dreiberg and Laurie Jupiter retire, Doctor Manhattan and the Comedian become government agents, and Rorschach continues to operate outside the law.

Director: Zack Snyder

Writers: David Hayter (screenplay), Alex Tse (screenplay), Dave Gibbons (graphic novel illustrator), Alan Moore (graphic novel)

Stars: Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson

►Cast:

Malin Akerman…Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre IIBilly Crudup…Dr. Manhattan / Jon OstermanMatthew Goode…Adrian Veidt / OzymandiasJackie Earle Haley…RorschachJeffrey Dean Morgan…Edward Blake / ComedianPatrick Wilson…Dan Dreiberg / Nite OwlCarla Gugino…Sally Jupiter / Silk SpectreMatt Frewer…MolochStephen McHattie…Hollis MasonLaura Mennell…Janey SlaterRob LaBelle…Wally WeaverGary Houston…John McLaughlinJames M. Connor…Pat Buchanan (as James Micheal Connor)Mary Ann Burger…Eleanor CliftJohn Shaw…Doug RothRobert Wisden…Richard NixonJerry Wasserman…Detective FineDon Thompson…Detective GallagherFrank Novak…Henry KissingerSean Allan…NORAD GeneralGarry Chalk…NORAD GeneralRon Fassler…Ted KoppelStephanie Belding…Janet BlackMichael Kopsa…Paul KleinWilliam S. Taylor…Prison Psychiatrist (as William Taylor)Chris Burns…Dumb ThugMalcolm Scott…Fat ThugDanny Wattley…Huge PrisonerNhi Do…Vietnamese GirlWalter Addison…Lee IacoccaKeith Martin Gordey…Auto CEODavid MacKay…Child Murderer (as David Mackay)Fulvio Cecere…Agent ForbesTed Cole…Dick CavettMark Acheson…Large Man At Happy Harry’sJohn Destry…Happy Harry’s BartenderChris Gauthier…Seymour (as Christopher Gauthier)L. Harvey Gold…New Frontiersman EditorJay Brazeau…News VendorJesse Reid…Teenager at NewsstandManoj Sood…Karnak ScientistDan Payne…Dollar BillNiall Matter…MothmanApollonia Vanova…SilhouetteGlenn Ennis…Hooded JusticeDarryl Scheelar…Captain MetropolisClint Carleton…Young Hollis MasonMike Carpenter…Young MolochLeah Gibson…Silhouette’s GirlfriendBrett Stimely…John F. KennedyCarrie Genzel…Jackie KennedyGreg Travis…Andy WarholGreg Armstrong-Morris…Truman CapoteAndrew Colthart…Naked Man At Warhol PartyBruce Crawford…Bank RobberSal Sortino…1940 Watchmen PhotographerEli Snyder…Young RorschachLori Watt…Rorschach’s MotherTony Bardach…John With Rorschach’s MotherJohn Kobylka…Fidel CastroCarmen Lavigne…Anti War ProtesterJ.R. Killigrew…David BowieSteven Stojkovic…Mick JaggerMartin Reiss…BrezhnevFrank Cassini…Sally’s HusbandJohn R. Taylor…PriestTara Frederick…Aggressive HookerDaryl Shuttleworth…Jon’s FatherJaryd Heidrick…Young JonRon Chartier…Carnival PhotographerCarly Bentall…Wally’s GirlfriendMatt Drake…Older Boy BullyHaley Guiel…Laurie – 13 Years (as Haley Adrianna Guiel)Sonya Salomaa…Adrian Veidt’s AssistantTyler McClendon…Veidt Enterprises Security GuardSalli Saffioti…Annie LeibovitzNeil Schell…Man In Riot CrowdMichael Eklund…Man In Riot CrowdDeborah Finkel…Woman In Riot CrowdLouis Chirillo…Face To Face TV ProducerMarsha Regis…Face To Face TV ReceptionistPatrick Sabongui…Knot Top Gang LeaderJohn Tench…Knot Top Gang MemberSanto Lombardo…Knot Top Gang MemberJason Schombing…NY SWATDarren Shahlavi…NY SWATMarshall Virtue…NY SWATColin Lawrence…Officer KirkpatrickChris Weber…Officer O’BrienAlessandro Juliani…Rockefeller Military Base TechnicianAlison Araya…Foreign NewscasterSahar Biniaz…Foreign Newscaster (as Sahar)Matthew Harrison…Foreign NewscasterBernadeta Wrobel…Foreign NewscasterYouri Obryvtchenko…Foreign NewscasterHeidi Iro…Foreign NewscasterKit Koon…Foreign NewscasterParm Soor…Foreign NewscasterCristina Menz…Foreign NewscasterLynn Colliar…Foreign Newscaster

Sources: imdb & wikipedia

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