Watchmen

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American film feature film superhero film

Watchmen is a 2009 superhero film adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' acclaimed graphic novel, directed by Zack Snyder and known for its dark, deconstructive take on the superhero genre.

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Watchmen (film) 0
Watchmen (2009 film) (as producer through Legendary Entertainment) 1
Watchmen: Director's Cut 1

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
superhero film ⓘ
basedOn Watchmen (graphic novel) ⓘ
castMember Billy Crudup ⓘ
Carla Gugino ⓘ
Jackie Earle Haley ⓘ
Jeffrey Dean Morgan ⓘ
Laura Mennell ⓘ
Malin Åkerman ⓘ
Matt Frewer ⓘ
Matthew Goode ⓘ
Patrick Wilson ⓘ
Robert Wisden ⓘ
Stephen McHattie ⓘ
cinematographyBy Larry Fong ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Zack Snyder ⓘ
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Martin Walsh ⓘ
William Hoy ⓘ
genre action film ⓘ
alternate history film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
dystopian film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
neo-noir film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
superhero film ⓘ
hasSubject Cold War ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
nuclear war ⓘ
vigilantism ⓘ
hasVersion Watchmen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Watchmen: Director's Cut

Watchmen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Watchmen: Ultimate Cut
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Dr. Manhattan ⓘ
Nite Owl II ⓘ
Ozymandias ⓘ
Rorschach ⓘ
Silk Spectre II ⓘ
The Comedian ⓘ
musicBy Tyler Bates ⓘ
notableFor deconstructive take on the superhero genre ⓘ
faithful visual adaptation of the graphic novel ⓘ
partOf DC Comics film adaptations ⓘ
producer Deborah Snyder ⓘ
Lawrence Gordon ⓘ
Lloyd Levin ⓘ
productionCompany DC Comics ⓘ
Legendary Pictures ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 2009 ⓘ
rating R ⓘ
releaseDate 2009-03-06 ⓘ
runtime 163 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Alex Tse ⓘ
David Hayter ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
alternate history United States ⓘ
setInPeriod 1980s ⓘ
setInYear 1985 ⓘ

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Watchmen → hasVersion → Watchmen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Watchmen (film)
this entity surface form: Watchmen: Director's Cut
Watchmen → hasVersion → Watchmen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Watchmen (film)
this entity surface form: Watchmen: Ultimate Cut
Carla Gugino → notableWork → Watchmen ⓘ
DC Comics → notableWork → Watchmen ⓘ
Matthew Goode → notableWork → Watchmen ⓘ
Thomas Tull → notableWork → Watchmen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watchmen (2009 film) (as producer through Legendary Entertainment)