The Spirit

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American film film neo-noir film superhero film

The Spirit is a 2008 neo-noir superhero film adaptation of Will Eisner’s classic comic strip, directed by Frank Miller and known for its stylized visuals and pulpy crime-fantasy tone.

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The Spirit (2008 film) 0
The Spirit (comic strip) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
neo-noir film ⓘ
superhero film ⓘ
basedOn The Spirit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Spirit (comic strip)
character Denny Colt ⓘ
Ellen Dolan ⓘ
Sand Saref ⓘ
Silken Floss ⓘ
The Octopus ⓘ
The Spirit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
cinematographyBy Bill Pope ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Frank Miller ⓘ
distributedBy Lionsgate ⓘ
editedBy Gregory Nussbaum ⓘ
filmingStyle stylized visuals ⓘ
genre action film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
superhero film ⓘ
leadActor Gabriel Macht ⓘ
musicBy David Newman ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Eva Mendes as Sand Saref ⓘ
Gabriel Macht as The Spirit ⓘ
Samuel L. Jackson ⓘ
surface form: Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus

Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss ⓘ
producer Deborah Del Prete ⓘ
Gigi Pritzker ⓘ
Michael Uslan ⓘ
productionCompany Lionsgate ⓘ
OddLot Entertainment ⓘ
ratingMPAA PG-13 ⓘ
releaseDate 2008-12-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 2008 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 103 ⓘ
screenwriter Frank Miller ⓘ
setIn Central City ⓘ
starring Dan Lauria ⓘ
Eva Mendes ⓘ
Gabriel Macht ⓘ
Jaime King ⓘ
Paz Vega ⓘ
Samuel L. Jackson ⓘ
Sarah Paulson ⓘ
Scarlett Johansson ⓘ
Stana Katic ⓘ
visualStyleComparedTo Sin City ⓘ
surface form: Sin City (2005 film)

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The Spirit → basedOn → The Spirit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Spirit (2008 film)
this entity surface form: The Spirit (comic strip)
The Spirit → character → The Spirit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Spirit (2008 film)
Jamie King → notableFilm → The Spirit ⓘ
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