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| V for Vendetta | |
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| Directed by | James McTeigue |
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| Produced by | Joel Silver Larry Wachowski Andy Wachowski Grant Hill |
| Written by | Screenplay: Larry Wachowski Andy Wachowski Comic Book: Alan Moore (uncredited) David Lloyd |
| Starring | Natalie Portman Hugo Weaving Stephen Rea Stephen Fry John Hurt |
| Music by | Original: Dario Marianelli Non-Original: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Cinematography | Adrian Biddle |
| Editing by | Martin Walsh |
| Studio | Virtual Studios Silver Pictures Vertigo/DC Comics |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | United States: December 11, 2005 (Butt-Numb-A-Thon) March 17, 2006 United Kingdom: March 17, 2006 Australia: March 30, 2006 |
| Running time | 132 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom United States Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $54,000,000[1] |
| Gross revenue | $132,511,035[1] |
V for Vendetta is a 2005 cult action-thriller film directed by James McTeigue and produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is an adaptation of the graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Set in London, United Kingdom in a near-future dystopian society, the film follows the mysterious V, a freedom fighter seeking to effect sociopolitical change while simultaneously pursuing his own violent personal vendetta. The film stars Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond, Hugo Weaving as V, Stephen Rea as Inspector Finch and John Hurt as Chancellor Sutler.
The film was originally scheduled for release by Warner Bros. Friday, November 4, 2005 (a day before the 400th Guy Fawkes Night), but was delayed; it opened on March 17, 2006. Alan Moore, facing his disappointment in both From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, refused to view the film and subsequently distanced himself from it. The filmmakers removed many of the anarchist themes and drug references present in the original story and also altered the political message to what they believed would be more relevant to a 2006 audience.
