Watchmen (2009)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Zack Snyder

Writers (WGA):

David Hayter (screenplay) and
Alex Tse (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

6 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face.

Plot:

When an ex-superhero is murdered, a vigilante named Rorschach begins an investigation into the murder, which begins to lead to a much more terrifying conclusion.

Plot Keywords:

Vigilante | 1985 | Murder | Investigation | Conspiracy

Awards:

1 nomination

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Cast

Malin Akerman	...	Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
Billy Crudup	...	Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman
Matthew Goode	...	Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Edward Blake / The Comedian
Patrick Wilson	...	Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
Carla Gugino	...	Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
Matt Frewer	...	Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
Stephen McHattie	...	Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
Laura Mennell	...	Janey Slater
Rob LaBelle	...	Wally Weaver
Gary Houston	...	John McLaughlin
James M. Connor	...	Pat Buchanan (as James Michael Connor)
Mary Ann Burger	...	Eleanor Clift
John Shaw	...	Doug Roth
Robert Wisden	...	Richard Nixon
Jerry Wasserman	...	Detective Fine
Don Thompson	...	Detective Gallagher
Frank Novak	...	Henry Kissinger
Sean Allan	...	Norad General #1
Ron Fassler	...	Ted Koppel
Stephanie Belding	...	Janet Black
Chris Burns	...	Dumb Thug
Nhi Do	...	Vietnamese Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Walter Addison	...	Lee Iacocca
Tony Ali	...	Foreign Newscaster #11
Alison Araya	...	Foreign Newscaster #1
Greg Armstrong-Morris	...	Truman Capote
Tony Bardach	...	John with Rorschach's Mother
Katie Bennison	...	Foreign Newscaster #12
Carly Bentall	...	Wally's Girlfriend
Jay Brazeau	...	News Vendor
Clint Carleton	...	Young Hollis Mason
Mike Carpenter	...	Young Moloch
Frank Cassini	...	Sally's Husband
Fulvio Cecere	...	Agent Forbes - Backstage handler at Manhattan interview
Isabelle Champeau	...	Foreign Newscaster #16
Ron Chartier	...	Carnival Photographer
Louis Chirillo	...	Face To Face TV Producer
Dawn Chubai	...	Keene Act Anchor #3
Suzanne Clements-Smith	...	On Location Reporter #2
Lynn Colliar	...	Foreign Newscaster #10
Andrew Colthart	...	Naked Man at Warhol Party
Bruce Crawford	...	Bank Robber
Agam Darshi	...	On Location Reporter #3
Sahara Davis	...	Young Tenement Fire Child (as Sahara Oasis Ashanti Davis)
Mark Docherty	...	Newscaster #1
Matt Drake	...	Older Boy Bully
Ali Dunn	...	Tenement Fire Child #3
Michael Eklund	...	Man in Riot Crowd #2
Glenn Ennis	...	Hooded Justice
Kurt Evans	...	Tenement Fire News Reporter
Ian Farthing	...	Foreign Newscaster #13
Deborah Finkel	...	Woman in Riot Crowd
Jeffrey Flieler	...	Tenement Fire Policeman
Tara Frederick	...	Aggressive Hooker
Ted Friend	...	Larry Culpeper
Mark Gash	...	On Location Reporter #1
Chris Gauthier	...	Seymour
Carrie Genzel	...	Jackie Kennedy
Leah Gibson	...	Silhouette's Girlfriend
L. Harvey Gold	...	New Frontiersman Editor
Haley Guiel	...	Laurie (13 Years) (as Haley Adrianna Guiel)
Matthew Harrison	...	Foreign Newscaster #3
Jaryd Heidrick	...	Young Jon
Danny Hospes	...	Tenement Fire Child #2
Greig Hospes	...	Tenement Fire Child #1
Heidi Iro	...	Foreign Newscaster #6
Alessandro Juliani	...	Rockefeller Military Base Technician
Terence Kelly	...	General West
J.R. Killigrew	...	David Bowie
Manuelita Kinsley	...	Keene Riot Reporter
John Kobylka	...	Fidel Castro
Kit Koon	...	Foreign Newscaster #7
Carmen Lavigne	...	Anti War Protester
Colin Lawrence	...	Officer Kirkpatrick
Calvin Lee	...	Foreign Newscaster #14
Mi-Jung Lee	...	A Bomb Test Anchorwoman
Santo Lombardo	...	Knot Top Gang Member #2
Alexander Mandra	...	Foreign Newscaster #15 (as Alexander Sasha Mandra)
Niall Matter	...	Mothman
Tom McBeath	...	News Analyst
Tyler McClendon	...	Veidt Enterprises Security Guard
Kevin McNulty	...	News Anchor
Cristina Menz	...	Foreign Newscaster #9
Youri Obryvtchenko	...	Foreign Newscaster #5
Ashley O'Connell	...	Foreign Newscaster #17
Dan Payne	...	Dollar Bill
Marsha Regis	...	Face To Face TV Receptionist
Jesse Reid	...	Teenager at Newsstand
Martin Reiss	...	Brezhnev
Patrick Sabongui	...	Knot Top Gang Leader
Salli Saffioti	...	Annie Leibovitz
Sahar	...	Foreign Newscaster #2
Sonya Salomaa	...	Adrian Veidt's Assistant
Darryl Scheelar	...	Captain Metropolis
Neil Schell	...	Man in Riot Crowd #1
Jason Schombing	...	NY Swat #1
Darren Shahlavi	...	NY Swat #2
Daryl Shuttleworth	...	Jon's Father
Eli Snyder	...	Young Rorschach
Manoj Sood	...	Karnak Scientist
Parm Soor	...	Foreign Newscaster #8
Salvatore Sortino	...	1940 Watchmen Photographer
Tamara Stanners	...	Vietnam 51st State Anchor
Brett Stimely	...	John F. Kennedy
Steven Stojkovic	...	Mick Jagger
Clay St. Thomas	...	Newscaster #2
Sylvesta Stuart	...	Destruction Firefighter
John R. Taylor	...	Priest
John Tench	...	Knot Top Gang Member #1
Greg Travis	...	Andy Warhol
Ken Tremblett	...	Keene Act Anchor #2
Apollonia Vanova	...	Silhouette
Marshall Virtue	...	NY Swat #3
Lori Watt	...	Rorschach's Mother
Chris Weber	...	Officer O'Brien
Dale Wolfe	...	Keene Act Anchor #1
Danny Woodburn	...	Big Figure
Bernadeta Wrobel	...	Foreign Newscaster #4
Sahar Biniaz	...	Foreign Newscaster #2 (uncredited)
Damon Caro	...	U.S. Soldier (uncredited)
Douglas Chapman	...	Roy Chess (uncredited)
Dave Cote	...	Man at Club (uncredited)
Saira De Goede	...	Girl at Club (uncredited)
Yoosik Oum	...	Scientist (uncredited)
Malcolm Scott	...	Fat Thug (uncredited)
Zack Snyder	...	Commando in Vietnam (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Michael Stevens	...	Doomsday Clock Scientist #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Zack Snyder

Writing credits (WGA)
David Hayter		(screenplay) and
Alex Tse		(screenplay)
Dave Gibbons		(graphic novel illustrator)
Alan Moore		(graphic novel) uncredited

Produced by
Wesley Coller	....	co-producer
Herb Gains	....	executive producer
Lawrence Gordon	....	producer
Lloyd Levin	....	producer
Lorne Orleans	....	IMAX version
Deborah Snyder	....	producer
Thomas Tull	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Tyler Bates

Cinematography by
Larry Fong		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Hoy

Casting by
Kristy Carlson

Production Design by
Alex McDowell

Art Direction by
François Audouy		(supervising art director)
Helen Jarvis
James Steuart

Set Decoration by
Jim Erickson

Costume Design by
Michael Wilkinson

Makeup Department
Anji Bemben	....	hair department head
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup designer
Rita Ciccozzi	....	key makeup artist
Rosalina Da Silva	....	makeup department head
Emanuela Daus	....	makeup artist
Cara Doell	....	assistant hair stylist
Vanessa Giles	....	assistant makeup artist
Céline Godeau	....	tattoo artist
Will Huff	....	special makeup effects artist
Jason James	....	mold/lab technician
Jim Knell	....	production photographer: Drac Studios
Rebecca Lee	....	assistant makeup artist
Carrie LeGrand	....	makeup production supervisor: Drac Studios
Harvey Lowry	....	director of operations: Drac Studios
Sharon Markell	....	assistant hair stylist
Mark Nieman	....	silicone prosthetic supervisor: Drac Studios
Geoff Redknap	....	special makeup effects artist
Rick Stratton	....	tattoos
Miles Teves	....	makeup designer
Miles Teves	....	special makeup effects artist
Todd Tucker	....	creative director: Drac Studios
Steve Winsett	....	special makeup effects artist
Jacqueline Robertson Cull	....	wig maker (uncredited)

Production Management
Christopher DeFaria	....	executive in charge of production
Sara Flamm	....	production supervisor
Jim Rowe	....	unit production manager
Andrea Wertheim	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ashley Bell	....	third assistant director
Misha Bukowski	....	key second assistant director
Eddy Santos	....	second assistant director
Rhonda Taylor	....	key third assistant director
Martin Walters	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Chris Beach	....	assistant art director
Brent Bennett	....	set buyer
Michael A. Billings	....	set buyer
Ea Birkett	....	prop man
Ea Birkett	....	props assistant
Brent Boates	....	illustrator
Peter Bodnarus	....	set designer
Lars Canty	....	assistant art director
John Cassaday	....	concept artist
Melanie Cassidy	....	sculptor
Lubor Cencak	....	scenic artist
Aric Cheng	....	set designer
James H. Chow	....	property master
Jessee J. Clarkson	....	model maker
Brian Cunningham	....	graphic illustrator
John Dale	....	general foreman
Richard Ewan	....	miniature painter
Warren Flanagan	....	prop design/illustration
Kirsten Franson	....	graphic artist
Allan Galajda	....	set designer
Jack Gauvreau	....	head sculptor
Trevor Goring	....	illustrator
Aaron Haye	....	digital set designer
Leah Hong	....	graphic designer
Adam Hughes	....	concept artist
Patrick Kearns	....	on-set dresser
Franziska Keller	....	art department coordinator: prep
Jan Kobylka	....	construction coordinator
Ray Lai	....	graphic illustrator
Carmen Lee	....	art assistant
Catherine Leighton	....	assistant property master
Andrew Li	....	set designer
Scott Lukowski	....	concept illustrator
Rohan Lyal	....	head greensman
Jaydene Maryk	....	art department coordinator
Dale Menzies	....	construction foreman
J.J. Mestinsek	....	scenic artist
Chad Neufeld	....	carpenter
Neville Page	....	creature designer: sculptor
Dan Petrescu	....	paint foreman
Hamish Purdy	....	assistant set decorator
Andrew Reid	....	buyer
Steve Reintjes	....	paint foreman
Michel Rheault	....	construction buyer
Guy Roland	....	set dresser
Rich Romig	....	set designer
Lauren Ruggeri	....	art department assistant
Rodrigo Segovia	....	set designer
Dean Sherriff	....	illustrator
Maya Shimoguchi	....	set designer
James Steuart	....	set designer
Bryan Sutton	....	set designer
Michael Toby	....	model maker
Mario Tomas-Niedworok	....	paint coordinator
Grant Van Der Slagt	....	set designer
Barbara Wilson	....	assistant art director
Patrick Zahorodniuk	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound mix technician
Robert Carr	....	sound mix technician
Matt Dawson	....	adr mixer
Gary A. Hecker	....	supervising foley artist
Scott Hecker	....	supervising sound editor
Rick Hromadka	....	sound designer
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Kray	....	adr mixer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound designer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound effects editor
Mike Marino	....	foley mixer
Michael McGee	....	production sound mixer
Frank A. Montaño	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Frank Montaño)
Eric A. Norris	....	supervising sound designer
Jason Oliver	....	adr recordist
Charles O'Shea	....	boom operator
Daniel Pagan	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Peirson	....	sound designer
Derek Pippert	....	foley editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Roy Seeger	....	first assistant sound editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
David Werntz	....	sound designer
David Werntz	....	sound effects editor
Byron Wilson	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Dan Cervin	....	special effects first assistant
Jerry Constantine	....	special effects makeup
Dan Crawley	....	special effects technician
Brandon Ellison	....	special effects technician
Brandon Engstrom	....	special effects technician
Janet Evaschuck	....	special effects technician (as Janet Pearce)
Bill Fesh	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc.
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician
Christopher Gilman	....	special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Chris Hampton	....	special effects supervisor
Nicholas Hiegel	....	model maker
Kelly Kerby	....	pyrotechnician
Alan McFarland	....	special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Randy Pike	....	special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Dale Shippam	....	special effects technician
Charles Sowles	....	costume specialist
Andrew Verhoeven	....	special effects: electronics
Adam Walls	....	special effects technician
Joel Whist	....	special effects coordinator
Brad Zehr	....	special effects technician
Suma Adams	....	seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ozzy Alvarez	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jason Barnett	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Sophia Coronado	....	specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Robert Kato DeStefan	....	body shop technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Megan Flagg	....	special effects technician: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Joe Gomez	....	mold shop supervisor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Carol Koch	....	sculptor: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Steve Koch	....	sculptor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jacqueline Makkee	....	seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Walter Phelan	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh	....	prosthetic suits supervisor: Quantum Creation FX Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh	....	specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ray Shaffer	....	special effects lab technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Brett Stern	....	special effects costume painter: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Chris Wolters	....	mechanical designer: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gary Abrahamian	....	animation lead: CIS Hollywood
Matthew Adams	....	2D supervisor: MPC
Michael Adkisson	....	senior compositor
Laide Agunbiade	....	compositor
Laide Agunbiade	....	senior lighting technical director
Frank Akrong	....	digital compositor
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
Ian Allard	....	digital artist
Enrico Altmann	....	model maker: New Deal Studios
Vinicio Alvarez	....	senior production services technician
Tim Angulo	....	director of photography: New Deal Studios
Greg Astles	....	2d supervisor: Intelligent Creatures, Inc.
Kelly Barschig	....	recruiter: SPI
Jean-Paul Beaulieu	....	lighting and compositing artist
Darren A. Bell	....	visual effects executive producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Chad Belteau	....	lighting and compositing technical director
Jeff Benjamin	....	lead production services technician
Jeffrey Benoit	....	pre-visualization artist
Eli Best	....	visual effects production assistant
Sarah Birns	....	digital compositor
Dan Blank	....	compositor
Michael Boggs	....	scanning manager
Landon Bootsma	....	compositor: MPC
Jayni Borgaro	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Jelmer Boskma	....	previs modeler
Jean-Christophe Boue	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures
Dhiraj Brahma	....	roto artist: SPII
Michael Brazelton	....	digital compositor: MPC
Danielle Brooks	....	CG artist
Randy Brown	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Max Bruce	....	CG supervisor
Jeff Bruneel	....	senior digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures
Wendell Bruno	....	assistant DMR editor (IMAX version)
Izet Buco	....	digital compositor
Jose Burgos	....	lead technical director: MPC Vancouver
Matt Burlingame	....	model maker: New Deal Studios
Elika Burns	....	roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Elika Burns	....	roto/paint supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Jeremy Burns	....	digital compositor
Naomi Butler	....	roto/prep artist
Steve Cady	....	lead animator: Intelligent Creatures
Allison Cain	....	sequence producer
Dan Camp	....	technical animator: SPI
Joe Carhart	....	visual effects production assistant
Anthony Ceccomancini	....	associate production manager
Joshua Chapel	....	technical director
Freddy Chavez	....	visual effects compositor
Dominic Cheung	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures
Hyemee Choi	....	lighter
Jangwoo Choi	....	senior modeler
Scott Seungpil Chung	....	effects technical director: CIS Hollywood
Katarzyna Cieryt	....	lighting artist
Rhys Claringbull	....	asset lead: MPC
Rhys Claringbull	....	lighting artist: MPC
Craig Clarke	....	digital compositor
Oli Clarke	....	layout artist: MPC
Jessee J. Clarkson	....	modelmaker
Miodrag Colombo	....	digital compositor: The Moving Picture Company
Jerry Corda-Stanley	....	senior TD -Rorscahch look development and lighting pipeline: Intelligent Creatures
Chris Coupland	....	visual effects editor: MPC UK
Garrett Cox	....	visual effects
Craig Crawford	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Kevin Culhane	....	character rigger: CIS Hollywood
Will Cunningham	....	senior effects technical director
Seth Curlin	....	model maker: New Deal Studios
Glenn Curry	....	digital effects artist: MPC
Mark Curtis	....	compositor
Christopher Davies	....	render wrangler
Paul A. Davies	....	character animator
Adam Davis	....	crowd pipeline td
Lisa Deaner	....	senior Flame artist
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	visual effects artist: 3D scanning & modeling
Stanley A. Dellimore	....	head of layout: MPC
Owen Demers	....	texture/matte painter
Purva Deshpande	....	digital artist: IMAX Version
John 'D.J.' Des Jardin	....	visual effects supervisor
Ben Dickson	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
John Dietz	....	visual effects producer: Rising Sun Pictures
Jeff Dillinger	....	lighting and compositing
Ben Dishart	....	texture artist: CIS Hollywood
Thai Son Doan	....	digital compositor
Waylon Dobson	....	modeler: CIS Hollywood
Jonny Doig	....	3D department manager: MPC
Tom Dow	....	layout artist: MPC
Nick Drew	....	visual effects production manager: CIS London
Gord Dunick	....	visual effects set supervisor
Minh Duong	....	modeler
Ty Duperron	....	modeler: previz
Noel Eaton	....	senior production services technician
Boinet Eglantine	....	matte painter (uncredited)
Elayaraja	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Elson	....	executive producer: MPC
Fish Essenfeld	....	senior technical director
Ian Fallon	....	render wrangler: MPC
Michael Fessenden	....	visual effects artist: Entity FX
Forest Fischer	....	model crew chief: New Deal Studios
Lisa Fisher	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Jordan Flanagan	....	digital compositor
Jerome Fournier	....	visual effects
Richard Fox	....	digital compositor
Nick Fredin	....	pre-viz animator
James French	....	previs animator
Nihal Friedel	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Mathias Frodin	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Jigesh Gajjar	....	matchmove supervisor: The Moving Picture Company
Rasshi Ganeriwal	....	visual effects production assistant: Intelligent Creatures, Inc
Julia Gaudette	....	visual effects production manager: CIS Hollywood
Daniel Gaudreau	....	digital compositor
Mikael Genachte-Lebail	....	digital artist: MPC
Clement Gerard	....	head of environment: MPC london
Deborah Giarratana	....	visual effects executive
Greg Gibbons	....	matte painting supervisor: Intelligent Creatures
Peter Giliberti	....	animator
Ben Gillingham-Sutton	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist
Alex Gitler	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Alex Gitler	....	digital compositor
Alex Gitler	....	visual effects: CIS Hollywood
Lisa Gonzalez	....	modeller: MPC
Demian Gordon	....	special projects: pipeline
Virginie Goulet	....	digital compositor
John Grotelueschen	....	senior production services technician
Omar Gudjonsson	....	compositor
Glen Gustafson	....	matte painter
Martin Halle	....	effects technical director
Brian Hamblin	....	editorial technical manager: SPI
Chris Hardman	....	matchmove artist: The Moving Picture Company
Jim Cody Harrington	....	senior effects technical director
Jim Cody Harrington	....	senior visual effects technical director
Michael Hatton	....	visual effects production executive: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Parag Havaldar	....	lead software engineer
Jason Heapy	....	visual effects producer
Oliver Hearsey	....	matchmove artist: The Moving Picture Company
Joe Henke	....	digital effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Nicole Herr	....	digital character animator: SPI
Jeff Higgins	....	research & development technical director
Bryan Hirota	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Alex Hislop	....	matchmove
Sam Hodge	....	compositor: rising sun pictures
Andrew Hogden	....	junior compositor
Jean Ho	....	digital effects coordinator
Justin Holt	....	digital matte painter: MPC
Justin Holt	....	senior texture painter: MPC
Carl Hooper	....	effects animation lead
Rob House	....	senior technical director
Brian Howald	....	digital effects artist
Wade Howie	....	visual effects artist
Pearl Hsu	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures
John Hughes	....	senior effects technical director: SPI
Chris Hung	....	senior technical director
Alwyn Hunt	....	senior texture artist: MPC
Matthew Hunt	....	render wrangler
Neil Huxley	....	title designer
Bridget Immelman	....	model shop coordinator
Jonna Isotalus	....	digital artist
Justin Israel	....	senior production service technician: SPI
Mike Jahnke	....	animator: previz
Jeffrey Jasper	....	digital artist: New Deal Studios
Alicia Johnson	....	visual effects coordinator
Helen Johnson	....	roto/prep artist
Dennis Jones	....	visual effects supervisor
Keith Jones	....	roto/prep artist
Ken Mitchel Jones	....	technical director: Intelligent Creatures
Marc Jones	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Owen Jones	....	lead matchmove artist
Jason Jue	....	digital compositor
Howard Julian	....	layout artist: MPC
Mark Justison	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Mark Justison	....	roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Terry Kalinich	....	animator
Terry Kalinich	....	rigger
Patrick Kavanaugh	....	digital effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Tyler Kehl	....	visual effects coordinator
Blaine Kennison	....	lighting and compositing technical director: SPI
Tim Ketzer	....	lighting technical director
Val Kharitonashvili	....	effects technical director: SPI
Sithiriscient Khay	....	digital matter painter
Elaine Kieran	....	software research and development: MPC
Seunghyuk Kim	....	senior effects technical director
Gyuri Kiss	....	effects lead
Jeffrey Klug	....	systems engineer: Intelligent Creatures
Marta Knudsen	....	matte painter: CIS Hollywood
Lev Kolobov	....	rorschach effect designer: Intelligent Creatures
Stephen Kowalski	....	senior systems architect
Daniel Kramer	....	digital effects supervisor
Sylvia Kratzsch	....	lighting technical director: MPC
John Kreidman	....	digital production manager
E. Suresh Kumar	....	digital effects artist
Joosten Kuypers	....	senior lighting and compositing technical director: SPI
Giselle Kymberly	....	digital compositor
Bill LaBarge	....	effects animation lead
Luis Labrador	....	senior character modeler
Daniel La Chapelle	....	digital effects artist
Ken Lam	....	senior technical director: color and lighting (SPI )
Ken Lam	....	compositor: Moving Picture Company
Ken Lam	....	digital compositor
Jean Lapointe	....	compositing sequence supervisor: MPC
Pedro Lara	....	digital compositor: MPC
Shandy Lashley	....	visual effects coordinator
Mike Lasker	....	lighting technical director
Michelle Ledesma	....	visual effects coordinator
Sean Lewkiw	....	technical head of 3D
Gregory D. Liegey	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Kirk Lilwall	....	third assistant editor: DMR (IMAX version)
Bryan Litson	....	lighting technical director
Randy Little	....	digital compositor: title designer
Chris Logan	....	cloth & hair lead
Justin Long	....	vfx artist - camera dept: Rising Sun Pictures
Steven Lovell	....	visual effects
Matthias Lowry	....	digital compositor
Keith Luczywo	....	associate production manager
Matthew Lynch	....	visual effects bidding producer: Intelligent Creatures
Vlad Lysik	....	matchmover/compositor
Bob Lyss	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Damien Macé	....	concept artist
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor
Heather MacPhee	....	paint & rotoscoping artist: CIS Hollywood
Heather MacPhee	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Kevin Mah	....	effects & lighting technical director: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Javad Matoorian-Pour	....	roto/prep
George McCarthy	....	visual effects editor
Andrew McDonald	....	head of modeling: MPC
Kenn McDonald	....	animation supervisor
Shannon McGee	....	senior technical director: SPI
Ian McIntosh	....	visual effects coordinator
Sarah McLauchlan	....	vfx editor: Rising Sun PIctures
Antonio Meazzini	....	digital paint artist
John J. Meehan	....	animator
Diana Miao	....	CG supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Diana Miao	....	texture & lighting supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Pericles Michielin	....	character animator: SPI
Ellen E. Miki	....	prep artist
Katie Miller	....	coordinator assistant: CIS Hollywood
Katie Miller	....	production assistant: CIS Hollywood
Ryan Mintenko	....	lighter: MPC
Michele Moen	....	matte painter: Svengali VFX
Lon Molnar	....	visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures
Sarah Moore	....	lighting & compositing: SPI
Koji Morihiro	....	animator
Jean-Francois Morissette	....	senior matchmover
David Antonin Mucci	....	sequence supervisor
Tricia Mulgrew	....	visual effects production supervisor
Ryan Mullany	....	digital artist
Tim Mulvihill	....	visual effects editor
Adil Mustafabekov	....	matte painter: SPI
Serena Naramore	....	digital compositor
Jarrod Nesbit	....	senior visual effects coordinator
Steve Newburn	....	model maker: New Deal Studios
Mark Newport	....	effects support
Jeff Newton	....	CG supervisor
Adele Ng	....	3d artist: Intelligent Creatures
Leila Nicotera	....	visual effects artist
Chris Nokes	....	visual effects line producer: Intelligent Creatures
James P. Noon	....	tracking
Sam Norman	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Nick Ocean	....	visual effects production assistant
Joshua Ochoa	....	motion capture supervisor
Roma O'Connor	....	visual effects executive producer
Gregory Oehler	....	senior compositor: CIS Hollywood
Jonathan Opgenhaffen	....	lead cgi artist: CIS London
Ellery Ortiz	....	matchmove artist
Scott Parker	....	systems engineer: Intelligent Creatures
Isaac Partouche	....	animation
Isaac Partouche	....	motion capture director
Stephen Paschke	....	effects technical director: MPC
Luca Pataracchia	....	senior effects technical director
Simon Payne	....	character rigger
Geoff Pedder	....	look development lead: MPC Vancouver
Joseph Pepper	....	senior technical director
Tom Perry	....	lighting technical director: Intelligent Creatures
Derek Peterson	....	storyboard coordinator
Rob Pieke	....	research and development: MPC
Jason Pomerantz	....	digital artist: IMAX version
Eric Ponton	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Shaun Anthony Portillo	....	visual effects artist
Olivier Pron	....	head of matte painting: MPC
Mark Pullyblank	....	previz animator
Paul Pytlik	....	digital artist: IMAX version
The-Hung Quach	....	texture painter
Søren Ragsdale	....	look development: shader artist: SPI
Balaji Ramakrishna	....	digital compositor
Sandesh Ramdev	....	rotoscoping lead
Ollie Rankin	....	motion capture director
Donny Rausch	....	lighting and compositing
Nicholas David Reed	....	matchmove artist
Nicholas David Reed	....	visual effects
Arturo Revilla	....	matchmover: Intelligent Creatures
Hannes Ricklefs	....	research and development: mpc
Scott Riopelle	....	lead digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures
Becky Roberts	....	visual effects producer: CIS London
Ben Roberts	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Liz Roberts	....	visual effects production manager: MPC
Pau Rocher	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures
Joseph Rosensteel	....	lighting & compositing technical director: SPI
Toby Rosen	....	visual effects technician
Chris Ryan	....	cg supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Kate Sabicer	....	model maker intern: New Deal Studios
Frank Sacco	....	lead animator: Intelligent Creatures
Avi Salem	....	compositor
Marc-Andre Samson	....	senior matte painter
Elizabeth Schafer	....	digital coordinator
John Schlag	....	shader artist
Scott Schneider	....	digital set designer: New Deal Studios
Aaron Schultz	....	animator: CIS Hollywood
Tom Schultz	....	match mover: SPI
Victor Schutz	....	lighting lead
Victor Schutz	....	look development
Eric Scott	....	visual effects producer
Remington Scott	....	animator
David Seager	....	digital effects supervisor: SPI
Vincent Serritella	....	senior technical director
Randy Sharp	....	senior modeler
Shervin Shoghian	....	compositing supervisor: Image Engine
Marc Smith	....	3D laser scanning
Drew Solodzuk	....	DMR editor (IMAX version)
Eddie Soria	....	digital paint and roto
Kevin Souls	....	color and lighting
Marc Steinberg	....	senior modeler
David Stopford	....	digital effects artist
Joe Strasser	....	look development technical director: SPI
Youngsam Suh	....	effects technical director
Sumit Suri	....	digital lighting artist: Intelligent Creatures
Jean-Francois Szlapka	....	motion capture animation supervisor
Giuseppe Tagliavini	....	digital compositor: MPC
Aaron Tankenson	....	recruiter: SPI
George Taylor	....	compositor
David Thompson	....	digital compositor
Richard Thwaites	....	visual effects production manager: Rising Sun Pictures
Tim M. Townsend	....	layout artist: MPC
Peter G. Travers	....	visual effects supervisor
Max Tyrie	....	senior character animator
Carolyn Uy	....	senior technical director
George Vajna	....	second assistant DMR editor: IMAX version
Kristafer Vale	....	character setup artist
James Valentine	....	paint & rotoscoping artist: CIS Hollywood
Brad van Bodegom	....	digital artist (IMAX version)
Theo Vandernoot	....	CG supervisor
Theo Vandernoot	....	senior artist
David Van Dyke	....	visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Dana Vanhove	....	digital production manager
Fani Vassiadi	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Karla Ventocilla	....	digital artist
Karla Ventocilla	....	roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Rickey Verma	....	digital compositor
Bruno Vilela	....	senior compositor
Bruno Vilela	....	senior lighter
Tom Voll	....	CG artist
Paul Vorsman	....	digital compositor
Marko Vukovic	....	lighting/compositing: SPI
Pat Wakefield	....	digital compositor
Adam Walker	....	modeller: MPC
Matt Wallin	....	compositing sequence supervisor
Nancey S. Wallis	....	senior technical director: SPI
Jason Wardle	....	senior cgi artist: CIS Hollywood
Ben Warner	....	senior digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Nathan Warner	....	previs artist: Proof, Inc.
Barry Weiss	....	senior staff
John Welborn	....	software engineer
Guy Wiedmann	....	visual effects editor
Robert A. Willis	....	compositor
Chris Wilson	....	render wrangler: MPC
Matt Wilson	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Eric Withee	....	visual effects coordinator: Svengali FX
Stephen Wong	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Max Wood	....	CG supervisor
Sarah Wormsbecher	....	associate visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures
Rachel Wright	....	compositor
Elbert Yen	....	texture paint supervisor: SPI
Jaehyun Yoo	....	effects artist: CIS Hollywood
Jaehyun Yoo	....	effects technical director: CIS Hollywood
Jaehyun Yoo	....	fluid technical director: CIS Hollywood
Kai Zhang	....	lighting technical director
Kai Zhang	....	lighting technical director: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Bjorn Zipprich	....	senior effects technical director
Bojan Zoric	....	digital matte artist
Christian Zurcher	....	previs supervisor
Matt Ashton	....	senior systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Durai Babu	....	senior matchmove artist (uncredited)
Sebastien Betsch	....	i/o technical specialist (uncredited)
Robert Chapin	....	previs artist (uncredited)
Jon Cowley	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Christian Cunningham	....	technical director (uncredited)
Niall Flinn	....	effects technical director (uncredited)
Donald Fly	....	general manager: CIS Group (uncredited)
Amy Garback	....	effects liaison: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Brian Holmes	....	systems engineer: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Sho Igarashi	....	cloth artist (uncredited)
Eugene Jeong	....	senior technical animator: SPI (uncredited)
Mike Jiang	....	lighting and compositing technical director (uncredited)
Kwang Jib Kim	....	visual effects producer: Digitrove.Inc (uncredited)
Seryong Kim	....	cg supervisor: Digitrove, Inc (uncredited)
S. Gopi Krishna	....	digital paint artist (uncredited)
Russell Lum	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Manikandan	....	compositor (uncredited)
Marco Marenghi	....	animator (uncredited)
Krista Maryanski	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Paul Maurice	....	Lidar supervisor: Lidar Services (uncredited)
James McPhail	....	effects technical director (uncredited)
Robert Minsk	....	systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Chris Oben	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Andrea Lackey Pace	....	manager of production services (uncredited)
Rik Panero	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Adam Paschke	....	compositor (uncredited)
Duncan Robson	....	motion editor: MPC (uncredited)
V. Samundeswari	....	senior compositor (uncredited)
Jim Stacey	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Corey Turner	....	performance capture data tracking (uncredited)
Sukumaran Lalithambika Vijin	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Tim Warnock	....	concept artist and senior digital matte painter (uncredited)
Mark Wendell	....	senior lighting td: Sony Imageworks (uncredited)

Stunts
Fraser Aitcheson	....	stunt performer
Ed Anders	....	stunt performer
Aaron Au	....	stunt performer
James Bamford	....	stunts
Loyd Bateman	....	stunts
Shawn Beaton	....	utility stunts
Krista Bell	....	stunt performer
Guy Bews	....	stunt performer
Nick Brandon	....	stunt rigger
Dustin Brooks	....	stunt fire safety
Jason Calder	....	stunt performer
Kirk Caouette	....	stunts
Clint Carleton	....	stunt driver
Janene Carleton	....	stunt double
Janene Carleton	....	stunt double: Carla Gugino
Damon Caro	....	fight choreographer
Damon Caro	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Cetrone	....	fight choreographer
Richard Cetrone	....	stunt double: Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias
Raymond Chan	....	stunt performer
Andrew Chin	....	stunts
Mark Chin	....	stunt performer
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunts
Tim Connolly	....	stunt double: Jeffrey Morgan
Bruce Crawford	....	stunt performer
Crystal Dalman	....	stunt performer
Colin Decker	....	fire stunt assistant
Mike Desabrais	....	stunts
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts
Mike Dopud	....	stunt performer
Monique Ganderton	....	stunts
Lani Gelera	....	stunt performer
Leif Havdale	....	stunt protestor
Leif Havdale	....	stunts: prison guard
Rob Hayter	....	stunt performer
Adrian Hein	....	stunts
Kai Hirvonen	....	stunt rigger
Brian Ho	....	stunt performer
Dave Hospes	....	stunts
Charles Jarman	....	stunt performer
Jon Kralt	....	stunt performer
Larry Lam	....	stunt performer
Mitchell A. Lee Yuen	....	stunts: fire burn
Kit Mallet	....	stunts
James Michalopolous	....	stunt performer
Mike Mitchell	....	stunts
Rick Moore	....	stunts
James Ralph	....	stunts
Bridgett Riley	....	stunt double: Malin Akerman
Dan Rizzuto	....	stunt performer
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunt double
Matthew Rugetti	....	co-fight choreographer
Matthew Rugetti	....	stunt double
Chad Sayn	....	stunts
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunt performer
Kimani Ray Smith	....	stunt actor
Larissa Stadnichuk	....	utility stunts
Hugo Steele	....	stunt performer
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt performer
Rorelee Tio	....	stunt performer
Angela Uyeda	....	stunts
Sabine Varnes	....	stunt performer
Marshall Virtue	....	stunts
Paul Wu	....	stunt performer
Eli Zagoudakis	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeffery Bjorgum	....	video assistant
Dennis Brock	....	gaffer
John Clothier	....	Steadicam operator
John Clothier	....	camera operator
Cameron Drinkle	....	video playback operator
Clay Enos	....	still photographer
Eric Felland	....	best boy electric: visual effects
Lee Gibeau	....	grip
Ian Guns	....	super technocrane operator
Simon Jori	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Dave Joshi	....	digital video assist operator
Mike Kirilenko	....	key grip
Ian R.C. Levine	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Kevin Lheritier	....	grip
Paul Matsalla	....	lighting technician: rigger
David McKnight	....	digital video assist operator: VFX unit
Jessica Moskal	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Marc Nolet	....	grip
Peter Pacula	....	rigging grip
Robert Petrin	....	Lev head/Ultimate arm technician
Dean Reca	....	grip
Peter Ronan	....	lead electrician
James Salberg	....	dolly grip: Bill Cam unit
Richard Sinclair	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Trig Singer	....	camera operator
Jason Tidsbury	....	light balloon technician
Jerrod Tiffin	....	rigging gaffer
Scott Wallace	....	video playback operator
Gary J. Williams	....	grip
Darin Wong	....	dolly grip
Adriene Wyse	....	second assistant camera

Animation Department
Paul A. Davies	....	senior character animator
Jason Doss	....	animator
Alice V. Kaiserian	....	animator
Jason Labbe	....	previsualization artist
Keith W. Smith	....	lead animator
Grant Wilson	....	animator
David Armitage	....	animator (uncredited)
Marco Marenghi	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Michelle Allen	....	casting: Canada
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting
Arlene Kiyabu	....	casting associate
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Jennifer Weinstein	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michelle Baines	....	key costumer
Christine Bieselin Clark	....	assistant costume designer (as Christine Bieselin)
Andre Brouwer	....	truck costumer
Dawn Brown	....	costume concept artist
Tiffany Busche	....	costumer
Federico Cervantes	....	specialty costumer
Courtney Daniel	....	assistant costume designer
Summer Dietz	....	costumer
Denise Gingrich	....	key costume ager/dyer
Jessica Lythgoe-Green	....	costume department coordinator
Ryan Meinerding	....	costume illustrator
Niamh Murphy	....	costume textile artist
Susan O'Hara	....	costume set supervisor
Heather Rupert	....	costume textile artist
Hollie Strobl	....	textile artist / dyer

Editorial Department
Travis J. Andersen	....	post-production assistant
Alex Blatt	....	assistant editor
Des Carey	....	digital intermediate producer
Salvatore Catanzaro	....	on-line editor
Caroline Hardon	....	assistant editor
Erik Kaufmann	....	assistant editor
Sherman Kew	....	editorial production assistant
Thom Kyle	....	assistant editor
Melissa Remenarich	....	first assistant editor (as Melissa Remenarich-Aperlo)
Tyler Ruocco	....	editorial production assistant
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Ian Turpen	....	digital intermediate scanner: Company 3 (uncredited)

Music Department
Nick Baxter	....	music engineer
Gustavo Borner	....	scoring mixer
Ross DeRoche	....	supervising music copyist
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Justin Moshkevich	....	music engineer
Andrew Shulman	....	musician
Tim Williams	....	conductor
Tim Williams	....	orchestrator
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Blue Angus	....	transportation coordinator
Tim Fortin	....	transportation captain
Mark Hoeppner	....	unit driver
Paul Irvine	....	transportation co-captain
Barrie Poirier	....	unit driver
Rick Rasmussen	....	picture car coordinator
Tana Tocher	....	production driver

Other crew
Ron Blecker	....	military advisor
Morgan Brady	....	production assistant
Crystal Braunwarth	....	assistant to producer
Amanda Bronswyk	....	first assistant accountant
Stephanie Brown	....	production assistant: prep
David Cameron	....	digital assets manager
Simon Carrigan	....	second assistant coordinator
Stephen Chan	....	on-set key production assistant
Chantal Cholette	....	production assistant
Josh Climo	....	post production intern
Jason Collier	....	assistant location manager
Renee D. Czarapata	....	accountant
Hans Dayal	....	assistant location manager
Hanelize de Beer	....	second assistant coordinator
Jitka Dermiskova	....	trainee assistant location manager
Elyse Dinh	....	adr loop group
Heather Douglas	....	assistant: director: Vancouver
Kelsey Evans	....	key office production assistant
Paul Fenkart	....	documentary field producer
Sarah Freudeman	....	assistant to writer
Todd Ireland	....	trainee assistant location manager
Kimball Jansma	....	office production assistant
Michael J. LeGresley	....	location scout
Kyle Leydier	....	office assistant
Grant Lutz	....	production assistant
Sean Meade	....	key production assistant
Eva Morgan	....	production coordinator
Lee Anne Muldoon	....	unit publicist
Peter Mulholland	....	background wrangler
Derek Peterson	....	set staff assistant
Sonny Ritscher	....	production accountant
Celeste Schipono-Coller	....	assistant to director
Michele Lee Shellenberg	....	construction accountant
Steven Slater	....	post-production assistant (IMAX version )
Trevor Smith	....	assistant: Lawrence Gordon
Adrienne Sol	....	assistant production coordinator
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Jamie Reid Tait	....	transport office coordinator
Gladys Tong	....	computer and video graphics supervisor
Kendrie Upton	....	location manager
Chanda Venable	....	production assistant
Aaron Walrod	....	payroll accountant
Kimberly Wasson	....	production assistant
Kimi Webber	....	script supervisor
Shayne A. Wilson	....	assistant production coordinator: clearance coordinator

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Paramount Pictures
• Legendary Pictures (in association with)
• Lawrence Gordon Productions
• DC Comics

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Paramount Japan (2009) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Japan)
• Paramount Pictures International (2009) (non-USA) (all media)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Turner Network Television (TNT) (2011) (USA) (TV)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video

Special Effects

• CIS Hollywood (visual effects)
• Drac Studios (special make-up effects)
• Gentle Giant Studios
• Image Engine Design (visual effects)
• Intelligent Creatures (visual effects)
• Lidar Services
• Moving Picture Company (MPC)
• Proof (pre-visualization)
• Quantum Creation FX (specialty costumes and prosthetic suits)
• Rainmaker (visual effects)
• Rising Sun Pictures (visual effects)
• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)
• Svengali Visual Effects (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Framepool  stock footage
• OTC Productions  digital asset management
• Post Modern Sound  adr recording facility
• Reprise Records  score album
• Reprise Records  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Soundtrack  adr facility
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility
• yU+Co.  main titles

Also Known As:

Watchmen: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
Los vigilantes (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Хранители (Russia) [ru]
Cei ce vegheaza (Romania) [ro]
Cuvari (Croatia) [hr]
Les gardiens (Canada: French title) [fr]
Strázci - Watchmen (Czech Republic) [cs]
Strazcovia (Slovakia) [sk]
Valvurid (Estonia) [et]
Varuhi (Slovenia) [sl]
Watchmen (Greece) [el]
Watchmen (Japan: English title) [en]
Watchmen (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Watchmen (Norway) [no]
Watchmen - Die Wächter (Germany) [de]
Watchmen - Les gardiens (France) [fr]
Watchmen - Los Vigilantes (Peru) (poster title) [es]
Watchmen - Los vigilantes (Argentina) [es]
Watchmen - O Filme (Brazil) [pt]
Watchmen - Os Guardiões (Portugal) [pt]
Watchmen - Straznicy (Poland) [pl]
Watchmen: Az örzök (Hungary) [hu]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language. (also director's cut and ultimate edition)

Runtime:

162 min | 186 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44894) | Czech Republic:15 | Australia:MA | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | Netherlands:16 | Ireland:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:R21 | Singapore:M18 (edited for re-rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:16 (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | Japan:R-15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Portugal:M/16 | France:-12 | Iceland:16 | Hong Kong:IIB (cut version) | Hong Kong:III (IMAX DMR version) | Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | Peru:18 | Mexico:C | USA:R (director's cut) (certificate #45165) | USA:R (Ultimate edition) (certificate #45166) | Denmark:15 | Austria:16

Filming Locations:

Bloedel Floral Conservatory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Michael Bay was considered to direct the movie back in 2003 but turned down the offer.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene in which Dr. Manhattan is dressing himself, as he turns his head at the end, his CGI neck can be seen going through the collar of his shirt.

Quotes:

Rorschach: Of course. Must protect Veidt's utopia. One more body amongst foundations makes little difference. Well, what are you waiting for? Do it.
[Dr. Manhattan hesitates]
Rorschach: DO IT!

Movie Connections:

References This Island Earth (1955)

Soundtrack:

Unforgettable

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Screened FRebruary 23 for Australian Media.

There's no reason for me to expect I was going to like Watchmen. I knew the cast was interesting - Patrick Wilson has made smart film choices that don't rely on or intentionally subvert his good looks (Hard Candy, Little Children); Jackie Earle Haley was icky in Little Children (and I'm old enough to remember him from Breaking Away); Malin Akerman is cute but 28 Dresses and The Heartbreak Kid do not a superhero make; Jeffery Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode - ??? And director Zack Snyder did cool things with zombies in Dawn Of The Dead and made a wild and wacky movie in 300, which totally indicated his third film was probably going to be worth a look, but...you know, whatever...

So they all signed up for Watchmen - based on a comic bo...sorry, graphic novel...that I'd never read and that was coming to theatres less than a year after Ironman and The Dark Knight had redefined how good superhero movies could (and should, from here on in) aspire to be.

That Watchmen has turned out to be the most complex, exhilarating and deeply-moving fantasy film since Terry Gilliam's Brazil surprises nobody on Earth more than me - and, man, did it surprise.

In equal measure, it is a) an inspired vision of an alternate world that echoes but redefines our own existence; b) a subversive yet bracingly humanistic exploration of the role of the superhero in modern literature, c) a supremely adult take on the fetishistic pull of the heightened existence that life as a saviour of society creates, and d) a wildly exciting adventure story that turns normal people into exaggerated victims of their own creation and then back into mere humans.

An exploration of the plot would reveal more vast themes, but at this early stage of its release I don't want to risk lessening the experience for anyone.

I can reveal this - Billy Crudup as Dr Manhattan and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach create characters every bit as captivating (and deserving of Oscar recognition) as Heath Ledger's Joker; Malin Akerman makes an entrance to the world of superhero timelessness that will be the fantasy of every teenage boy, aged 15 to 50; and from the flawless art direction, set design and special effects to a mesmerising soundtrack, Watchmen is a film that revels in the perfection of minor details.

Be warned - those expecting Spiderman-like teen-angst or Fantastic Four-like silliness will be stunned, perhaps not quite sure of what they have found. Watchmen is an extraordinarily mature, risky project for Hollywood to role the dice on, especially given similarly-complex explorations of social collapse and vigilantism (V For Vendetta, most specifically) have failed to do blockbuster numbers.

But Watchmen is something special and deserving of analysis and discussion. As bold an attempt at commercial film-making as I can remember, Watchmen is an undeniably unique movie experience - rich, perverse, violent and resonant.