Watchmen
This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face.
When famed fallen idol The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is killed, his former colleague in crimefighting Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) decides to investigate. He concludes that a conspiracy is afoot to rid the world of superheroes and starts to warn his old partners including Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), The Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Laurie Jupiter (Malin Akerman) and the most powerful of them all Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup).
Since 1977, masked heroes have been banned from doing their thing because public opinion had turned against the costumed crime fighters. The (illegally) reunited duo of Rorschach and Nite Owl prowl the New York underworld and as they dig deeper, they discover a wide-ranging conspiracy. Dr. Manhattan has the power either to save or destroy mankind but he wonders why he should even bother being concerned with the fate of humanity.
Cast:
- (Zack Snyder ... Director)
- Malin Akerman ... Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
- Billy Crudup ... Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman
- Matt Frewer ... Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
- Matthew Goode ... Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
- Carla Gugino ... Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
- Stephen McHattie ... Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
- Laura Mennell ... Janey Slater
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan ... Edward Blake / The Comedian
- Patrick Wilson ... Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
- Nhi Do ... Vietnamese Girl
- Frank Novak ... Henry Kissinger
Quote:
[after the intruder kicks the door open] Edward Blake: Just a matter of time, I suppose.
Trailers:
http://akas.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi385876761/
http://akas.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1481375769/
http://akas.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4108058905/
Soundtrack:
"Unforgettable" Written by Irving Gordon Performed by Nat 'King' Cole
"Man on the Moon" (MTV Theme) Written by Jonathan Elias, Ray Foote (uncredited) and John Petersen
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" Written and Performed by Bob Dylan
"99 Luftballons" Written by Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Karlo Carges Performed by Nena
"The Sound of Silence" Written by Paul Simon Performed by Simon & Garfunkel
"Ride of the Valkyries" Written by Richard Wagner Performed by The Budapest Symphony Orchestra
"Me and Bobby McGee" Written by Fred Foster and Kris Kristofferson Performed by Janis Joplin
"I'm Your Boogie Man" Written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch Performed by KC & The Sunshine Band
"You're My Thrill" Written by Sidney Clare and Jay Gorney Performed by Billie Holiday
"Protest" (Act II, Scene 3) From the opera "Satyagraha"
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