In 1986, producers Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver acquired film rights to Watchmen for 20th Century Fox. After author Alan Moore declined to write a screenplay based on his story, Fox enlisted screenwriter Sam Hamm. Hamm rewrote Watchmens complicated ending, making a "more manageable" conclusion involving an assassination and a time paradox. Fox put the project into turnaround in 1991, and the project was moved to Warner Bros. Pictures, where Terry Gilliam was attached to direct and Charles McKeown to rewrite the script. Gilliam and Silver were only able to raise $25 million for the film (a quarter of the necessary budget) because their previous films had gone overbudget. Gilliam eventually left Watchmen, describing the comic as "unfilmable", and Warner Bros. dropped the project.

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Watchmen (Music from the Motion Picture)
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- 1 My Chemical RomanceDesolation Row 2:59
- 2 Nat "King" ColeUnforgettable 3:27
- 3 Bob DylanThe Times They Are a-Changin' 3:13
- 4 Simon & GarfunkelThe Sound of Silence 3:06
- 5 Janis JoplinMe and Bobby McGee 4:30
- 6 KC and the Sunshine BandI'm Your Boogie Man 4:02
- 7 Billie HolidayYou're My Thrill 3:22
- 8 The Philip Glass EnsemblePruit Igoe & Prophecies 8:36
- 9 Leonard CohenHallelujah 4:36
- 10 Jimi HendrixAll Along the Watchtower 4:00
- 11 Budapest Symphony OrchestraRide of the Valkyries 5:20
- 12 Nina SimonePirate Jenny (Live) 6:39
Watchmen
(2009)20
" This city is afraid of me. I’ve seen its true face."
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Runtime | 2 hr 42 min |
Budget | $130 000 000 |
Premiere: World | $185 382 813 February 23, 2009 |
USA | $107 509 799 |
Other countries | $77 873 014 |
Box Office – Budget | $55 382 813 |
Premiere: USA | $107 509 799 March 6, 2009 |
first day | $24 515 772 |
first weekend | $55 214 334 |
Digital: World | December 31, 2010 |
Parental Advisory | Frightening & Intense Scenes, Profanity, Violence & Gore, ... |
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Also Known As | Watchmen: The IMAX Experience United States |
Description
In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.Сast and Crew
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Overview
The comic book series Watchmen is a groundbreaking work in the graphic novel genre, created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. It was originally published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 as a 12-issue limited series.Creators
- Writer: Alan Moore
- Artist: Dave Gibbons
- Colorist: John Higgins
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