V For Vendetta

[StS]

"V For Vendetta"

Release Date: November 4, 2005
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: James McTeigue
Screenwriter: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinead Cusack



What's it about? Film based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore. Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life and death situation by a masked vigilante (James Purefoy) known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the government controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plot to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption...

Hier die offizielle Website, die aber noch nicht viel hergibt:

http://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/

Ein ominöser Schattenkrieger - nur unter dem Pseudonym "V" bekannt - kämpft mit Guerillataktiken gegen seine totalitäre Regierung. In einem Mädchen, das er aus den Klauen der Geheimpolizei befreit, findet er eine Verbündete...

Die Comics besitzen schon seit längerer Zeit Kult-Status, doch ihr Zeichner hat sich vom Film / Drehbuch (welches aber bei Lese-Reviews recht gut bewertet wurde) inzwischen distanziert...
James McTeigue gibt bei dem Spektakel sein Regiedebüt.

[StS]

NataliePortman.com hat einen Scan des ersten Bildes einer glatzköpfigen Natalie Portman veröffentlicht, das zuvor in einem Artikel des des Time-Magazins erschienen war (hier verkleinert). Die Schauspielerin entledigte sich für eine Szene als Gefängnisinsassin im neuen Film der Wachowski-Brüder, V For Vendetta ihres Haupthaares.

"Manche Leute werden denken, ich sei ein Neo-Nazi", spekuliert Portman in der Time. "Oder dass ich Krebs hätte. Oder lesbisch sei."
Die 23-Jährige spielt im neuen Film der Matrix-Macher eine Terrorismusverdächtige in einem totalitären Staat - mit Hugo Weaving als Gegenspieler. V For Vendetta basiert auf einem Comic von Alan Moore und David Lloyd und wird von den Warner Bros. im November in die Kinos gebracht.

(Comingsoon.net)

[Ulthar]

Wurde da nicht, nach dem schon ein Großteil mit Hauptdarsteller James Purefoy abgedreht war, selbiger durch Hugo Weaving ersetzt?

Das und die Distanzierung des Zeichners/Autors machen mich eher etwas skeptisch.

[StS]

Wurde da nicht, nach dem schon ein Großteil mit Hauptdarsteller James Purefoy abgedreht war, selbiger durch Hugo Weaving ersetzt?

Stimmt natürlich ... hatte übersehen, daß im Text noch Purefoy als "V" genannt wurde.   :oops:

[Seemops]

bin zwar auch skeptisch, wenns dem Zeichner/Autor nich mehr gefällt...lässt spekulationen zu...
muss aber nich heißen, dass der film nich doch gute unterhaltung etc. bieten könnte, nur, dass es vlt nicht mehr viel mit der vorlage zu tun hat. das stört den comicfan, die masse nicht...

ich freu jedenfalls auf hugo weaving ;)

[psychopaul]

Besonders interessant ist natürlich vor allem, was für ein Drehbuch die Wachowskis nach dem Matrix-Debakel abliefern und auch, dass sie die Regie nicht selbst übernommen haben.

Ich bin mal gespannt, was dabei rauskommt.

[Klaus Jr.]

Hm, also ich hab vor nem Jahr den Comic gelesen, welchen ich nur empfehlen kann. Allerdings war ich bei der Meldung von einer Verfilmung schon etwas skeptisch (lest den Comic und seht selbst). Wenn jetzt allerdings schon die Autoren von dem Film Abstand nehmen UND der Name Wachowski auftaucht krieg ich schon mehr als ne leichte (unangenehme) Gänsehaut.

[StS]

Das neue Poster:

[shuiten]

Wenn jetzt allerdings schon die Autoren von dem Film Abstand nehmen UND der Name Wachowski auftaucht krieg ich schon mehr als ne leichte (unangenehme) Gänsehaut.

hat sich moore nicht auch damals von der unsäglich FROM HELL verfilmung distanziert???

ich frag mich, wann  es den WATCHMEN an den kragen geht.

[Atomares Monstrum]

Wieso war die Verfilmung von "From Hell" unsäglich?
Ich fand sie ziemlich gut, obwohl ich das Comic nicht kenne.

[Blade Runner]

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Man erkennt imo deutlich, dass James McTeigue unter den Wachowskis gedient hat. Viele Shots, die an Matrix erinnern.

[StS]

Remember Remember the Fifth of November ...

Jetzt nicht mehr:

V for Vendetta Forgets All of November
Source: SciFi Wire , BoxOfficeMojo August 18, 2005

"Pat" at Sci-Fi Wire hipped us to the fact that Warner Brothers adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta has been pushed back until March 17, 2006, according to an anonymous source at the studio. This move has been confirmed by BoxOfficeMojo, the box office site that often gets release date changes directly from Exhibitor Relations.

According to Sci-Fi Wire, the move was made not because of the subject matter and its similarities to the recent terror bombings in London, but to give them more time "to accomodate the post-production schedule."

Produced by the Wachowski Brothers and Joel Silver, the film stars Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving.

[Cyrus]

Hi,

das ist jetzt ärgerlich mit der Verschiebung, der Trailer sah auf jeden Fall mal nicht schlecht aus.
Irgendwie ist es ja verständlich, wenn man aus Gründen der Pietät einen Film verschiebt, dennoch finde ich sowas manchmal ein wenig übertrieben, wobei es in Wahrheit wohl eher Kostengründe sind.

Cu
Cy

[StS]

I was not prepared for V FOR VENDETTA. This is the most intense cinematic cry for Anarchy since A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. They made the comic. Alan Moore is a bitch for even thinking of bitching about this. It is fucking PERFECT! When you see them promoting it as UNCOMPROMISED VISION. That's absolutely right. This thing doesn't give two shakes of a pecker what the modern world is going to think. THEY NAILED IT! You never see V's face. The voice - PERFECT. Natalie Portman - BRILLIANT. Everybody PERFECT. Adrian Biddle's last film as DP is a revelation and a revolution! This was my favorite film of the festival. They finally fucking nailed ALAN MOORE! Wachowski's - do WATCHMEN! PLEASE! When this film opens - this will be a political molotov cocktail. Absolutely fucking great! It isn't the action film that the first MATRIX was - but it is easily a vastly more important and brilliant film. (http://www.aintitcool.com)

Der neue Trailer:
Quick Time (Normal): http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/v_for_vendetta/trailer/
High Definition QuickTime: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/v_for_vendetta/hd/

[Hitfield]

Das ist der grottigste Trailer, den ich jemals bei einem Film dieser Größenordnung gesehen habe. *schüttel* Die Comicvorlage kenne ich allerdings nicht. Aber mal abwarten, bis dieses A-Trashfilmchen auf DVD herauskommt ...

[V]

A-Trashfilmchen? Du hast ja Ahnung.  ;) :respekt:

Meine Vorfreude ist riesig, zumal die Reaktionen der Testvorführung von Mitte Dezember auf AICN.com klasse sind:

"V for Vendetta - This will be the most talked about film in 2006. Or, it will disappear in three weeks after release and be dismissed as a cult film for academics to dissect in the future. I believe that the media's response to the messages in the film will decide it's fate. Even how Warner Brothers decides to market the film will determine the legacy. If they follow a super hero/comic book marketing model and you see V on a lunch box, then I believe that the film's impact will be hampered. But if they let the theater goers decide, then this film might prove to be an artistic endeavor that becomes a symbol for a revolution. Either way, every college campus needs to screen this film for our future leaders of the world. Fox News better get their responses ready, because this film is going to be a favorite topic of theirs for a long time." - Doc Falken


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"Ah.... "too much like present times," brings me to the my second favorite movie of the event. V for Vendetta, I thought was supposed to be released in September, but was delayed. This movie was so close to home, it was TRULY scary. Again, I don't want to ruin it by revealing plot details, because "V..." does such a fantastic job of keeping the viewer engaged in wondering what the characters are going to do next, all the while thinking what would I do in their shoes? And even more chilling, it had me thinking "have I done enough?" Has fear driven us all so far that we will only do the right thing when we can be assured of not being alone in doing it? Most people living in the modern world wonder how Hitler could've moved so many people into orchestrating the horrific events of the Holocaust. I usually refer people to the movie the Pianist in which some members of the family say, "well, it really isn't that bad yet, and we'll get through this" but when it was finally undeniable that it WAS that bad, it was too late, and the machinery of fear and racism were too firmly entrenched to overcome the deadly weight of its inertia. Another thing that this film will bring to light is that fear and racism belong to us all, not just in an era of history, and not just a distant place, not just the Spanish Inquisition or Nazi Germany, but it is the burden humanity must bear together and bear intelligently and responsibly and NOT repeat. As you watch this movie, you will undoubtedly find the connections to things in the movie and current events frighteningly obvious. A fabulous movie, a treasure visually and in its language. I know when this movie IS released it will not only stir controversy, but be on every movie lover's top ten list. I can't think of any reason why "it should be forgot." Inspired by graphic novels, it is extraordinary how it hits right on the nerve of current events...Cindy Sheehan is certainly living her one-inch of life, for sure." - Maria Von Trapp


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"V FOR VENDETTA: I can't wait to see how this shatters American audiences. Alan Moore's graphic novel is adapted perfectly for the big screen and Natalie Portman knocks it out of the park with a performance of bravery and passion. Hugo Weaving was terrific as V. A damn near flawless movie that will rip audiences asunder." - Nordling


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"V For Vendetta - 2nd of Top Ten Movies in 2005

It's okay to hate me for having this on my 2005 Best of List. But you have to understand, I went through an awful lot to make sure I saw this in 2005 – and I did it all on the blind fucking faith that it was going to do justice to Alan Moore and David Lloyd's original work. There's a part of my that believes the movie was the most lucid fantastic dream I've had all year. And it is for that reason alone that it is not Number 1. The movie I have in my head felt like a brilliant dangerous dream of a film. It made you want put on a mask and blow up shit. I was applauding dialogue like it was action scenes, coveting gestures like they were FX show pieces.

The story about the girl that dares to be different is a brilliant short story buried in this film. And Natalie Portman does the best work of her career. She's absolutely raw emotionally. Just fantastic. And then there's Hugo Weaving. You never see his face – hell, if all you knew him from was his Agent Smith – you're about to meet an entirely different Hugo Weaving. His V voice is brilliant. The lines he has and the delivery of those lines... they're exquisite. It's as perfect as Karloff reading Seuss or Olivier doing Shakespeare or Samuel L Jackson doing Tarantino dialogue. It's bliss.

The music, Biddle's brilliant camera work, the design, the editing and the story telling, it's just a dream. I absolutely love this film. I crave it. Everyone I know that saw it is dying to see it again. We sit around and look at one another and start talking about it. It comes March 17th – and for those that have seen it... trust me – it seems an eternity away." - Harry


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"V For Vendetta Nr. 1 in 2005" - Father Geek


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"V For Vendetta is an instant classic – a work of true genius. And the only thing that pisses me off about it is that I have to wait another three months to see it again. I hope Warner Brothers is taking this time to print up Guy Faulks masks to hand out at every press screening of this film. There's nothing that makes me smile more than the idea of seeing five hundred people walk out of this film wearing the masks. You want Press Warners? You want to hype this? Do that. And watch Fox simply shit themselves." - Massawyrm


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"V for VENDETTA (2006)::

"People shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

Indeed. I'm only marginally familiar with the Alan Moore graphic novel, so I cannot compare, but I think it's fair to whip out the phrase TOUR-DE-FORCE for this complete and utter masterpiece. This film literally had me shaking in my seat. The moment early on in which V 'conducts' a symphony of protest towards that blasted crescendo on a London rooftop completely set the stage for what was to come, and caught me completely off guard. I thought the trailer was fantastic, but I really never expected the film to go so far or hit so hard. Rest assured, punches are not pulled. James McTeigue's direction is deft and graceful, and I'll be watching this guy from now on. I had lost faith in the Wachowski's after the utter fiasco of "those other two movies", and again I don't know the graphic novel well -- but they wrote a damn fine script that skillfully balanced character and plot, while feeling totally complete as a film.

The dialogue given to Hugo Weaving and the voice he gives back to it are a match made in cinema heaven, truly a thing to behold. His voice is the soundtrack, the velvet music that drives the film forward. Portman is also in top form, as is Stephen Rea, a frothing John Hurt, and just about everyone else onscreen. That we never see the face of V is completely and beautifully faithful to the core theme that while fragile human beings may die, IDEAS can live forever.

Never has a comic book looked or felt so elegant on celluloid. I'd love to have a DVD commentary track by the current Western world leaders, and another one from Bill O'Reilly for kicks--- (just because I'd like to know what he thinks of the part where he gets killed in the shower).

The section of the film dealing with Evey Hammond imprisoned and the letter that keeps her going - it's devastating, and it hits all the harder having recently watched the news as our own country engaged in actual debate on whether or not torture was an acceptable part of policy. This isn't just some lame Left vs. Right thing, to clarify, but it'll be easily painted as a monumental piece of liberal "terrorist" propaganda. I suppose, unfortunatly, that by current definitions you could actually call it that.

This is a look down the path we're on, and a fantasy vision of what one person can do to bring the country and the land he loves back from the dire brink of 1984. It's a magnificent fucking superhero saga about massive social and political revolution, not to mention unconditional love, and it doesn't end trying to set up a sequel with a different villain.

V has more important things to do than bother with that.

The release date isn't until MARCH, but she looked finished to me, and no one better cut a goddamned frame. I'm so afraid that some cowering suit is going to butcher this thing before release. RELEASE THIS MOVIE EXACTLY HOW IT IS. Release it next week. Fight the good fight on the press junket and in the media shitstorm, not behind the closed doors of studio offices. FREEDOM! FOREVER! " - Victor Laszlo


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"Then came the last film. V FOR VENDETTA - preceeded by a 35mm print of Donald Duck's Academy Award winning turn in DER FUHRER'S FACE. While everyone was going through security - we were passing out about 240 Duck Billed Duck Calls. I led everyone into a duck version of HAPPY BIRTHDAY - and then everyone duck called to DER FUHRER'S FACE - making the greatest film experience ever.

Till... V FOR VENDETTA. I was not prepared for V FOR VENDETTA. This is the most intense cinematic cry for Anarchy since A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. They made the comic. Alan Moore is a bitch for even thinking of bitching about this. It is fucking PERFECT! When you see them promoting it as UNCOMPROMISED VISION. That's absolutely right. This thing doesn't give two shakes of a pecker what the modern world is going to think. THEY NAILED IT! You never see V's face. The voice - PERFECT. Natalie Portman - BRILLIANT. Everybody PERFECT. Adrian Biddle's last film as DP is a revelation and a revolution! This was my favorite film of the festival. They finally fucking nailed ALAN MOORE! Wachowski's - do WATCHMEN! PLEASE! When this film opens - this will be a political molotov cocktail. Absolutely fucking great! It isn't the action film that the first MATRIX was - but it is easily a vastly more important and brilliant film." - Harry


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"I heard that Alan Moore was upset at this adaptation of his work, and really, he has no right to be. I think of all the films based on his comics, this one is the absolute closest possible. Harry wants to see the Wachowskis do WATCHMEN and I couldn't agree more. If they approach that great work with the reverence shown here that one will be a genuine classic. As for V FOR VENDETTA it deserves respect and discussion, and in the coming months we will read all sorts of pundits opining its value and the controversy it makes. I just hope that people will judge the film honestly and try to open their minds to alternate viewpoints, instead of yelling at each other from their trenches. See V FOR VENDETTA, and join in the conversation." - Nordling

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[StS]

Deutsches Poster:



(viel Mühe wurde wohl nicht investiert)

[Moonshade]

Sieht aus wie Rosa-Luxemburg-Gedenkplakat der kommunistischen Partei von 1919.
Oder was Schönes von anno 53 aus der seligen Ostzone.

Damit lassen sich aber wirklich nur Fans, die sich informiert haben, anlocken.

[schlitzauge23]

Das ist der grottigste Trailer, den ich jemals bei einem Film dieser Größenordnung gesehen habe. *schüttel* Die Comicvorlage kenne ich allerdings nicht. Aber mal abwarten, bis dieses A-Trashfilmchen auf DVD herauskommt ...

Das fand ich beim ersten Trailer auch, sah saulangweilig aus. Den neuen kann ich net anschauen. Kann gut sein das der Film floppt.

[V]

Sieht aus wie Rosa-Luxemburg-Gedenkplakat der kommunistischen Partei von 1919.
Oder was Schönes von anno 53 aus der seligen Ostzone.

Damit lassen sich aber wirklich nur Fans, die sich informiert haben, anlocken.

LoL? Nu übertreib ma nich. :icon_mrgreen:

@ über mir: Kann einem doch egal sein ob der floppt. Batman Begins ist hierzulande ja auch "gefloppt". Fortsetzung wirds eh nicht geben. Hauptsache im Kino und dann ne gute Special Edition DVD, mehr will i net. :D   

[Nibi]

Ich kenne den Comic nicht, aber ich finde das sieht ein bisschen nach ,,Shadow und der Fluch des Kahn" aus.

Ob ich ihn mir im Kino anschauen werde weiß ich nicht, aber spätestens auf DvD, alleine schon wegen Natalie Potman (auch mit kurzen haaren hübsch).

[proximo]

Kann gut sein das der Film floppt.

Das kann ich mir nicht vorstellen. Sämtliche bisher verfasste Kritiken huldigen den Film über alle Maße, ihm wird sogar teilweise was revolutionär neues und atemberaubendes zugeschrieben.

Also für mich gibt es 2006 keinen Film, auf den ich mich auch nur annähernd so freue wie auf V.

[schlitzauge23]

Na hoffentlich kriegen die dann nen vernünftigen Trailer zustande, der sah nämlich nach nichts von dem aus!

[Dr. STRG+C+V n0NAMe]

Na hoffentlich kriegen die dann nen vernünftigen Trailer zustande, der sah nämlich nach nichts von dem aus!

Hi !

Kann ich jetzt so gar nicht sagen. Fand den Trailer schon gut, wobei der frühere zurückgezogene (???) Trailer noch nen Tick besser war. Ebenso kann ich mir John Hurt als bösen Diktator gut vorstellen. Aber Geschmäcker sind ja verschieden.

Gruß

n0NAMe

[Phil]

sorry wegen OT:
aber

Batman Begins ist hierzulande ja auch "gefloppt". Fortsetzung wirds eh nicht geben.

ich dachte das sei beschlossene Sache das ne Fortsetzung kommt  :00000109: die haben doch Katie rausgeschmissen und meinten los gehts...

[StS]

aberich dachte das sei beschlossene Sache das ne Fortsetzung kommt :00000109: die haben doch Katie rausgeschmissen und meinten los gehts...

Das bezog sich wohl auf "V" ... obwohl es natürlich viel zu früh ist, um derartige Aussagen zu treffen.

[Moonshade]

So isses, der neue Batman ist schon in Vorplanung...

[V]

sorry wegen OT:
aberich dachte das sei beschlossene Sache das ne Fortsetzung kommt :00000109: die haben doch Katie rausgeschmissen und meinten los gehts...

Haettest du weitergelesen...

Natuerlich bezieht sich das "keine Fortsetzung" auf Vendetta. Die Story ist in sich abgeschlossen, das Ende laesst keine Fortsetzung zu.

[proximo]

das Ende laesst keine Fortsetzung zu.

außer natürlich für ne DTV Fortsetzung... :andy: :LOL:

[StS]

Super Bowl Spot:
http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=7810