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V FOR
VENDETTA -
PREVIEW
 V for Vendetta
(2006)
Starring:
Natalie Portman
Director:
James McTeigue
U.S.
Opening Date:
17 March 2006
THEY SAY
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 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.
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WE SAY
V
for Vendetta is an intensely dark and powerful graphic novel by Alan
Moore one of the best comic book writers in the business (I was going to
mention that he’s British, but that’s not the point really). It is about a
mysterious masked avenger who single-handedly takes on a future fascist
dictatorship that arose in Britain after a devastating war. (Wrote during
the height of Thatcherism there is obviously some degree of wish
fulfilment in action here.)
Whilst reading V for Vendetta many years ago I
thought what a great movie it would make
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that is, if Hollywood handles the material with more care and respect than
they did other Alan Moore material such as The
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Swamp Thing
. . .
Now a movie has been made starring Natalie Portman (princess whatsisname
from Phantom Menace,
Attack of the Clones and
Revenge of the Sith) and Hugo Weaving, best known as Agent Smith in
the three Matrix movies.
The enigmatic Wachowski brothers
of the various Matrix films co-produced the film
as well as writing the screenplay. James McTeigue
(first assistant director of The Matrix) will
be making his directorial debut.
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Trivia
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Apparently Nicholas Cage wanted to play
"V". Then again, Cage (a life-long comics fans) has been rumoured for
wanting to play anything from (most famously) Superman and Iron Man to
Ghost Rider.
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Originally the Wachowski brothers were
quite keen to direct V for Vendetta, but then became too wrapped
up in the Matrix trilogy. I don't know what their excuse is right
now for not directing it, but I suppose they're too busy hiding from
irate fans who saw Matrix Revolutions.
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