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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Watchmen. Tales of the Black Freighter [videorecording] / Warner Premiere and Paramount Pictures presents in association with Legendary Pictures.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2009.

Description:

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Chronicles a castaway's increasingly desperate attempts to return home to warn his family of the impending arrival of the Black Freighter, a phantom pirate ship which houses the souls of the damned. Includes Under the Hood, which details the establishment and disbandment of the superheroes known as the Watchmen.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for violent and grisly images (Tales of the Black Freighter).

MPAA rating: PG; mild thematic elements, brief violent and suggestive images, and smoking (Under the hood).

Subjects:

Pirates -- Drama.

Soul -- Drama.

Superheroes -- Drama.

Piratas -- Teatro.

Barco -- Teatro.

Superhero films.

Action and adventure films.

Animated films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Short films.

Other Author:

Butler, Gerard, 1969-

Harris, Jared, 1961-

Gugino, Carla, 1971-

Frewer, Matt, 1958-

McHattie, Stephen.

Morgan, Jeffrey Dean, 1966-

Gibbons, Dave.

McNulty, Brian.

Mayeda-Vranek, Karen.

Tse, Alex.

Snyder, Zack, 1966-

Delpurgatorio, Daniel.

Smith, Mike.

Matthies, Eric.

Coller, Wesley.

Rodionoff, Hans.

Moore, Alan, 1953- Watchmen.

Warner Premiere (Firm)

Paramount Pictures Corporation.

Legendary Pictures.

DC Comics, Inc.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Other Title:

Tales of the Black Freighter.

Notes:

Title from container.

Based on the graphic novel "Watchmen" co-created by Dave Gibbons and published by DC Comics.

Special features: Story within a story: the boks of The Watchmen - exploring the comic-within-a-comic of Watchmen; first look at DC Universe's animated Green Lantern DVD; chapter 1 of Watchmen motion comic.

Tales of the Black Freighter: Music, Tyler Bates.

Under the hood: Director of photography, Glenn Taylor ; editor, Michelle Harrison ; music, Paula Gallitano.

Tales of the Black Freighter voices: Gerard Butler, Jared Harris.

Under the hood cast: Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

DVD, widescreen (letterbox, enchanced) and full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.

This DVD disc is copy protected.

English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Contents:

Tales of the Black Freighter / produced by Brian McNulty, Karen Mayeda-Vranek ; written by Alex Tse & Zack Snyder ; directed by Daniel Delpurgatorio and Mike Smith -- Under the hood / produced by Eric Matthies and Wesley Coller ; written by Hans Rodionoff ; directed by Eric Matthies.

ISBN:

9781419873706

1419873709

Publisher Number:

1000042643

3000020576

Other Number:

309390066

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

237985

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Watchmen

Medium:

[videorecording]