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Watchmen

Updated: 2009-03-09 16:11

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In an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity...but who is watching the watchmen?

Production Status:	Released

Logline:	After a law is passed to thwart the efforts of group of crimefighters, one of them is mysteriously murdered.

Genres:	Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation

Running Time:	163 min.

Release Date:	March 6th, 2009 (wide)

MPAA Rating:	R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language.

Distributors:	Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Production Co.:	Legendary Pictures, Inc., Lawrence Gordon Productions

Studios:	Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures

Filming Locations:	Vancouver, Canada

Produced in:	United States