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11 July 2003 (USA) moreTagline:
Prepare for the Extraordinary morePlot:
In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, SF and adventure characters team up on a secret mission. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(33 articles)
Books: Review: April 16, 2009 (From The AV Club. 16 April 2009, 1:18 PM, PDT)
Naseer sees through the Hollywood hype
(From RealBollywood. 14 March 2009, 6:23 AM, PDT)
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Heavens, it wasn't THAT bad! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sean Connery | ... | Allan Quatermain | |
| Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Captain Nemo | |
| Peta Wilson | ... | Mina Harker | |
| Tony Curran | ... | Rodney Skinner (The Invisible Man) | |
| Stuart Townsend | ... | Dorian Gray | |
| Shane West | ... | Tom Sawyer | |
| Jason Flemyng | ... | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde | |
| Richard Roxburgh | ... | M | |
| Max Ryan | ... | Dante | |
| Tom Goodman-Hill | ... | Sanderson Reed | |
| David Hemmings | ... | Nigel | |
| Terry O'Neill | ... | Ishmael | |
| Rudolf Pellar | ... | Draper | |
| Robert Willox | ... | Constable Dunning | |
| Robert Orr | ... | Running Officer |
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Also Known As:
Die Liga der außergewöhnlichen Gentlemen (Germany)LXG (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
LXG: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (USA) (trailer title)
Liga výjimecných (Czech Republic)
The League (USA) (promotional title)
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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy violence, language and innuendo.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
110 minAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39870) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:14 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (2003) | USA:PG-13Fun Stuff
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The film's literary characters are Allan Quatermain, introduced in H. Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines" (1885); Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1897); Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde from Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886); Rodney Skinner, who replaced Griffin from H.G. Wells' "The Invisible Man" (1897) (due to rights issues, and the character in the comic was given the name Hawley Griffin as the original novel gave no first name); Captain Nemo from Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) and "The Mysterious Island" (1874); Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's "The Portrait Of Dorian Gray" (1891); Tom Sawyer from Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876); Ishmael from Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" (1851); and Professor James Moriarty from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Final Problem" (1893). The Fantom's mask design alludes to Gaston Leroux's "The Phantom Of The Opera" (1911). Also, M (a shortening for James Moriarty) is taken from the Sherlock Holmes stories. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Hyde first transforms into Jekyll, before he collapses on the floor his pants are the right size for his Jekyll form. When he gets up, he has to hold up his now Hyde-sized pants. Later, when Jekyll transforms in the engine room, his pants and shoes remain intact even though his Hyde form is so much larger. moreSoundtrack:
Promenade by the Sea moreFAQ
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I've been reading the comments page in a somewhat bemused fashion. It seems to be divided between people who don't like the movie because it's not enough like the original graphic novel and people who don't like it because they've never heard of half of the characters that are members of the League. The latter seems to me to be an unutterably silly reason for disliking a film. Does nobody read the classics anymore? Nobody reads Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? I find that difficult to believe. As to the former--not enough like the graphic novel, in other words--just how in the heck can a screenwriter accommodate the dark and twisted visions of Alan Moore in a two-hour Hollywood movie, anyway?
I don't believe that one can compare anything written by Alan Moore to what ends up on the screen being ostensibly "based on the graphic novel". (The same applies to FROM HELL, which is another one most people pan, and one which I think is under-appreciated even though the style is breathtaking. I don't even want to think about the reaction that will ensue once THE WATCHMEN comes out!)
What seems to have been missed by most people is that this movie is about style as opposed to substance. It's based on a graphic novel. That's a fancy way of saying it's based on a comic book. On that level, the film succeeds admirably. The characters are archetypes of their literary forbears. They aren't supposed to be, strictly speaking, human. Of course the plot is grandiose, impractical, and over-the-top. Hello? Aren't most comic books like that? Good heavens, isn't most of STAR WARS?
I don't claim that this is a masterpiece. I do claim that's it's fun to watch if one approaches it with a willing suspension of disbelief. For a couple of bucks shelled out at the DVD rental shop, it takes one to a different world for close to two hours. On that level, it's worth a rental. It's also worth a rental, once one watches the movie, to listen to the commentary from various actors and to realize just how well these so-called "unknowns" do assorted accents that aren't even close to their own. Plus the golfing anecdotes are amusing. (And I don't even like golfing.)
This ain't CASABLANCA. Nor is it TITANIC, for which I eternally thank the gods. (Now, THERE was an overhyped piece of inaccurate trash that pretended to be history, but I digress.) But it's kind of fun, anyway, as long as one doesn't take it too seriously.