V For Vendetta (2005)

Country of Origin: UK / Germany
Year of Production: 2005
Running Times:
Format: Technicolor
Ratio: 132 mins
Sound: Dolby Digital     dts Digital Sound     SDDS

SELECTED CREDITS

(Full Credits)

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Productions Limited / Fünfte Babelsberg Film GmbH
With The Assistance Of: Medienboard Berlin – Brandenburg
Executive Producer: Benjamin Waisbren
Producers: Joel Silver, Grant Hill, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Co-Producers: Roberto Malerba, Henning Molfenter, Carl L. Woebcken
Associate Producer: Jessica Alan

SCRIPT
Script: The Wachowski Brothers (real names: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski)
Graphic Novel: Alan Moore (uncredited), David Lloyd

DIRECTION
Director: James McTeigue
2nd Unit Director: Harvey Harrison

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Adrian Biddle
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Harvey Harrison

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Martin Walsh

MUSIC
Music: Dario Marianelli
Additional Music: Bradley Miles; Alfred Newman, J.H. Wood (The Duel / Love Theme And End Title from The Count Of Monte Cristo)
Vocals by: Micaela Haslam / Synergy
Songs: Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society (The Beginning...At Last); Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees (Corcovado); Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes, Norman Gimbel (The Girl From Ipanema); Antony (Bird Gerhl); Arthur Hamilton (Cry Me a River); Boots Randolph, James Rich (Yakety Sax); Ethan Stoller (Bkab); Jason Pierce (Out of Sight); Lou Reed (I Found A Reason); Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (Street Fighting Man); Richard Hawley (Long Black Train)
Song Performed By: Antony and the Johnsons (Bird Gerhl); Boots Randolph, James Rich (Yakety Sax); Cat Power (I Found A Reason); Ethan Stoller (Bkab); Julie London (Cry Me a River); Richard Hawley (Long Black Train); Spiritualized (Out of Sight); Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Joäo Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim (The Girl From Ipanema; Corcovado); The Rolling Stones (Street Fighting Man); Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society (The Beginning...At Last)

SOUND
Sound Designers: Glenn Freemantle, Tom Sayers
Production Sound Mixer: David Stephenson
2nd Unit Production Sound Mixer: Raoul Grass
London 2nd Unit Sound Mixer: Colin Codner

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up Designer: Paul Engelen
Key Hair Designer: Jeremy Woodhead
Costume Designer: Sammy Sheldon

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Uli Nefzer
London Unit Special Effects Supervisor: Paul Corbould

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Double Negative; Framestore CFC; Baseblack
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan Glass
Visual Effects Supervision: Cinesite (Europe) Ltd
Visual Effects Producers: Matt Johnson, Thrain Shadbolt

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Owen Paterson
Supervising Art Director: Kevin Phipps
Art Directors: Sarah Horton, Sebastian Krawinkel, Steve Bream

LOCATIONS
Locations: Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany; London, England, UK
Studio: Studio Babelsberg, Germany
Supervising Location Manager (UK): Nicholas Daubeny
Location Manager: Markus Bensch
2nd Unit Location Manager: Sabine Schulmeyer

STUNTS
Supervising Stunt Coordinator: Chad Stahelski
Stunt Coordinator: Antje "Angie" Rau
Assistant Stunt Coordinator: David Leitch
London Unit Stunt Coordinator: Mark Mottram
Stunts: Jan Böhme, Daniel Bohn, Michael Bornhütter, Stuart Clark, Talila Craig, Dave Cronnelly, Nicolas De Pruyssenaere, Yvonne Dietzel, Oliver Fritsche, Michael Gast, Eduart Geber, Sascha Girndt, Thorsten Gliewe, Martin Göres, Uwe Gösche, Wanja Götz, Siegfried Gordes, Mathias Günther, Alexander Hardt, Udo Harnach, Cyrille Hertel, Timo Honsa, Eunice Huthart, Rob Inch, Tomas Jester, Heiko Kiesow, Adam Kirley, Mathis Landwehr, Stefan Langel, Wolfgang Lindner, Udo Lüttich, Mike Luft, Alexandra Nazahn, James O'Dee, Jason Oettle, Markus Papiernek, Thorsten Papst, Christian Peterson, Swen Raschka, Katja Richter, Armin Sauer, Matthias Schendel, Babette Schimanek, Bernhard Schirmer, Karsten Schmidt, Rene Schobess, Katrin Schrake, Andreas Schulz, Thierry Sealens, Andy Smart, Mark Southworth, Wolfgang Stegemann, Matthew Stirling, Rocky Taylor, Steven Thiede, Andreas Tietz, Ralph Tillman, Vladimir Vilanow, Rainer Werner, Oliver Wiesner
V Stunt Double: David Leitch
Stunt Riggers: Ralf Haeger, Ralph Güthler
London Unit Stunt Rigger: Dave Williams

CASTING
Casting: Lucinda Syson
Casting Assistant: Amie Stephenson
Casting (Berlin): Annette Borgmann
Child Licensing Coordinator: Ali Morris
Extra's Casting: Iris Müller
London Unit Extra's Casting: The Casting Collective Ltd
Extra's Casting Assistants: Marcel Müller, Tanja Plötz
ADR Voice Casting: Louie Elman

CAST
Natalie Portman (Evey)
Hugo Weaving (V / William Rookwood)
Stephen Rea (Finch)
Stephen Fry (Deitrich)
John Hurt (Adam Sutler)
Tim Pigott-Smith (Creedy)
Rupert Graves (Dominic)
Roger Allam (Lewis Prothero)
Ben Miles (Dascomb)
Valerie Berry (Bane)
Sinead Cusack (Delia Surridge)
Natasha Wightman (Valerie)
John Standing (Lilliman)
Eddie Marsan (Etheredge)
Clive Ashborn (Guy Fawkes)
Emma Field Rayner (Guy Fawkes' lover)
Ian Burfield (tweed coat fingermen)
Mark Phoenix (Willy fingerman)
Alister Mazzotti (baldy fingerman)
Billie Cook (little glasses girl)
Guy Henry (Heyer)
Cosima Shaw (Patricia)
Megan Gay, Roderick Culver (BTN News Poppets)
Tara Hacking (Vicki)
Andy Rashleigh (Fred)
Chad Stahelski (Storm Saxon)
Antje Rau (laser lass)
Amelda Brown (wardrobe mistress)
Richard Campbell (security guard)
Patricia Gannon (little glasses girl mum)
Mark Longhurst (little glasses girl dad)
Simon Holmes (barman)
Charles Cork (barfly)
Jack Schouten (middle class boy)
Caoimhe Murdock (middle class sister)
Juliet Howland (middle class mum)
Brin Rosser (TV executive)
Raife Burchell (studio technician)
Joseph Rye (Jones)
Adrian Finighan (news anchor)
Malcolm Sinclair (Major Wilson)
Bradley Steve Ford (Evey's brother)
Madeleine Rakic-Platt (young Evey)
Selina Giles (Evey's mother)
Carsten Hayes (Evey's father)
Derek Hutchinson (bureaucrat)
Martin Savage (Denis)
Grant Burgin, Greg Donaldson (operators)
Imogen Poots (young Valerie)
Jason Griffiths (biology teacher)
Laura Greenwood (Sarah)
Kyra Meyer (Christina)
Paul Antony-Barber (Valerie's father)
Anna Farnworth (Valerie's mother)
Mary Stockley (Ruth)
Simon Newby (tube station news poppet)
David Merheb (young man)
Daniel Donaldson (young black detainee)
Dulcie Smart (civil war news poppet)
Ben Posener (water shortage news poppet)
Ian T. Dickinson (avian flu news poppet)
Sophia New (quarantine news poppet)
Julie Brown (Three Waters news poppet)
Gerard Gilroy, Eamon Geoghegan (surveillance men)
Matthew Bates (Finch's Fedco man)
David Leitch (convenience store V)
Matt Wilkinson (little glasses girl fingerman)
Martin McGlade (Victoria Station fingerman)
Richard Laing (parliament lieutenant)
Michael Simkins (parliament general)
William Tapley (radio man)

PLOT SUMMARY

In the near future, Britain is in the grip of a vicious totalitarian regime in the wake of a third world war. Evey Hammond is rescued from state executioners by the mysterious and enigmatic terrorist known only as V. As V lays waste to London landmarks, Evey begins to learn more about herself and finds herself in the midst of a revolution...

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Czech Republic
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Philippines
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Singapore
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: MA

Canada
Rating: 14A (British Columbia)

Finland
Rating: K-15

Germany
Rating: 16

Hong Kong
Rating: IIB

Ireland
Rating: 15A

Netherlands
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Singapore
Rating: M18 (with cuts)

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R (for strong violence and some language)

TIMELINE

2005
March
3: UK - filming begins

June
Day Unknown: Germany - filming ends

December
11: USA - shown at the Austin Butt-Numb-A-Thon

2006
February
13: Germany - shown at the Berlin International Film Festival
23: Finland - limited theatrical release

March
8: UK - theatrical premiere in London
15: Philippines - theatrical release
16: Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland (German speaking region), Thailand - theatrical release
17: Norway, Sweden, UK, USA - theatrical release
23: Greece, Portugal - theatrical release
24: Finland - wider theatrical release, Iceland - theatrical release
30: Australia, Israel, Netherlands - theatrical release
31: Italy, Switzerland (Italian speaking region), Turkey - theatrical release

April
7: Brazil, Spain - theatrical release
13: Argentina - theatrical release
19: Belgium, France, Switzerland (French speaking region) - theatrical release
20: Hungary - theatrical release
26: Egypt - theatrical release
28: Estonia - theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

Remember, remember the 5th of November.

An uncompromising vision of the future from the creators of 'The Matrix' trilogy

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Freedom! Forever!

LINKS

WEB LINKS
Official Site
Officia Site (French)

REFERENCES

OTHER SOURCES

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KEYWORDS

anarchists, anarchy, comic into film, concentration camps, dictators, dystopian, fascism, the future, london, masks, revenge, sabotage, totalitarianism

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008