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V for Vendetta
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
2006 · Directed by James McTeigue · 132 min · Action · Thriller · Science Fiction · Screenplay in the scene database · 27 frames
Tagline
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
Plot
In the near future, Britain is ruled by the Norsefire political party, a fascist and totalitarian regime led by High Chancellor Adam Sutler. The government controls the populace through propaganda and fear, imprisoning or executing those deemed undesirable, including immigrants, homosexuals, and people of alternative religions.
Evey Hammond works for BTN, the state-run television network. Fourteen years earlier, her brother was killed in a biological terrorist attack, prompting her parents to become anti-Norsefire activists; they were later arrested and died in prison. One evening, a Guy Fawkes-masked vigilante known as "V" rescues Evey from assault by the secret police and takes her to witness his bombing of the Old Bailey.
The following morning, on 5 November, V hijacks the BTN headquarters to announce his role in the bombing and urges the populace to rise against Norsefire by joining him outside the Houses of Parliament on Guy Fawkes Night in one year's time. Evey is knocked unconscious while helping V escape, and he takes her with him to prevent her arrest. V subsequently kills three key figures involved in Norsefire's rise to power, beginning with chief propagandist Lewis Prothero and the corrupt Bishop of London Anthony Lilliman; Evey flees after witnessing Lilliman's murder. V next painlessly kills remorseful researcher Dr. Delia Surridge.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
- Cinematography: Adrian Biddle
- Edited by: Martin Walsh
- Music: Dario Marianelli
- Production design: Owen Paterson
- Produced by: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Joel Silver, Grant Hill
Cast
- Natalie Portman as Evey
- Hugo Weaving as V / William Rookwood
- Stephen Rea as Finch
- Stephen Fry as Deitrich
- John Hurt as Adam Sutler
- Tim Pigott-Smith as Creedy
- Rupert Graves as Dominic
- Roger Allam as Lewis Prothero
- Ben Miles as Dascomb
- Sinéad Cusack as Delia Surridge
Production
- Country: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Virtual Studios, Anarchos Productions, Silver Pictures, Fünfte Babelsberg Film
- Budget: $54,000,000
- Box office: $134,686,457
- Themes: government, detective, revolution, dystopia, fascism, fascist, chancellor, based on comic, revenge, female protagonist
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