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Watchmen - Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood

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Watchmen - Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood (2009)

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Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Bloated corpses buoy a castaway’s life raft in TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER, a grisly parable taken from the pages of Alan Moore’s WATCHMEN. One of the book's most riveting detours, the... Bloated corpses buoy a castaway’s life raft in TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER, a grisly parable taken from the pages of Alan Moore’s WATCHMEN. One of the book's most riveting detours, the comic-within-a-comic (read by one of the book's characters) ominously paralleled the main events of the graphic novel. Although the beloved story was cut from Zach Snyder’s big-screen version of WATCHMEN, it's recast here as a standalone animated program aimed at mollifying completists and ramping up interest in the adaptation. Paired with the macabre take on ROBINSON CRUSOE is another lopped-off limb from the comic: UNDER THE HOOD, a mix of live action and CGI that looks back at the salad days of Nite Owl and the Minutemen. [More]

Starring: Gerard Butler, Jared Harris, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer

Starring: Gerard Butler, Jared Harris, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Director: Daniel Delpurgatorio, Mike Smith, Eric Matthies

Director: Daniel Delpurgatorio, Mike Smith, Eric Matthies
Producer: Brian McNulty, Karen Mayeda-Vranek, Wesley Coller, Eric Matthies
Composer: Tyler Bates, Paula Gallitano

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Mar 24, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • 2-Disc Set
  • Region [unknown]
  • Keep Case
  • Dual Layer
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • SDH
  • Subtitles - English

Additional Release Material:

Featurette:

  • 1. Story Within A Story:The Books Of Watchmen
  • 2. Exclusive First Look At DC Universe's Animated Green Latern DVD
  • 3. Watchmen Motion Comic Episode 1
 
 
 
 

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Sometimes-gruesome Watchmen extras best for fans.

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03/27/09
Charles Cassady
Charles Cassady
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I really loved the Watchmen film, and this DVD (as well as the Complete Motion Comic DVD) make for a really wonderful way to experience this extraordinary world.

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03/23/09
Mike McGranaghan
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It provides another angle on the Watchmen universe we might not otherwise get.

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03/15/09
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Buying this disc is a bit like buying a disc consisting of special features only! It all feels very slight . . .

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03/13/09
James O'Ehley
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March 23, 2009: RT on DVD: Bolt, Bond, and Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter
It's a good week for Watchmen fans, as the highly anticipated animated short Tales of the Black Freighter (and the faux-documentary Under the Hood) arrive on shelves. Animation... More...

February 16, 2009: Trailer Bulletin: Tales of the Black Freighter Opens in new window
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