Sin CityDirector: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez; Stars: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke; Release Date: December 13, 2005 |
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Sin City - Adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, SIN CITY is Robert Rodriguez's striking film noir infused with fantasy, taking place in a world where it is eternally nighttime and everything is drenched in rain and violence. Using a unique combination of silvery black and white digital photography with occasional flashes of bright color for dazzling punctuation, Rodriguez employs green screen techniques and paints a backdrop around each scene, using Miller's co-direction as his cue to match the original setting as closely as possible. Three stories weave together, occasionally overlapping. With lines delivered flatly in the hard-boiled style of Raymond Chandler, these tales are about crime, love, loss, and being preternaturally tough. In the most caustically dramatic segment, Mickey Rourke plays the fearlessly lovestruck Marv, a trenchcoat-clad beast who falls in love with prostitute Goldie (Jaime King) only to find her murdered by a demonic cannibal (Elijah Wood). In another segment, Bruce Willis plays Hart...
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| Product Details | |
| Key Information | |
| Directors | Robert Rodriguez |
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| Stars | Mickey Rourke |
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| Actors | Devon Aoki |
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| Genre | Science-Fiction/Fantasy |
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| Subgenre | Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy • Based On A Novel • Crime • Fanta |
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| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
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| Available Formats | DVD: Special Edition - Recut And Extended |
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| UPC | 786936692143 |
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| Release Date | 2005 |
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| Running Time | 2hr 6min |
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| Languages | |
| Original Language | English |
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| DVD Editions | |
| DVD Editions | DVD: Special Edition - Recut And Extended2hr 27minBuena Vista Home EntertainmentDecember 13, 2005R (MPAA)786936692143 |
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| VHS Editions | |
| VHS Editions | VHS2hr 6minBuena Vista Home EntertainmentAugust 16, 2005R (MPAA)786936301540 |
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| Credits | |
| Screenwriter | Robert Rodriguez |
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| Professional Reviews | |
| Professional Reviews | (01/01/0206, p.82-83, Uncut Staff): Ranked #10 in Uncut's Best Films Of 2005 -- "Rodriguez creates a visual masterpiece, an entirely digital rendition of the comic-book world." |
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