| Description |
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; Region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; dual-layer format. |
| Performer |
Tales of the Black Freighter voices: Gerard Butler, Jared Harris. |
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Under the hood cast: Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. |
| Credits |
Tales of the Black Freighter: music, Tyler Bates ; head of animation, Bryan Engram. |
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Under the hood: cirector of photography, Glenn Taylor ; editor, Michelle Harrison ; music, Paula Gallitano. |
| Note |
Tales of the Black Freighter presented in widescreen format ; Under the hood presented in standard format preserving its original aspect ratio. |
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Based on the graphic novel "Watchmen" co-created by Dave Gibbons and published by DC Comics. |
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DVD release of the 2009 motion picture. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violent and grisly images (Tales of the Black Freighter). |
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MPAA rating: PG; mild thematic elements, brief violent and suggestive images, and smoking (Under the hood). |
| Summary |
Tales of the Black Freighter chronicles a castaway's increasingly desperate attempts to return home to warn his family of the impending arrival of the Black Freighter, a phantom pirate ship which houses the souls of the damned. |
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Under the Hood details the establishment and disbandment of the superheroes known as the Watchmen. |
| Contents |
Tales of the Black Freighter / produced by Brian McNulty, Karen Mayeda-Vranek ; written by Alex Tse & Zack Snyder ; directed by Daniel Delpurgatorio and Mike Smith (26 min.) -- Under the hood / produced by Eric Matthies and Wesley Coller ; written by Hans Rodionoff ; directed by Eric Matthies (38 min.). |
| Note |
Special features: Story within a story: the books of The Watchmen : exploring the comic-within-a-comic of Watchmen ; first look at DC Universe's animated Green Lantern DVD ; chapter 1 of Watchmen motion comic. |
| Language |
In English, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Pirates -- Drama.
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Soul -- Drama.
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Superheroes -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Animated films.
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Superhero films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Short films.
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| Added Author |
Butler, Gerard, 1969-
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Harris, Jared, 1961-
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Gugino, Carla, 1971-
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Frewer, Matt, 1958-
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McHattie, Stephen.
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Morgan, Jeffrey Dean, 1966-
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McNulty, Brian.
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Mayeda-Vranek, Karen.
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Tse, Alex.
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Snyder, Zack, 1966-
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DelPurgatorio, Daniel.
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Smith, Mike.
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Matthies, Eric.
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Coller, Wesley.
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Rodionoff, Hans.
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Gibbons, Dave, 1949-.
Watchmen.
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Moore, Alan, 1953-
Watchmen.
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Warner Premiere (Firm)
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Legendary Pictures.
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DC Comics, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Tales of the Black Freighter |
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Under the hood.
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| ISBN |
1419873709 |
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9781419873706 |
| Standard No. |
883929037513 |
| Music No. |
1000042643 Warner Home Video |
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2000006976 Warner Home Video |
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3000020576 Warner Home Video |
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