Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 03/17/06 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for strong violence and some language Running Time 2 hours 2 minutes Genre Action, Suspense Director James McTeigue Writer Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski Cast Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinead Cusack Studio Warner Brothers |
V FOR VENDETTA
SYNOPSIS
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian
Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a young
working-class woman named Evey who is rescued
from a life-and-death situation by a masked man
known only as "V."
Profoundly complex, V is at once literary,
flamboyant, tender and intellectual, a man dedicated
to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have
terrorized them into compliance. He is also bitter,
revenge-seeking, lonely and violent, driven by a
personal vendetta.
In his quest to free the people of England from the
corruption and cruelty that have poisoned their
government, V condemns the tyrannical nature of
their appointed leaders and invites his fellow
citizens to join him in the shadows of Parliament on
November the 5th – Guy Fawkes Day.
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian
Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a young
working-class woman named Evey who is rescued
from a life-and-death situation by a masked man
known only as "V."
Profoundly complex, V is at once literary,
flamboyant, tender and intellectual, a man dedicated
to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have
terrorized them into compliance. He is also bitter,
revenge-seeking, lonely and violent, driven by a
personal vendetta.
In his quest to free the people of England from the
corruption and cruelty that have poisoned their
government, V condemns the tyrannical nature of
their appointed leaders and invites his fellow
citizens to join him in the shadows of Parliament on
November the 5th – Guy Fawkes Day.
On that day in 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered in a tunnel beneath Parliament with 36 barrels of
gunpowder. He and his co-conspirators had engineered the treasonous "Gunpowder Plot" in response to
the tyranny of their government under James I. Fawkes and his fellow saboteurs were hanged, drawn
and quartered, and their plan to take down their government never came to pass.
In the spirit of that rebellion, in remembrance of that day, V vows to carry out the plot that Fawkes was
executed for attempting on November 5th in 1605: he will blow up Parliament.
As Evey uncovers the truth about V’s mysterious past, she also discovers the truth about herself – and
emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to ignite a revolution, bringing freedom and
justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.. -- © Warner Bros.
gunpowder. He and his co-conspirators had engineered the treasonous "Gunpowder Plot" in response to
the tyranny of their government under James I. Fawkes and his fellow saboteurs were hanged, drawn
and quartered, and their plan to take down their government never came to pass.
In the spirit of that rebellion, in remembrance of that day, V vows to carry out the plot that Fawkes was
executed for attempting on November 5th in 1605: he will blow up Parliament.
As Evey uncovers the truth about V’s mysterious past, she also discovers the truth about herself – and
emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to ignite a revolution, bringing freedom and
justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.. -- © Warner Bros.
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