The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) (The society of extraordinary gentlemen) is an American movie from 2003. The movie is a film adaptation of thecomic book series by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. It starred Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah and Peta Wilson. It was the last movie where Sean Connery starred in. His disappointment over the production of the film and the way things are going in Hollywood led to that he decided to go with pension .



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The story is set in the Europe of 1899. When an unknown man, called the phantom, tries to unleash an arms race by different European countries against each other, stirring up a major war threatens to break out. To be a world war, the British Royal family put together a team consisting of seven people with special gifts. "M", a member of the Royal family, choose the following persons:
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 4 awards and nominations
 * 5 external links

At the last minute also adds still Tom Sawyer, a young American agent, join the group, although he was not chosen by M.
 * Allan Quatermain; British Hunter and adventurer.
 * Captain Nemo; Indian scientist and captain of technologically advanced duiktboot called the Nautilus.
 * Wilhelmina Harker; a victim of Count Dracula who by her meeting with him about vampire-like forces has.
 * Dorian Gray; a man who thanks to a magical painting of himself is immortal.
 * Rodney Skinner; the invisible man. He has the invisibility formula stolen from the original invisible man, Griffin.
 * Dr. Jekyll a British scientist who, thanks to a drink can turn into the monstrous Mr. Hyde and super strong.

The group first set sail for Venice, where an emergency conference between various European leaders hoping to avoid a war. The phantom has old architectural drawings of Venice stolen and it is thought that he will use to sink the city with a bomb. On the way to Venice discovered the team that there is a traitor among them is. They think right away that he is known as an unreliable this Skinner someone.

In Venice shows the phantom to have planned an attack indeed. The League can prevent Venice is destroyed. Quartermain confronts the Phantom, and discovered that this phantom in reality their principal, M, is. Back on the Nautilus is also clear that not Skinner, but Dorian Gray the traitor within the team is. He secretly works together with "M". Via a gramophone record that he has left in the Nautilus makes M his plans clear. He has not called the League to save the world, but in order to obtain something of each of the members that he liked likes: Nemo's technology, Mina's vampire blood, Hyde's drink and Skinner's invisibility formula. Now he has those things, he can unleash a super army building and the world war. Also has M on board the Nautilus bombs, which go off once the plate has ended. Even threatens the Nautilus to sink, but Hyde manages to open the valves so that the binnengestroomde water runs away and the submarine to the surface can sail.

Thanks to Skinner, who secretly has gone along with Dorian, the League discovered the hideout of m. They call in, and a fight breaks loose. Mina confronts Dorian, and kills him by showing him his enchanted painting so that the magic is broken. Nemo and his men liberate the scientists who were caught by M in order for him to work. Quatermain and Tom Sawyer confront M, and discover that he is none other than the long-deadProfessor James Moriarty (archenemy of Sherlock Holmes). Mortally wounded In the confrontation, but Tom hits Quatermain can M shooting down before these are dive boat reached. M has been defeated and saved the world.

The League goes to Africa to bury Quatermain. The Group remembers how Quatermain ever by an African medicine man had been told that Africa would not let him die. Hardly the group left, or lightning strikes Quatermain's grave and the screen goes black. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="120" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film includes a unique story, not based on one of the strips of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Rodney Skinner is not the original character from H.G. Well's story, but a new character created for the film. This was done because of problems with the copyright on the original character.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film was not well received. On Rotten Tomatoes, he scored a 17%. The film grossed $ 112.800.000 worldwide, which was enough to earn back the budget of $ 78.000.000. Alan Moore, the author of the comic series, was also not satisfied with the film adaptation.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Larry Cohen and Martin Poll after outcome of the film a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox there would have stolen the screenplay for the film Fox of their story. Cohen and Poll would this script several times between 1993 and 1996 to have advised in Fox, but always have been rejected.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CT_1-0" len="199" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BW_2-0" len="199" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  The case was eventually settled out of court to. ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="372" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 2003
 * The Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award
 * 2004
 * The Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award
 * Three Saturn Awards:
 * Best costumes
 * Best fantasy film
 * Best Supporting Actress (Peta Wilson)
 * The VES Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture