The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stephen Norrington
Screenplay by	James Dale Robinson
Based on	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill
Produced by	Trevor Albert; Rick Benattar; Sean Connery; Mark Gordon; Don Murphy; Michael Nelson;
Starring	Sean Connery; Shane West; Stuart Townsend; Peta Wilson; Jason Flemyng;
Cinematography	Dan Laustsen
Edited by	Paul Rubell
Music by	Trevor Jones
Production; companies	Angry Films; International Production Company; JD Productions;
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	July 11, 2003 (United States); October 17, 2003 (United Kingdom);
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Germany; United States;
Languages	English; German
Budget	$78 million
Box office	$179.3 million

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, also promoted as LXG, is a 2003 steampunk^[4]/dieselpunk superhero film loosely based on the first volume of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, it was released on 11 July 2003 in the United States, and 17 October in the United Kingdom. It was directed by Stephen Norrington and starred Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, and Richard Roxburgh. It was Connery's final role in a theatrically released live-action film before his retirement in 2006 and death in 2020.

As with the comic book source material, the film features prominent pastiche and crossover themes^[5] set in the late 19th century. It features an assortment of fictional literary characters appropriate to the period who act as Victorian era superheroes. It draws on the works of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Ian Fleming, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Gaston Leroux, and Mark Twain, albeit all adapted for the film.

It received generally unfavorable reviews but was financially successful, grossing over $179 million worldwide in theaters, and earning rental revenue of $48.6 million and DVD sales (as of 2003) of $36.4 million, against its $78 million budget.^[6]

^ "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (12A)". BBFC. July 11, 2003. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
^ "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) – Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com.
^ Poeter, Damon (July 6, 2008). "Steampunk's subculture revealed". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
^ Tobey, Matthew. "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". Allmovie. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
^ "The Numbers: Box Office Data". Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[1] "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (12A)". BBFC. July 11, 2003. Retrieved May 10, 2023.

[2] "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2012.

[boxofficemojo.com-3] "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) – Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com.

[Poeter-4] Poeter, Damon (July 6, 2008). "Steampunk's subculture revealed". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

[5] Tobey, Matthew. "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". Allmovie. Retrieved November 10, 2012.

[6] "The Numbers: Box Office Data". Retrieved October 4, 2014.

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