V for Vendetta (2006)

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

Directed by: James McTeigue

Written by: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

Music by: Dario Marianelli

Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinéad Cusack

Genre: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Released: 2006-02-23

Runtime: 132 minutes

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V for Vendetta (2006): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• V for Vendetta is the final film shot by cinematographer Adrian Biddle, who died of a heart attack on 7 December 2005.
• James Purefoy was originally cast as V, but dropped out after six weeks into filming.
• He was replaced by Hugo Weaving, who had previously worked with Joel Silver and the Wachowskis on The Matrix series.
• The film was originally scheduled for release on the weekend of 5 November 2005, the Plot's 400th anniversary, with the tag line "Remember, remember the 5th of November", taken from a traditional British rhyme memorialising the event.
• Moore, who was dissatisfied with the film adaptations of his other works, From Hell (2001) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), declined to watch the film and asked not to be credited or paid royalties.
• In 2021, Lloyd revealed that Moore had wanted to make V for Vendetta into a movie around the time the comic book was originally being conceived.
• V for Vendetta had its first major premiere on 11 December 2005, at Butt-Numb-A-Thon, followed by a premiere on 13 February 2006 at the Berlin Film Festival.
• The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $134.7 million against a budget of $50–54 million.
• A novelisation of the film, written by Steve Moore (no relation to Alan Moore) and based on the Wachowskis' script, was published by Pocket Star on 31 January 2006.
• For the film's 20th anniversary, Warner Bros. is working with Fathom Entertainment and Saga Arts to re-release the film in theaters on November 1 and 5, 2026, with the latter date coinciding with the 421st Guy Fawkes Night.
• By December 2006, V for Vendetta had grossed $134,686,457, of which $70,511,035 was from the United States.
• By the end of 2006, 3,086,073 DVD units had been sold, bringing in slightly more than its production cost with $58,342,597.
• As of November 2020, the film has grossed $65.4 million from DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States.
• Roger Ebert stated that V for Vendetta "almost always has something going on that is actually interesting, inviting us to decode the character and plot and apply the message where we will".
• Serving as McTeigue's directorial debut, it is based on the 1988–89 graphic novel V for Vendetta created by Alan Moore and David Lloyd.

Source: Wikipedia

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