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Puzzle #79 Answer

Sin City (2005)

Sin City was the link movie connecting Batman Begins and Children of Men.

Linked through Rutger Hauer and Clive Owen.

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Both Rutger Hauer and Clive Owen appeared in Sin City.

About Sin City

★ 7.5/10 ⏱ 2h 4m 📅 Apr 1, 2005

"There is no justice without sin."

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Written by Robert Rodríguez, Frank Miller

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Top cast

Bruce Willis
Bruce Willisas Hartigan
Jessica Alba
Jessica Albaas Nancy
Clive Owen
Clive Owenas Dwight
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Haueras Cardinal Roark
Benicio del Toro
Benicio del Toroas Jackie Boy
Powers Boothe
Powers Bootheas Senator Roark
Nick Stahl
Nick Stahlas Roark Jr. / Yellow Bastard

Behind the camera

Producers
Elizabeth Avellan
Executive Producers
Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Cinematography
Robert Rodriguez
Editing
Robert Rodriguez
Composer
John Debney, Graeme Revell, Robert Rodriguez
Casting
Mary Vernieu, Beth Sepko
Visual Effects
Robert Rodriguez
Sound
Craig Henighan

Box office

Budget
$40.0M
Worldwide gross
$158.7M

Awards

Sin City was screened in competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and won the Technical Grand Prize for the film's visual shaping.

Soundtrack

Score by John Debney

The soundtrack was composed by Robert Rodriguez, John Debney and Graeme Revell, with Revell scoring The Hard Goodbye, Debney The Big Fat Kill and Rodriguez That Yellow Bastard (Rodriguez co-scored several tracks). The Servant's instrumental "Cells" featured heavily in publicity and DVD menus; "Sensemayá" and Fluke's "Absurd" are used in the film.

Movie trivia

  • 1

    The film's color processing rendered most of the movie in black and white while retaining or adding color for selected objects, a technique that drew particular recognition.

  • 2

    Several scenes were shot before any actor had signed on, so stand-ins were used and the actual actors were digitally added into the film during post-production.

  • 3

    Principal photography was shot with Sony CineAlta F950 cameras on HD-CAM SR format.

  • 4

    Rodriguez strove to remain faithful to the source, calling the film less of an adaptation than a translation; consequently there is no screenwriting credit and the onscreen credit reads Based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller.

  • 5

    Three directors received credit — Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino — with Tarantino directing the drive-to-the-pits scene and being paid one dollar.

  • 6

    When the Directors Guild of America refused to allow two non-established directors to be jointly credited, Robert Rodriguez resigned from the Guild so the joint credit with Frank Miller could remain.

Themes

dystopiabased on comicanthologyblack and whiteheld captivebased on graphic novelmysterious killerdoing the right thingsilhouetteneo-noirabsurd

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