Watchmen

Author

Damon Lindelof

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN, OSH)

Languages

In English or French, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers, Andrew Howard, Louis Gossett Jr., Dylan Schombing, Jacob Ming-Trent, Hong Chau, James Wolk, Frances Fisher, Jessica Camacho.

Publication Information

[Burbank, CA] : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2020]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (527 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Set in an alternate history world where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, WATCHMEN embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking DC graphic novel while breaking new ground of its own. Angela Abar is a woman of many masks. She's a seasoned detective in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, police force, where officers must conceal their identities to protect themselves from terrorists. While investigating a murder close to home, Angela uncovers a far-reaching conspiracy that threatens the future of the world.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the graphic novel series Watchmen created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

Originally broadcast as a limited series on HBO in 2019.

Special features: 2 all-new exclusive documentaries: Immortal vigilante - Hooded Justice and Adrian Veidt: the Colossal King ; character trailers ; Sister Night, Blonde Man and Looking Glass ; It's raining squids ; Watchmen: masked and dangerous ; 2019 New York Comic Con ; Becoming Sister Night ; Watchmen: alternate history ; Watchmen: unmasked ; Andrij Parekh on directing ; Squid shelter with Tim Blake Nelson ; Anatomy of a fight scene ; Glimpses - the visual effects of Watchmen ; Notes from the Watchmen graphic novel artist Dave Gibbons ; Rorschach featurette ; Sadiqua Bynum runs, jumps and falls for Sister Night.

Contents

• It's summer and we're running out of ice
• Martial feats of Comanche horsemanship
• She was killed by space junk
• If you don't like my story, write your own
• Little fear of lightning
• This extraordinary being
• An Almost religious awe
• A God walks into Abar
• See how they fly.