More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom". Jekyll and Mr. From the Director of Blade. Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi.
Rated PG for intense sequences of fantasy violence, language and innuendo. Did you know Edit. According to Wilson, this was a last-minute addition to the scene, and she felt nervous doing it, since Connery impersonations were considered a no-no on the set.
Before the shoot, she called Connery and offered not to do the accent, but he insisted she should. Afterwards, she asked him what he thought. He replied, "You were great! He said, "Yeah, it's terrible! It's the worst impersonation I have ever heard, and it's perfect.
Goofs When the League first sees Nemo's transportation, no one knows what to call it until Nemo tells them that it's an "automobile. Actually, in British dialect "car" is used to mean any wheeled vehicle, and the word's usage pre-dates the invention of the automobile by centuries: c.
So it really is not surprising that Quatermain would refer to the vehicle as a car. Quotes Mina Harker : You're sweet Crazy credits The 20th Century Fox logo fades into a sign on the London skyline. Alternate versions For the Swedish release, approximately 33 seconds were cut from various violent scenes in order to receive an 11 certification.
User reviews Review. Top review. Sean Connery is a very distinguished actor. He has appeared in several great films spanning decades. Shooting got off to a rocky start when Europe was flooded by a historically nasty storm.
The deluge was said to be the worst in one hundred years. Connery fled his suite at the Four Seasons with nothing but his golf clubs. Filming halted for two weeks while the sets were rebuilt in Malta. Norrington asked Fox for more time to complete the movie, but Fox was determined to make its release date.
The director had no choice but to pick up the pace. Norrington was a relatively inexperienced director who was figuring things out as he went along. Even his crew grew frustrated with his lack of preparation. Connery was a year old mega star looking for a quick and easy paycheck on his way to retirement. Connery and Norrington butted heads.
Reportedly, the relationship was so rocky that Norrington asked his leading man if he wanted to punch him in the face. Connery declined the offer, but tensions continued to escalate. Facing a tight deadline, Norrington opted out of a lot of post-production on League.
There were rumors that Connery had the director barred from the editing room, but those rumors were largely discredited. Norrington appears to have largely removed himself for unspecified reasons. I get fed up dealing with idiots. Norrington also went into semi-retirement. He initially sent out letters to several producers he had plans to work with to notify them that he was done working in Hollywood.
Years later, he flirted with the idea of returning but nothing ever came from those projects. Meanwhile, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen faced an uphill battle. Amid dreary reviews, the movie failed to recoup its production costs domestically.
Ironically, it fared better overseas. With weak ticket sales and a retired leading man, plans for sequels were scrapped. A lawsuit was filed against 20th Century Fox claiming that the movie plagiarized a script with a similar concept. The lawsuit was settled out of court which infuriated comic book creator Alan Moore. He viewed the suit as a personal slight and wanted the chance to clear his name in court. Moore was already unhappy with the comics industry, but his experience with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen put him off Hollywood as well.
The studio put pressure on the filmmakers so it could be released in the summer. Some people at Fox wanted it to be released in the fall, but the Los Angeles Times reported that Fox already had Master and Commander lined up for the fall. The production ran into some trouble when a special effects set did not pan out as intended, forcing the filmmakers to have to quickly look for another effects shop. This left the filmmakers without much money to attract other big-name stars for the ensemble cast.
He did not recognize the characters when reading the screenplay. He also said that Norrington and Connery did not get along. Finally, O'Neill said that the comic book version of Allan Quatermain was a lot better than the movie version. The Cast of Characters vs. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen lawsuit involved Larry Cohen and Martin Poll filing a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized a script of theirs entitled Cast of Characters in order to create this film.
The lawsuit alleged that Fox had solicited the comics series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen from Moore as a "smokescreen" for their intent to produce a movie plagiarizing Cast of Characters. Empire magazine gave it two stars out of five whilst criticizing the film's expository dialogue and lack of character depth, saying it 'flirts dangerously close with one-star ignominy'.
Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill also criticized and rejected the film. O'Neill stated that the characters were unrecognizable to their comic book counterparts, particularly referring to Mina Murray's radical status as a vampire, and ultimately concluded that the film failed because of its failure to follow the source material. Alan Moore initially agreed not to see the film to date he has not watched any film adaptation of his works but to wish it well while profiting from it, though following LXG he would cut his ties to Hollywood altogether, refusing credit and royalties for the subsequent film adaptations of Constantine , V for Vendetta and Watchmen.
A novelization of the movie was written by Kevin J. Anderson and released shortly before the movie. The soundtrack album was also released internationally but not in the United States.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film. Edit source History Talk 0. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen teaser trailer The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , also known as LXG , is a superhero film, loosely based on the first volume of the comic book series of the same name.
Los Angeles Times. Calcutta Telegraph. Some names frequently mentioned are:. Although there are some strong hints of its existence, no reference is made, not even in the Black Dossier issue. Although not officially refered to as a League, this group of characters was formed by The Time Traveller and consisted of three heroes from different points in time. It had been the Traveller's hope to create a group capable of heading off the looming threats of the Lovecraftian world of Yuggoth.
This gathering proves ill-fated however, as the three heroes were each drawn from out-of-body experiences, and each returns to his own life before the Traveler can impart any knowledge of consequence about the enemy though the denizens of Yuggoth would later prove to be persistent foes of later incarnations of the League.
Minions on the Moon reveals that Mina was part of a British super team in , whose full membership is shown in Other characters have been implied, though not confirmed, to have been members of some version of the League.
Allan Quatermain is the leader of the team while Mina Harker is its chemist. Past incarnations of the League are here revealed to have been fabricated by Professor Moriarty.
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