Watchmen is a 2009 american superhero film based on the 198687 dc comics limited series. One of the parallel stories in the comic watchmen was a comic within the comic, titled tales of the black freighter. Mar 20, 2009 the story of the black freighter is a story within the story of watchmen in the comic version. A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the black freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost. The bloody pirate tale tells the story of a mariner who after being shipwrecked rides a raft of corpses to his homeport in an effort to save his family from the evil black freighter. A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the black freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a. Tales of the black freighter is a tightly packed and quick paced animated short film with a good enough story for a. The comic was read by a character in the watchmen graphic novel.
One of the most obviously extractable pieces was the parallel comic book story tales of the black freighter, which is read by a minor character at a. Strikingly moody, lurid, poetic, and downbeat, tales of the black freighter could well have come from the pen of edgar allen poe or ambrose bierce or an adultcontent horror comic. Within the graphic novel, tales of the black freighter, appears as a comic book read by a young man in new york city while the city is being destroyed. Like nearly everything related to alan moore and dave gibbons classic graphic novel watchmen, the new dvd tiein tales of the black freighter requires some explanation. Gerard butler, who starred in 300, voices the captain in the film. A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the black freighter, but his struggle to.
Aye, there be hardcore fans out there, of watchmen and fantastic graphics, who might consider the dvd worth viewing just for this short alone. Tales of the black freighter is the storywithinastory from watchmen, the genredefining graphic novel from the 80s and film of 2009. A shipwrecked captain fashions a raft out of dead crew members in order to return home to warn of an impending pirate attack. A couple of weeks ago we brought you extensive details on tales of the black freighter, watchmens moviewithinamovie. Tales of the black freighter and under the hood 2009 schauspieler schauspielerinnen.
From executive producer of watchmen and 300 comes this daring storywithinastory contained in the celebrated graphic novel upon which the hit film is basedwatchmen. Tales of the black freighter is a tightly packed and quick paced animated short film with a good enough story for a full length narrative, though. Tales of the black freighter, a fictional comic within the watchmen limited series, was adapted as a 26minute. Tales of the black freighter dvd pictures are something i thought you guys would enjoy. The tales of the black freighter segments were adapted as a directtovideo animated feature to be released that same month. Experience the exclusive and dramatic origin stories essential to the watchmen experience as the comicwithin the comic and night owls autobiography are brought to life as warner premieres watchmen. Tales of the black freighter brings to strikingly animated life the graphic novels richly layered storywithinastory. I really loved the watchmen film, and this dvd as well as the complete motion comic dvd. As good as black freighter is, its the second and lesspublicized companion piece on this dvd that stands out as the biggest treat for fans of watchmen the book as well as the film. Tales of the black freighter has been ranked 7535 times, wins 31. Two thrilling tales from the graphic novel blending animation and liveaction include a. Len wein, the comics editor, wrote a video game prequel entitled watchmen.
It was decided not to include it in the film for sake of brevity and manageability of the onscreen version. On the offchance that someone from dc comics sees this and doesnt instantly hit me with a ceaseanddesist order for posting their ed material, let me make a plea. Tales of the black freighter is a nearcomplete misfire, but the other half of this double feature the 37 minute under the hood more than makes up for it. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime.
Tales of the black freighter featuring the voice of 300s gerard. The narrator of tales of the black freighter has become a murderer just like the crew of the black freighter in his own deluded efforts to save his town from being destroyed by them. Kattints a fenti letoltes gombra a tales of the black freighter 2009 film letoltesehez. Manhattan abandons earth enabling the city to be destroyed, a young boy. Tales of the black freighter, a fictional comic within the watchmen limited series, was adapted as a 26minute, directtovideo animated feature from warner premiere and warner bros. Watchmen tales of the black freighterunder the hood by. What is the significance of tales of the black freighter. Tales of the black freighter teaser trailer was shown to the public. For those of you less familiar, tales of the black freighter was a comic book being read by teenage boy named bernie, who sits beside a newsstand in the watchmen universe. Kaufen sie watchmen tales of the black freighter gunstig ein. As a short animated film zack snyder and his team decided to up the ante on the style, to make it a 2dimensional standalone effort with the translation almost. The ending of this story is a commentary and an indictment of adrian veidt, and.
Anmold tales of the black freighter streaming movie 2009 v. Director zack snyder has done a bangup job making sure that all watchmen tiein projects like black freighter or the hollis mason documentary under the hood are just as awesome as theatrical film is going to be well now you can judge the finished product for yourself. Watchmen tales of the black freighter subtitulado youtube. Tales of the black freighter 2009 attacked at sea by vicious pirates, a lone survivor embarks on a perilous journey home to warn the locals. Tales of the black freighter under the hood 2009 film for free as part of our trial offer. Tales of the black freighter and under the hood 2009. With gerard butler, cam clarke, siobhan flynn, jared harris. Tales of the black freighter is a misguided attempt at adapting a story that couldnt and shouldnt stand on its own.
Originally intended to be featured within the watchmen 2009 film, but was removed from the theatrical version once the time span of the film began pushing 3 hours. The tales of the black freighter series in the book of watchmen was linked to the actual plot of watchmen with merely one line i wont mention by whom, but its by one of the main characters. The producers also released two short video pieces online, which were intended to be viral videos designed as. The ending of this story is a commentary and an indictment of adrian veidt, and his actions in what he saw as saving the world. Manhattan abandons earth, enabling the city to be destroyed, a young boy reads a survival. Tales of the black freighter 2009 video trivia 2 add new gerard butler got his role in this after zack snyder couldnt find him a role in watchmen 2009. Tales of the black freighter video 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mar 24, 2009 directed by daniel delpurgatorio, mike smith.
Tales of the black freighter 2009 trailer trailers and movieclips. Tales of the black freighter 2009 r 0324 2009 us animation, horror, action 26m user score. In the watchmen graphic novel, moore produced excerpts from a memoir by retired superhero hollis mason to fill out the last few pages of each of his first three chapters. Starring gerard butler, jared harris, salli saffioti, and siobhan flynn. Watch tales of the black freighter online 2009 movie yidio. Tales of the black freighter video 2009 trivia imdb. Watchmen tales of the black freighter trailer 2009 trailer for tales of the black freighter courtesy of mtv. The film itself was released on dvd four months after tales of the black freighter, and in november 2009, a fourdisc set was released as the ultimate cut with the animated film edited back into the main picture. Tales of the black freighter 2009 starring gerard butler, jared harris on dc universe. This is a quick analysis on the transition of the tales of the black freighter comic that features in the watchmen graphic novel to the big screen version and how they fit it in with the main feature. A megjeleno oldalon lepj tovabb, majd vard meg a 10 masodpercet az oldalon, es a letoltes automatikusan elindul. Gerard butler voices the mariner in this daring pirate saga, the turbulent events of which may mirror.
Tales of the black freighter runs a mere 26 minutes, and under the hood clocks in at only 38 minutes. One has to wonder one why you should bother buying this standalone disc if the black freighter short will appear in its entirety in a directors cut one day. Tales of the black freighter full movie 2009 youtube. However, it can be found as intended in the ultimate cut version of the movie, which is 3hrs 35mins long.
Executive produced by the director of watchmen and 300, here are two tales from the most celebrated graphic novel of all time that do not appear in the extraordinary watchmen theatrical feature. Tales of the black freighter featuring the voice of 300s gerard butler brings to strikingly animated. Tales of the black freighter was adapted as a directtovideo animated feature from warner premiere and warner bros. Watchmen tales of the black freighter 2009 mit gerard. It was decided not to include it in the film for sake of brevity and manageability of the onscreen.
Tales of the black freighter was a comic book inside the comic book, telling a grim tale of pirates on the open sea. A boy is reading the graphic novel called tales of the black freighter near new york news stand, so he experiences the news about the russians as it happens, and all the while he reads his comic. At the end of watchmens fifth chapter, moore threw in a brief history of a nonexistent 60s dc comics series called tales of the black freighter, about the damned crew of a grotesque ship. I have snapped a few screen captures click to enlarge from the 25 minute animated film available. Song pirate jenny live at carnegie hall, new york, 1964. The parts of it that pertain to the film were left out for time, but mainly because they. Tales of the black freighter 2009 a mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the black freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost. In that regard, the most intriguing part of the tales of the black freighter dvd may be its backup feature, under the hood.
The first part, the supposed main attraction, is the short animated film tales of the black freighter, a pirate story from the days of pulp comics, which tells of a shipwrecked captain, whose vessel fell victim to the black freighter, a hellish ship roaming the seas and destroying everything in its path. Watchmen back story unspools in under the hood dvd wired. Tales of the black freighter is a film directed by mike smith, daniel delpurgatorio with animation. Pirate stories, thats what, and the tales of the black freighter cartoon short here is an exceptionally horrific sea yarn, in which the ghoulish buccaneers manning a dread black freighter destroy another boat, leaving only one survivor, the captain voiced by gerard butler. Tales of the black freighter hd streaming 2009 part1. Mar 19, 2009 daniel delpurgatrorio and mike smiths watchmen. Laut hbo wurde dieser film im jahre 2009 freigegeben.
Tales of the black freighter 2009 r animation, short, action, adventure, horror. The watchmen saison 1 streaming free, streaming en complet vf soustitre francais, the watchmen regardez tout le film sans limitation, diffusez en streaming en qualite. Id love to see tales of the black freighter exist as an ongoing monthly horror series. Tales of the black freighter 2009 from executive producer of watchmen and 300 comes this daring storywithinastory contained in the celebrated graphic novel upon which the hit film is based watchmen. Pareri tales of the black freighter 2009 film pagina 1. Trailer for tales of the black freighter, as released to mtv. Deducing the pirates will next massacre his seaside village and. Jan, 2015 tales of the black freighter is a cg animated short written and directed by zack snyder.
In watchmen, the story is being read by a young boy at the newsvendors stand, throughout the main action. For those of you that know the watchmen graphic novel, youll be aware of this story. Tales of the black freighter is a 2009 animated film that was released in conjunction with other films as part of an adaptation of the classic graphic novel watchmen. Stars from the watchmen movie team in the amazing liveactioncgi under the hood. From the director of watchmen and 300 come two tales from the celebrated graphic novel that do not appear in the extraordinary watchmen theatrical feature. Animation, released on march 24, 2009 as a tiein to the watchmen movie. Tales of the black freighter, and released on march 24, 2009. Akmw tales of the black freighter hd streaming 2009 part1. I really loved the watchmen film, and this dvd as well as the complete.
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