The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen


1h 50m 2003

Brief Synopsis

Allan Quatermain, the world's greatest adventurer, leads a legion of superheroes the likes of which the world has never seen. Quatermain's extraordinary League is comprised of Captain Nemo, Dracula vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Sawyer, Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and M--the League's enigmatic recruiter. The League members are staunch individualists, outcasts in fact, with checkered pasts and singular gifts that have been both blessing and curse. Now they must learn to trust each other and work as a team for the very hope of civilization. With little preparation and no time to lose, they will be transported via Captain Nemo's extraordinary submarine, the Nautilus, to the frontline of defense: Venice, Italy. There, a masked madman known as the Fantom plans to sabotage a conference of world leaders by setting off a domino chain of explosions, sinking the entire city. The threat is catastrophic, the risks are staggering. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has 96 hours to save the world.

Film Details

Also Known As
LXG, La ligue des gentlemen extraordinaires, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, ligue des gentlemen extraordinaires
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adaptation
Fantasy
Period
Thriller
Release Date
2003
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution
Location
Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; Los Angeles, California, USA; Malta, Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 50m

Synopsis

Allan Quatermain, the world's greatest adventurer, leads a legion of superheroes the likes of which the world has never seen. Quatermain's extraordinary League is comprised of Captain Nemo, Dracula vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Sawyer, Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and M--the League's enigmatic recruiter. The League members are staunch individualists, outcasts in fact, with checkered pasts and singular gifts that have been both blessing and curse. Now they must learn to trust each other and work as a team for the very hope of civilization. With little preparation and no time to lose, they will be transported via Captain Nemo's extraordinary submarine, the Nautilus, to the frontline of defense: Venice, Italy. There, a masked madman known as the Fantom plans to sabotage a conference of world leaders by setting off a domino chain of explosions, sinking the entire city. The threat is catastrophic, the risks are staggering. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has 96 hours to save the world.

Crew

Victor Abbene

Gaffer

Kevin Abercrombie

Stunts

Trevor Albert

Producer

Lesley Aletter

Stunts

Tim Alexander

Visual Effects Supervisor

Richard Alger

Electrician

Joseph Allan

Mechanical Special Effects

Catherine Allinson

Script Supervisor

Robert Allsopp

Costumes

Robert Alonzo

Stunts

Enrico Altmann

Painter

Kirsten Anderson

Production Accountant

Tim Angulo

Director Of Photography

James Anka

Painter

Randall Archer

Stunts

Daniel Arrias

Stunts

Alex Ayres

Other

Lance Baetkey

Rotoscope Animator

Dimitri Bakalov

Animator

Brent Baker

Modelmaker

Patrick Banister

Set Designer

John Bannister

Scenic Artist

Damon Bard

Sculptor

Keith Barton

Software Engineer

Steve Baruch

Stunts

Nick Bauman

Special Effects

David Baxa

Set Designer

Craig Baxley

Stunts

Jody Beaudin

Accounting Assistant

Robin Beavis

Special Effects Technician

Christian Beckman

Special Effects Coordinator

Christian Beckman

Puppeteer

Charles Bemis

Camera Assistant

Rick Benattar

Associate Producer

Elizabeth Bentley

Digital Effects Artist

Hege Berg

3-D Artist

Les Bernstein

Motion Control

Daniel Besocke

Motion Control

Brian Best

Special Effects Technician

Zdenko Bilandzija

Rigging Electrician

Nancy Bishop

Casting

Jan Blazicek

Painter

Greg M Boettcher

Modelmaker

Rudolf Bok

Stunts

Mark Boley

Special Effects Technician

Mark Boley

Puppeteer

Josef Bolf

Painter

Philip Borg

3-D Artist

Jan Boruvka

Gaffer

Petr Boubelik

Rigging Electrician

Petr Bozdech

Stunts

Patrick G Brady

Modelmaker

Dennis Mishko Briest

Special Effects Technician

Dean Brkic

Rigging Gaffer

Anthony Brookman

Set Costumer

Dawn Brooks

Visual Effects

Milos Brosinger

Special Effects Technician

James W Brown

Animator

Radek Bruna

Stunts

David Bryant

3-D Artist

Martin Bublik

Best Boy

Alisa Moore Buckley

Assistant

Nadine Buckley

Software Engineer

Julian Bucknall

Assistant Camera

Simon Bunker

Technical Director

Richard Burden

Stunts

Matt Burlingame

Modelmaker

Mark Bushbacher

Visual Effects

Daniela Buzgova

Location Manager

Stephanie Caillabet

Special Effects Technician

Pavel Cajzl

Assistant

Tricia Cameron

Hair Stylist

Tricia Cameron

Makeup Artist

Warwick Campbell

Digital Effects Artist

Tamara Carlson-woodard

Puppeteer

Tamara Carlson-woodard

Special Effects

Tamara Carlson-woodard

Special Effects Technician

Troy W Carrington

Production Assistant

Lawrence Carroll

Digital Effects Artist

Marcus Carter

Background Artist

Marcus Carter

Rotoscope Animator

Chas Cash

3-D Artist

Pavel Caslavsky

Rigging Gaffer

Ivo Cervenka

Best Boy Grip

Michal Chadima

Video

Gordon Chapman

Digital Effects Artist

Karel Charvat

Dolly Grip

Michel Cheyko

Assistant Director

Lee Chidwick

Inbetweener

Andy Chung

Illustrator

Jiri Cihak

Scenic Artist

Richard Clarke

3-D Artist

Jeff Clifford

3-D Artist

Matt Codd

Illustrator

Gary Cohen

Special Effects Technician

Debra Coleman

Digital Effects Artist

K.c. Colwell

Assistant Director

Gabe Connelly

Stunts

Sean Connery

Executive Producer

Eric Coon

Mechanical Special Effects

Jason Coop

Assistant Camera

Laurent Cordier

Modelmaker

Geovanny Corvera

Stunts

Shane Costar

Digital Effects Artist

Mike Cowler

Software Engineer

Robert Cowper

Illustrator

Tyson Cross

Modelmaker

Ciaran Crowley

Digital Effects Artist

Seth Curlin

Modelmaker

Joshua Cushner

Camera Operator

Miroslav Cyprian

Construction

Ken Dailey

Visual Effects Producer

Radka Daskova

Art Department

Neil Davies

Special Effects Technician

Martin Davison

Inbetweener

Erik Dawe

Mechanical Special Effects

Daniel Daywalt

Mechanical Special Effects

Frantisek Deak

Stunts

Tom Debenham

Digital Effects Artist

Dimitri Delacovias

Matte Painter

Merche Delgado

Modelmaker

Colin Dennis

Carpenter

Rob Derry

Animatronics

Bruce Devan

Production Manager

Bruce Devan

Line Producer

Keith Devlin

Digital Effects Artist

Gavin Digby

Digital Effects Artist

Mark J Dillon

Modelmaker

Dawn Dinninger

Special Effects

David Dolan

Caterer

Zbynek Dolezal

Medic

Doris Donnenberg

Production Supervisor

Robert Dorris

Rotoscope Animator

Brennan Doyle

Visual Effects Supervisor

Kevin Draycott

Special Effects Supervisor

Kirsten Drummond

Lighting Technician

Giovanni Dulay

Modelmaker

Joe Duppel

Carpenter

Paul Edwards

Visual Effects

Erin Eggers

Assistant

Bernhard Eichholz

Puppeteer

Bernhard Eichholz

Concept Artist

Erik Ellefsen

Modelmaker

Harrison Ellenshaw

Consultant

Joy Ellison

Dialect Coach

Jody Eltham

Special Effects Technician

Colin Epstein

Digital Effects Artist

Tomas Ereminas

Stunts

Shannon Ericson

Assistant

Johnnie Espiritu

Modelmaker

James Etherington

Digital Effects Artist

Peter Eusebe

Boom Operator

Jonathan Eusebio

Stunts

Michael J. Fahey

Grip

Fernando Favila

Makeup Effects

Ivan Fedortsiv

Caterer

Peter Fern

Special Effects Technician

Ulrich Fickel

Special Effects Technician

Eric Fielder

Puppeteer

Eric Fielder

Animatronics

Helena Fillingerova

Costumes

Steve Fink

Prosthetics

Jiri Firt

Stunts

Forest P Fischer

Visual Effects

Derek Fisher

Digital Effects Artist

Danielle Fleury

Assistant Set Decorator

Johnny Fontana

Special Effects Technician

Misa Formanova

Production Secretary

Kevin Foster

Stunts

Paul Franklin

Visual Effects Supervisor

Helena Frankova

Set Production Assistant

Fortunato Frattasio

Digital Effects Artist

Carol Freeman

Assistant

Ryan Frick

Production Assistant

Bela Friedlova

Wardrobe Assistant

Marek Fritsch

Construction

Adam Fuchs

Assistant Location Manager

Michael Fuchs

Production Assistant

Jan Gal

Dresser

Elinor Rose Galbraith

Art Director

Andrew Garcia-price

Visual Effects

Adam Gascoyne

Digital Effects Artist

Veronika Gavlakova

Production Assistant

Jiri Gazda

Key Grip

Adam Gelbart

Modelmaker

Victor Gendrano

Stunts

Stephan O Gessler

Set Designer

George Gibbs

Special Effects Technician

Carmila Gittens

Coordinator

Terry Glass

Special Effects Supervisor

Andrew Glover

Electrician

David Goldberg

Visual Effects Supervisor

Mitch Goldstrom

Software Engineer

Joe Gomez

Modelmaker

Antonio Gomez-rubio

Mechanical Special Effects

David Goodman

Production Assistant

Mark R. Gordon

Executive Producer

Dylan Gottlieb

Modelmaker

Rene Graf

Dresser

Matthew Gratzner

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film Details

Also Known As
LXG, La ligue des gentlemen extraordinaires, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, ligue des gentlemen extraordinaires
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adaptation
Fantasy
Period
Thriller
Release Date
2003
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution
Location
Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; Los Angeles, California, USA; Malta, Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 50m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Summer July 11, 2003

Released in United States on Video December 16, 2003

Based on the graphic novel "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" written by Alan Moore, illustrated by Kevin O'Neill and first published by Wildstorm Entertaiment November 1998.

In mid-August 2002 flooding damaged a few of the Prague sets.

Released in United States Summer July 11, 2003

Released in United States on Video December 16, 2003