Mike Mignola's
acclaimed comic book series about a creature from Hades who joins the battle
against evil arrives on the screen in vivid form in this adaptation directed
by distinctive horror filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. During World War II, the
Third Reich has joined forces with the evil Grigori Rasputin (Karel Roden),
who has used his occult powers to summon up a young demon from the depth of
Hell to be used as the ultimate Axis weapon. However, the demonic creature
is captured by American forces, and put in the care of Professor Broom (John
Hurt), the founder of a top-secret organization called the Bureau for
Paranormal Research and Defense. Under Broom's tutelage, the creature
develops empathy and a desire to do good while his physical powers and
paranormal talents are honed to a fine point. Sixty years later, the demon,
now known as Hellboy (Ron Perlman), is part of an elite secret defense team
alongside Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), a beautiful young woman who can create
fire with her mind, and Abe Sapian (Doug Jones), an aquatic humanoid with
the power of telepathy. Despite his many years of fighting for right,
Hellboy finds himself facing his greatest challenge when the powerful
Rasputin returns, determined to bring the demon back to the forces of
darkness so that evil may finally rule the world. Hellboy's supporting cast
also includes Jeffrey Tambor, Rupert Evans, and Brian Steele.
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Cast
Ron Perlman ... Hellboy
John Hurt ... Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Selma Blair ... Liz Sherman
Rupert Evans ... John Myers
Karel Roden ... Grigori Rasputin
Jeffrey Tambor ... Tom Manning
Doug Jones ... Abe Sapien
Brian Steele ... Sammael
Ladislav Beran ... Karl Ruprecht Kroenen
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Liz Sherman
Liz Sherman is a woman with the powers to start
fires, in Guillermo del Toro's film adaptation of Hellboy comic books. Liz
is the object of Hellboy's affection but distances herself from Hellboy as
well as humans, as she constantly struggles to figure out which world she
belongs to.
"Liz looks normal. She just obviously has a
tortured past, a tortured mind, doesn't know how to make a step in either
direction, embrace the freak world, but she doesn't feel like she even has
enough control. And she sees [Agent] John Meyers, who's a real boy close to
her age. This is my opportunity to be normal but she's not. She only feels
comfortable with Hellboy, but she doesn't want to live in that world and,
yeah, I think she's really torn because she's both worlds where as Hellboy
is obviously just one."
"Liz Sherman is a girl who is a misfit, and
she lives in the BPRD [Ed. Note: That stands for 'Bureau for Paranormal
Research and Defense'] because she has pyrokinetic abilities that are
brought forth when she is enraged. And as a young girl, she blew up her
family and people in the very near vicinity when she was hit by a rock. So
she's an orphan from her own doing, she's kind of tragically flawed in that
way. And so she lives in the BPRD, but really wants to break away and be a
normal girl because she's a monster."
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Selma
says
"There
was tongue! I tongued Hellboy! It was so gross looking back. We didn't know
and Guillermo was like, 'What are you two doing?,' and we're like, 'We're
making out.' He's like, 'Stop!' It was just so horrifying. In the moment,
we're really in love. It's a kiss. You go for it. But you have the teeth and
the blaaahh. We did a couple takes with a little bit more MTV style and then
I think Guillermo's like, 'Yeah, you can just chill. This is not necessary.'
And we're like, 'Okay, thanks. This is awfully awkward.' But he's sexy. I
thought Hellboy was incredible sexy."
"I have never felt so at home on a movie set. I
love Guillermo so much. I think everyone that meets or speaks to Guillermo
has to love him. He's so passionate and loving and generous and just, he's
just, God for this type of movie, I think. He was the most mellow man on set
too because I think he was so confident that he could do everything and he'd
been working on this movie, such a labor of love, for so long, he comes in
so prepared, his sketches are leaking out. His journals are like the Sistine
Chapel. It's just amazing what he does that is just scrap paper that gets
thrown away at the end of the day that would be considered my greatest
achievement. He's amazing."
"It
was...'surreal'. It was one of the bigger challenges as an actor, and I had
to spontaneously sort of combust when there's no combusting there!"
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Received 72 metascore out of
100 based on 37 reviews @
Metacritic.com
Overall grade
breakdown: A's: 277 21.2%B's: 651 49.7%
Washington Post
Rolling Stone
Entertainment Weekly
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DVD Info
Released:
June 5,
2007
Available in DVD Widescreen,
2-Disc Special Edt, 3-Disc Director's Cut, 3-Disck Gift Set
2-Disc Special
Edition
- Video introduction by Guillermo
del Toro
- Creator audio commentary by
Guillermo del Toro (director) and Mike Mignola (co-executive producer)
- Cast audio commentary by Ron
Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, and Rupert Evans
- Branching DVD comics drawn by Mike
Mignola
- "Right Hand of Doom" set visits
- Storyboard track
- "From the Den" Hellboy
recommends...Gerald McBoing Boing animated shorts
- DVD-ROM includes printable original
screenplay, script supervisor's book, and director's notebook
- Video introduction by Selma Blair
- "Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation": A
2 1/2 hour documentary on the making of the film, including The Origin of
the Comic, Prosthetic Effects, Visual Effects, Set Design, Stunts, and
more
- Deleted scenes with optional
commentary by Guillermo del Toro
- Character bios written by the
director
- Motion Board-a-matics
- Animatics
- Multi-angle storyboard comparisons
- Maquette 3-D character sculptures
video gallery
- Poster explorations
- Trailers and TV spots
- Web link to Hellboy merchandise
- Filmographies
And more...
3-Disc Special Edition
Disc One:
- All-new Commentary by Guillermo del Toro, Exclusively for the
Director's Cut
- Video Introduction by Guillermo del Toro
- Branching DVD Comics drawn by Mike Mignola
- Right Hand of Doom" Set Visits
- Storyboard Track
- DVD-ROM: Printable Original Screenplay Script, Supervisor's Book,
Director's Notebook
- Over 13 minutes of recut and extended footage
Disc Two:
- Video Introduction by Selma Blair
- "Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation" A 2 1/2 hour documentary on the
making of the film.
- Includes The Origin of the Comic, Prosthetic Effects, Visual Effects,
Set Design, Stunts and more!
- Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by Guillermo del Toro
- Character Bios written by the Director
- Motion Board-a-matics
- Animatics
- Multi-Angle Storyboard Comparisons
- Maquette 3-D Character Sculptures Video Gallery
- Poster Explorations
- Trailers and TV Spots
- Weblink to Hellboy Merchandise
- Filmographies
Disc Three:
- Video Introduction by Ron Perlman
- Video Commentary with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor and
Rupert Evans
- Production Workshops with Commentary by Guillermo del Toro
- Q&A Archive: Comic Com 2002
- Scott McCloud: A Quick Guide to Understanding Comics
- Interactive Director's Notebook
- Photo Gallery
- Mike Mignola Artwork Photo Montage
- Makeup and Lighting Tests
- Conceptual Art Galleries
- Comic Book Artist Pin Ups
- Includes Exclusive Collectible: Excerpt From the Diary of Grigori
Rasputin, created by Mike Mignola
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talks
Domestic Total
Gross: $59,623,958
Foreign Total Gross: $39,695,029
Opening Weekend: $23,172,440
Widest Release: 3,043
theaters
Production Budget: $66
million
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Box Office Mojo
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Awards & Nominations
- 2005
Best Make-Up - Saturn Award - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy &
Horror Films, USA
- 2004 Best Director - Feature Film (del Toro) - Imagen
Award - Imagen Foundation Awards
- 2004 Choice Movie -
Drama/Action Adventure
Nomination - Teen Choice Award
- Teen Choice Awards
- 2005 Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Act
on Motion Picture Nomination
- VES Award -
Visual Effects Society Awards
- 2005 Best Movie Nomination - IHG Award - International Horror
Guild
- 2005 Screenplay (del Toro) Nomination - Bram Stoker Award -
Bram Stoker Awards
- 2005 Best Costumes Nomination - Saturn Award - Saturn Awards
- 2005 Best DVD Special Edition Release (Director's Cut)
Nomination - Saturn Award - Saturn Awards
- 2005 Best Fantasy Film Nomination - Saturn Award - Saturn
Awards
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Links
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Official Site
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Wikipedia
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