| | | Give Evil Hell
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Outtakes, Deleted And Alternate Scenes, Featurettes, English, French, Subtitled, 2 Discs
From visionary writer/director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, The Devil's Backbone) comes Hellboy, a supernatural action adventure based on Mike Mignola's popular Dark Horse Comics series of the same name. Born in the flames of hell and brought to Earth as an infant to perpetrate evil, Hellboy (Ron Perlman) was rescued from sinister forces by the benevolent Dr. Broom (John Hurt), who raised him to be a hero. In Dr. Broom's secret Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy creates an unlikely family consisting of the telepathic "Mer-Man" Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) and Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), the woman he loves who can control fire. Hidden from the very society that they protect, they stand as the key line of defense against an evil madman who seeks to reclaim Hellboy to the dark side and use his powers to destroy mankind.
"Surprisingly smart, graphically faithful live-action adaptation of the Mike Mignola series" Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
"Played by Ron Perlman, he's the most magnetic action hero I've come across in a long while." J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
"Bursting the bonds of its genre, Hellboy fills the screen with gorgeous imagery, vertiginous action and a surprising depth of feeling." Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Editor's Note
Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Along with the fire-throwing Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and the amphibious psychic Abe Sapien (Doug Jones, with the voice of David Hyde Pierce), Hellboy is joined by new recruit John Myers (Rupert Evans), a squeaky-clean FBI agent assigned to keep the big red devil's exploits in check. Things get out of hand, however, when a vicious monster is unleashed by the villainous Rasputin (Karl Roden), leading to events that may set off an apocalyptic nightmare for humanity.Echoing Peter Jackson's passion for THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, HELLBOY is a labor of love from del Toro, a longtime fan of the comic and its creator. The director's enthusiasm shows, since HELLBOY is a wondrously strange slice of pulpy adventure, mixed with horror and humor, and enhanced by stunning visual effects. In the title role (and lots of red makeup), Perlman is pitch-perfect, giving the good-natured misfit a powerful--yet surprisingly sensitive--presence. Blair, Evans, Hurt, and other actors are similarly well cast, rounding out an ensemble intent on retaining the movie's dark yet superbly entertaining tone.
| Features | Hellboy: The Seeds Of Creation--This 2 1/2 Hour Documentary Focuses On Bringing Hellboy From Script To Screen | | 9 Theatrical TV Spots | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Cast Commentary | | Creator Commentary | | DVD-ROM Features | | Eight Branching DVD Comics By Mike Mignola--A Never-Been-Done DVD Feature Containing Eight Branching DVD Comics By Mike Mignola--An Onscreen Look At Hellboy Comic Books | | Eight Right Hand Of Doom Set Visits--At Key Moments During The Movie, Viewers Are Given The Option To Branch Out To A Short Featurette Showing What Life Was Like On The Set During That Day Of Shooting | | Filmographies & Biographies | | Storyboards | | Four Animatics--Computer-Generated Animated Scene Breakdowns | | Interactive Menus | | Kroenen's Lair--Four Storyboard To Film Comparisons | | Poster Explorations For The Hellboy Theatrical Campaign | | Previews | | Scene Deconstruction With The Director | | Scene Selection | | Weblink--Hellboy Merchandise | | Storyboards - picture-in-picture storyboard track plays simultaneously with the film | | Eight Right Hand of Doom Set Visits - at key moments during the movie, viewers are given the option to branch out to a short featurette showing what life was like on the set during that day of shooting | | Eight Branching DVD Comics by Mike Mignola - A never-been-done DVD feature containing eight Branching DVD comics by Mike Mignola - an onscreen look at Hellboy comic books with the creator when an image of a comic book page will appear on screen | | Creator Commentary with director Guillermo del Toro and co-executive producer Mike Mignola | | Cast Commentary with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans and Jeffrey Tambor | | Four Short Films featuring the cartoons Hellboy himself recommends | | Three deleted scenes with optional commentary | | Four Animatics - computer-generated animated scene breakdowns. The next level in storyboarding. Directors use them to help visualize what some of the more complicated shots will look like. | | DVD-Rom - Director's Notebook, Printable Script, Script Supervisor's Book | | Kroenen's Lair - four storyboard to film comparisons | | Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation - This 2 1/2 hour documentary focuses on bringing Hellboy from script to screen | | Scene deconstruction - director Guillermo del Toro walks us through the evolution of a scene from his sketches to the storyboards to the finished scene | | Poster Explorations for the Hellboy theatrical campaign | | Weblink - Hellboy merchandise | | Five Board-A-Matics - side-by-side comparison of scenes with the animated storyboards | | Widescreen Presentation | | Subtitles: English, French |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 11/27/2007 |
| Running Time: 132 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 01317 | | UPC: 00043396013179 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"HELLBOY is engaging." 04/09/2004 p.56New York Times
"Mr. del Toro lets loose with an all-American, vaudevillian rambunctiousness that makes the movie daffy, loose and lovable." 04/02/2004 p.E8 Los Angeles Times
"There's no shortage of slick special effects and rampaging monsters here. Yet what catches the eye and captures the imagination is the lovingly hand-crafted feel of the design..." 04/02/2004 p.C1 USA Today
"Guillermo del Toro has crafted a fiery action picture destined to please comics fans..." 04/09/2004 p.10E Chicago Sun-Times
"It's vibrating with energy, and you can sense the zeal and joy in its making." 04/02/2004 p.37 Box Office
"[A]n engaging supernatural action film....It's easy to be captivated by del Toro's style and the film's overall panache." 05/01/2004 p.29 Sight and Sound
"The bad guys have great looks....HELLBOY succeeds because it brings the visuals from the page to life with a beating red heart." 09/01/2004 p.50-1 Premiere
"Perlman nails Hellboy's blue-collar ethos....[With] visual artistry and sly wit..." 07/01/2004 p.115-16 Uncut
"Perlman is outstanding....Over-the-top fun..." 10/01/2004 p.144 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
My sense is that most comic book aficionados, regardless of whether or not they are familiar with Mi
Slate 9 of 10
Guillermo del Toro is in a class with Peter Jackson as a fan-boy who gets it--a brilliant filmmaker - David Edelstein
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Hellboy is one of those rare movies that's not only based on a comic book, but also feels like - Roger Ebert
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