Defendor
Defendor is a 2009 Canadian-American vigilante comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Stebbings in his directorial debut. It stars Woody Harrelson as Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona named Defendor, with Elias Koteas, Michael Kelly, Sandra Oh and Kat Dennings in supporting roles.
Plot
Dr. Park, a psychiatrist, is interviewing Arthur Poppington, a vigilante known as "Defendor", about his assault of a dry cleaning business owner. The story flashes back to Arthur's encounter with Dooney, a corrupt detective that Arthur believes is in the employ of his nemesis, "Captain Industry", who Arthur blames for his mother leaving him as a child and later dying from a drug overdose.
More details
| author | Peter Stebbings |
|---|---|
| director | Peter Stebbings |
| editor | Geoff Ashenhurst |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | arrest begin captain of industry clean drug overdose fetal alcohol syndrome injured kill lois lane police captain pop psychiatrist serbia serve shoot smoke speak spray paint the captains of industry want world war i write |
| musicBy | John Rowley |
| producer | Nicholas Tabarrok |
| productionCompany | Alliance Films |
| publisher | Alliance Films |
| recordedAt | Toronto |
| theme | independent superhero vigilante |