The Spirit
The Spirit is a 2008 American neo-noir superhero film written and directed by Frank Miller and starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson. Based on the newspaper comic strip The Spirit, by Will Eisner, and produced by OddLot and Lionsgate Films, it tells the story of a ghost-like superhero who defends Central City from the Octopus who competes with the superhero's childhood friend Sand Saref for the Blood of Heracles in order to become immortal.
Plot
Denny Colt, also known as "the Spirit", learns about a major case from Detective Sussman involving his nemesis "the Octopus". The Spirit dons his costume and travels across rooftops, saving a woman before connecting with Officer Liebowitz. At the swampland, femme fatale Sand Saref rises from the water to shoot Sussman. The Spirit and Liebowitz find the wounded Sussman. Sand and her husband Mahmoud had earlier fled with chests they recovered from the water. Shot at, Sand escaped, leaving one chest behind which was retrieved by Octopus. The Octopus beheads Liebowitz and his cloned henchmen attack the Spirit. His accomplice Silken Floss flees with the chest as the two arch-nemeses fight.
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author | Frank Miller Will Eisner |
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director | Frank Miller |
editor | Gregory Nussbaum |
genre | action crime live-action |
keywords | angel of death betray capture connect dead body death dr. ellen dolan femme fatale golden fleece gunshot wound help heracles hercules jewel thieves kill morning octopus old flame police officer remember secret lair severed finger silken floss swat swat team wound |
musicBy | David Newman |
producer | Deborah Del Prete Gigi Pritzker Michael E. Uslan |
productionCompany | Lionsgate OddLot Entertainment OddLot Entertainment#DarkLot Entertainment |
publisher | Lionsgate |
recordedAt | New Mexico |
theme | neo-noir satirical superhero vigilante |