There's little left of the "League" featured in the 1999 comic book by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. Instead, there's overblown action and a lack of heart. Aging adventurer Allan Quartermain (Connery) is but one of the literary characters called to defeat a madman bent on starting a world war for profit in 1899. He's somewhat reluctantly teamed with Captain Nemo (Shah) and his Nautilus submarine, vampiric scientist Mina Harker (Wilson), the ageless Dorian Gray (Townsend), the invisible man Rodney Skinner (Curran), Dr. Jekyll and his hulkish alter ego Mr. Hyde (Flemyng), and Tom Sawyer (West), who's grown up to be a member of the American secret service. Clumsily telegraphs many plot twists, but the well-read should get a kick out of the many literary references.
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2006; 698 words...RKO Pictures, 2003. Dorian Gray, The League of ExtraordinaryGentleman (also known as LXG, Liga der aussergewoehnlichen Gentleman, and The League ), Twentieth Century – Fox, 2003...
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2005; 1001+ words...Lighthouse Hill , 2002. Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde, The League of ExtraordinaryGentleman (also known as LXG, The League , and Die liga der aussergwoehnlichen Gentleman ), Twentieth Century – Fox, 2003. Drummond, Hairy...
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2005; 1047+ words...known as Don't Peek ), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003. The League of ExtraordinaryGentleman (also known as LXG, The League , and Die Liga der aussergewoehnlichen Gentleman ), Twentieth Century – Fox, 2003. Film Assistant Camera...
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2004; 849+ words...MCA/Universal, 2000. Self Storage (short film), Wander Bird Films, 2002. The League of ExtraordinaryGentlemen (also known as The League and LXG ), Twentieth Century – Fox, 2003. Laws of Attraction, New Line Cinema...
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2004; 949+ words...short film), 2000. Blade II, New Line Cinema, 2002. The League of ExtraordinaryGentlemen (also known as LXG, The League, and Die Liga der aussergewoehnlichen Gentleman ), Twentieth Century – Fox, 2003. Film Art Director...