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Genres:
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Action /
Fantasy /
Sci-Fi /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Stephen Norrington
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Actors:
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Stuart Townsend,
Tom Goodman-Hill,
Robert Willox,
Terry O'Neill,
Rudolf Pellar,
Robert Orr,
Sean Connery,
Naseeruddin Shah,
Peta Wilson,
Tony Curran,
Shane West,
Jason Flemyng,
Richard Roxburgh,
Max Ryan,
David Hemmings
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Duration:
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110 min.
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Rating:
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(5.5/10)104.5
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Plot Summary:
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A span of extraordinary figures culled from extensive adventure publicity (including Alan Quatermain, vampiress Mina Harker from Dracula, an Unperceived Fetter, Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde, an American secretive professional care agent named Sawyer, Captain Nemo, and Dorian Gray), are called to stuff up a villain intent on turning the nations of the delighted against one another.
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