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Directed by James McTeigue
Produced by Joel Silver Silver Pictures Wachowski Brothers Grant Hill Lorne Orleans
Written by Screenplay: Wachowski Brothers
Graphic Novel: Alan Moore (uncredited)David Lloyd
Starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt
Music by Original: Dario Marianelli
Non-Original: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cinematography Adrian Biddle
Editing by Martin Walsh
Distributed by Warner Bros.

V for Vendetta is a 2006 action-thriller film set in London in a dystopian near future. The film follows the mysterious V, a freedom fighter seeking to effect sociopolitical change while simultaneously pursuing his own violent personal vendetta. The film is an adaptation of the graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta was directed by James McTeigue and produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond, Hugo Weaving as V, Stephen Rea as Inspector Finch, and John Hurt as Chancellor Sutler.

The film's release was originally scheduled for Friday, November 4, 2005 (a day before the 400th Guy Fawkes Night), but was delayed; it opened on March 17, 2006, and was generally well-received by critics. Alan Moore, however, disassociated himself from the film, as has been his policy for all cinematic adaptations of his work. The filmmakers removed some of the anarchist themes and drug references present in the original story and altered the negative Christian imagery slightly. They also updated the political message to be more relevant in a modern context. Due to the politically sensitive content of the film, V for Vendetta attracted much attention from groups on both sides of the political spectrum and has received both great praise and harsh criticism in turn.