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Hancock
Sign in to save2008 American film directed by Peter Berg
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6.4Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Cast
- Will Smith as John Hancock
- Charlize Theron as Mary
- Jason Bateman as Ray
- Jae Head as Aaron
- Eddie Marsan as Red
- David Mattey as Man Mountain
Themes
- love of one's life
- flying
- alcohol
- advertising expert
- superhero
- pokies
- forbidden love
- lovers
- invulnerability
- affection
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Peter Berg
- Written by
- Vy Vincent Ngo Vince Gilligan
- Produced by
- Akiva Goldsman James Lassiter Michael Mann Will Smith
- Starring
- Will Smith Charlize Theron Jason Bateman Eddie Marsan
- Cinematography
- Tobias Schliessler
- Edited by
- Colby Parker Jr. Paul Rubell
- Music by
- John Powell
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Relativity Media Overbrook Entertainment Weed Road Pictures Blue Light
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- July 2, 2008 ( 2008-07-02 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $629.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 344293
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/hancock
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Hancock
- capital cost
- 150000000
- box office
- 624386771
- review score
- 49/100
- publication date
- 2008-06-19
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Hancock is a 2008 American superhero film starring Will Smith as the titular character John Hancock, an amnesiac, alcoholic, reckless superhuman trying to remember his past. The film is directed by Peter Berg and written by Vince Gilligan and Vy Vincent Ngo. The film also stars Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and Eddie Marsan.
The story was originally written by Vy Vincent Ngo in 1996. It languished in development hell for years with various directors attached, including Tony Scott, Michael Mann (who would later co-produce the film), Jonathan Mostow, and Gabriele Muccino, before being filmed in mid-2007 in Los Angeles with a production budget of $150 million.