Hulk

2003 film directed by Ang Lee

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5.6

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

Released: 2003-06-19138 minDir: Ang LeeScience Fiction, Adventure, ActionBudget: $137MBox office: $245M

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Cast

Eric Bana as Bruce Banner
Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross
Sam Elliott as Ross
Josh Lucas as Talbot
Nick Nolte as Father
Paul Kersey as Young David Banner

Themes

california
monster
general
mutation
san francisco, california
gun
superhero
dna
transformation
psychology

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Ratings

IMDb

5.7/10

292,047 votes

Year: 2003
Runtime: 138 min
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

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Key facts

Directed by: Ang Lee
Screenplay by: John Turman Michael France James Schamus
Story by: James Schamus
Based on: Hulk , by Stan Lee Jack Kirby
Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd Avi Arad James Schamus Larry Franco
Starring: Eric Bana Jennifer Connelly Sam Elliott Josh Lucas Nick Nolte
Cinematography: Frederick Elmes
Edited by: Tim Squyres
Music by: Danny Elfman
Production companies: Universal Pictures Marvel Enterprises Valhalla Motion Pictures Good Machine
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release date: June 20, 2003 ( 2003-06-20 )
Running time: 138 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $137 million
Box office: $245.3 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 133
FilmAffinity ID: 647706
Official website: www.universalstudiosentertainment.com/hulk
Image: Hulk 2003 logo.webp

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publication date: 2003-07-03
title: Hulk
Commons category: Hulk (film)
review score: 54/100
box office: 245360480
capital cost: 137000000

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Hulk (also known as The Hulk) is a 2003 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The film was directed by Ang Lee and written by John Turman, James Schamus, and Michael France. Eric Bana stars as Bruce Banner and Hulk, alongside Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, and Nick Nolte. The film explores Bruce Banner's origins. After a lab accident involving gamma radiation, he transforms into a giant green-skinned humanoid with superhuman strength known as the Hulk whenever stressed or emotionally provoked. The United States military pursues him, and he clashes with his biological father.

Development started in 1990. At one time, Joe Johnston and then Jonathan Hensleigh were to direct. Hensleigh, John Turman, Michael France, Zak Penn, J. J. Abrams, Michael Tolkin, David Hayter, and Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski wrote more scripts before Ang Lee and James Schamus's involvement. The project was filmed primarily in California from March to August 2002, mainly in the San Francisco Bay Area.