The Spirit (2008 film)

The Spirit
The Spirit
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Miller
Screenplay by	Frank Miller
Based on	The Spirit; by Will Eisner
Produced by	Deborah Del Prete; Gigi Pritzker; Michael E. Uslan;
Starring	Gabriel Macht; Eva Mendes; Sarah Paulson; Dan Lauria; Paz Vega; Scarlett Johansson; Samuel L. Jackson;
Cinematography	Bill Pope
Edited by	Gregory Nussbaum
Music by	David Newman
Production; company	DarkLot Entertainment
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	December 25, 2008;
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60 million
Box office	$39 million

The Spirit is a 2008 American neo-noir superhero film written and directed by Frank Miller and starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson. Based on the newspaper comic strip The Spirit, by Will Eisner, and produced by OddLot and Lionsgate Films,^[4] it tells the story of a ghost-like superhero who defends Central City from the Octopus who competes with the superhero's childhood friend Sand Saref for the Blood of Heracles in order to become immortal.

The film was released theatrically in the United States on December 25, 2008, to negative reviews and was a commercial failure. It was later released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 14, 2009.

^ "THE SPIRIT (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
^ Michael Cieply (2013-01-14). "'Ender's Game' Is a Bet for Gigi Pritzker's OddLot Entertainment". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
^ Cite error: The named reference bom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Lionsgate conjures 'The Spirit' with Odd Lot Entertainment and visionary filmmaker and graphic novelist Frank Miller". Comics2Film. Wayback Machine. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2008.

[1] "THE SPIRIT (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2013-02-12.

[2] Michael Cieply (2013-01-14). "'Ender's Game' Is a Bet for Gigi Pritzker's OddLot Entertainment". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-02-10.

[bom-3] Cite error: The named reference bom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Lionsgate conjures 'The Spirit' with Odd Lot Entertainment and visionary filmmaker and graphic novelist Frank Miller". Comics2Film. Wayback Machine. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2008.

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