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Directed by | Michel Gondry |
Produced by | Neal H. Moritz |
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The Green Hornet by George W. Trendle Fran Striker |
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Music by | James Newton Howard |
Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
Edited by | Michael Tronick |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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119 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $120 million |
Box office | $227.8 million |
The Green Hornet is a 2011 American superhero action comedy film based on the character of the same name by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker that had originated in a 1930s radio program and has appeared in movie serials, a television series, comic books, and other media. Directed by Michel Gondry and written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the film stars Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, Tom Wilkinson and Cameron Diaz. The film was released to theaters in North America on January 14, 2011 by Columbia Pictures, in versions including RealD Cinema and IMAX 3D. The film earned $227.8 million on a $120 million budget. The Green Hornet was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on May 3, 2011 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
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