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About 2009 film directed by Gavin Hood
Genres action, science fiction, superhero
Directed by Gavin Hood
Written by David Benioff, Skip Woods
Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber, Dominic Monaghan, will.i.am, Troye Sivan, Scott Adkins
Music Harry Gregson-Williams
Runtime 107 min
Country United States, United Kingdom
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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