Hellboy [2004] (2 discs)

Director:	Guillermo del Toro
Writer:	Guillermo del Toro
Composer:	Marco Beltrami

Length:	122 minutes (2 hours 2 minutes)
MPAA Rating:	PG-13
Suggested Event Use:	Halloween
Sorting Category:	Graphic Novel
Sorting Tub:	Bravo

IMDB Rating:	6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating:	79%
Amazon Rating:	4.0/5 stars
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Action
Fantasy
Dark Comedy
Mystery
Suspense / Horror
CG
Puppets

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3D Blu-ray	Digital

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Synopsis: A demon is summoned by an evil force, but is found and raised by those who would fight evil.

Reaction: This could have easily been a disaster, but del Toro's direction is visually fun and (more importantly) Ron Perlman's Hellboy is just so wry and sincere.

Personal Rating: 8/10

Select Cast and Crew

Guillermo del Toro	=>	Director / Writer / Guy Dressed as Dragon ^(uncredited)

Marco Beltrami	=>	Composer

Mike Mignola	=>	Original Comic Creator / Knight ^(uncredited)

Angus MacInnes	=>	Sgt. Whitman
Biddy Hodson	=>	Ilsa Haupstein (as Bridget Hodson)
Brian Steele	=>	Sammael

Corey Johnson	=>	Agent Clay

David Hyde Pierce	=>	Abe Sapien ^(voice) ^(uncredited)

Doug Jones	=>	Abe Sapien

Jeffrey Tambor	=>	Tom Manning

John Hurt	=>	Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

Karel Roden	=>	Grigori Rasputin
Kevin Trainor	=>	Young "Broom"
Ladislav Beran	=>	Karl Ruprecht Kroenen
Millie Wilkie	=>	Young Liz
Pavel Cajzl	=>	Sherpa Guide
Ron Perlman	=>	Hellboy

Rory Copus	=>	Kid on Rooftop
Rupert Evans	=>	John Myers

Santiago Segura	=>	Train Driver
Selma Blair	=>	Liz Sherman

Stephen Fisher	=>	Agent Quarry
Winter Ave Zoli	=>	Girlfriend

Random Trivia For This Title:

Doug Jones's voice was dubbed by David Hyde Pierce, but Pierce refused a credit, because he felt that Abe was entirely Doug's creation and did not wish to detract from his performance.
After completion of the Hellboy make-up, the only part of Ron Perlman's body that can actually be seen are his eyelids.
When the Nazi scientist is sucked into the portal, a very common sound effect, called the Wilhelm Scream, is used.
Ron Perlman's make up took four hours to apply.
Ron Perlman broke a rib while filming the subway scenes. He jumped onto a train that was coming towards him at about 45 mph.
Very early on in the film's preproduction, the filmmakers considered putting Hellboy's giant stone hand on his left arm rather than the right, so as to grant the actor playing Hellboy the full use of his right hand. Ron Perlman turned out to be left-handed, so the filmmakers were able to preserve the Right Hand of Doom.
When Guillermo del Toro met with producers, many changes to the Hellboy character were suggested. One idea was to have Hellboy be a human who transforms into Hellboy when he gets angry. Another suggestion was that he came from hell but was a normal human.
Upon meeting to discuss the movie, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and director Guillermo del Toro decided to reveal to each other their choice for the lead role of Hellboy. They both said at the same time, Ron Perlman.
Director Guillermo del Toro opted to do the film over Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.