The Spirit
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. The film is based on the newspaper comic strip The Spirit, by Will Eisner, and produced by OddLot and Lionsgate Films.
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| Screenplay by | Frank Miller
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| Running time | 103 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Box office | $20,000,000 USD
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![Scarlett Johansson - Wizard Magazine Cover [United States] (December 2008)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/8/s/8spil5gofg4zggi8.jpg?skj2io4l)
The Spirit: My city, I can not deny her. My city screams. She is my mother. She is my lover, and I am her Spirit.
- Dolan uses the phrase "hard goodbye" as a metaphor for death. It is also the name of Marv's Sin City story, written by Frank Miller.
- Eva Mendes wanted to work with Frank Miller before even seeing the script for The Spirit (2008).
- There are several references to other comic book characters throughout the film: Sand Saref mentions Robin, Morgenstern mentions the Electra complex (based on the daughter of Agamemnon, the basis for the Marvel character Elektra), and The Spirit mentions Thor's hammer.
- The character, Morgenstern, the name means "morningstar" in German.
- The underwater scenes were all shot dry-for-wet, which greatly relieved Eva Mendes who doesn't know how to swim (at least at the time the movie was shot).
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