Wonder Woman (2009)

A modern man's trespass of the island of the Amazons enables an imprisoned war god to escape and Princess Diana wins the responsibility to recapture him.

Director:

Lauren Montgomery

Writers:

William Moulton Marston (characters), Gail Simone (story)

Stars:

Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Keri Russell	...	Wonder Woman (voice)
Nathan Fillion	...	Steve Trevor (voice)
Alfred Molina	...	Ares (voice)
Rosario Dawson	...	Artemis (voice)
Marg Helgenberger	...	Hera (voice)
Oliver Platt	...	Hades (voice)
Virginia Madsen	...	Hippolyta (voice)
Skye Arens	...	Little Girl (voice)
John DiMaggio	...	Deimos (voice)
Julianne Grossman	...	Etta Candy (voice)
Vicki Lewis	...	Persephone (voice)
David McCallum	...	Zeus (voice)
Jason Charles Miller	...	Thrax (voice) (as Jason Miller)
Rick Overton	...	Slick (voice)
Andrea Romano	...	President's Advisor (voice)

Storyline

In antiquity, the Amazons defeat the war god, Ares, and Zeus charges them to hold him prisoner as eternally young warriors on the hidden island of Themyscira. Centuries later, US Air Force pilot Steve Trevor is lured to crash land on the island and the distraction of that trespass allows Ares to escape. In response, Princess Diana wins the responsibility to both take Trevor home and recapture the fugitive god. Steve Trevor offers to help and together this disparate pair must not only overcome Ares' efforts to achieve a bloody revenge, but also reconcile their own conflicting world views in an adventure that would be the first for the greatest of the female superheroes.

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Plot Keywords:

wonder woman character | steve trevor character | amazon | straight to video | title directed by female | 

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Taglines:

Courageous Princess. Fierce Warrior. Legendary Superhero.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence throughout and some suggestive material

Details

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wonder Woman: Commemorative Edition

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Premiere

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is loosely based on the first storyline of the second ongoing "Wonder Woman" comic book series in 1987, "Gods and Mortals" by George Perez, Len Wein and Greg Potter.

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Goofs

Before the launch of the nuclear missile aimed at Themyscira, he tells Wonder Woman that "you're being optimistic if you think I've reached the height of my powers. You see, since I've been gone, man has created a weapon of such awesome destructive force that the use of just one of these weapons feeds me with the psychic energy of 1,000 wars." Then he gets more powerful. This implies that the nuke reached Themyscira and killed thousands of people, but later you see that Steve Trevor destroyed the nuke before it hit Themyscira. Ares is able to draw power from acts of violence. When he received strength from the "use of just one of these weapons," he meant that merely launching the nuke (which in itself is an act of war) gave Ares the aforementioned power. This is evident in that when Ares grows stronger, the nuke is seen taking off in the background.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ares: You seem as eager to meet me on the battlefield as you once did in the bedroom, Hippolyta.
Hippolyta: I only hope you prove more skilled in this arena, Ares.

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Connections

Featured in Atop the Fourth Wall: Daredevil #1 (2015)

User Reviews

Watch out, Hollywood, this is what WW should looks alike!

Like many other viewers before, I didn't really cared about the character of Wonder Woman before the movie. She seemed to be pretty much an relict from the early days (1940's) of the upcoming feminism movement and therefore irrelevant or even "boring" (to state a overrated Hollywood pretty-face). But that movie really sold me, not just because of the wonderful, old-school animation the big, amazing fight scenes (Amazons vs. Monsters of the Greek mythology, Amazons vs. Zombie Amazons and so on), the cool mythological background and story that progresses out of it but mostly because of the characterization of Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor. Hell, even the bad guys and evil doers had their reasons and motivations and that's just good storytelling. However, Wonder Woman is portrayed as a kind hearted, sometimes naive, lovable female who's also a absolute bad ass 'cause of her heritage, if she needs to. I also loved that the movie didn't took itself too serious and fooled around with some of the more ridiculous things regarding the WW character (like WW considering Heels, Amazons referred as "armed supermodels", invisible missiles and pretty much everything with the lasso). I can't talk about the original voice cast 'cause I've seen that movie German dubbed (but IMO the German cast was spot on!). My only complaint is, that this movie was just too short. However, if DC should finally be able to produce a Wonder Woman-movie for the big screen, this is what it should feel and look alike!!!