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Weaving as V, Natalie Portman as Evey, Stephen Rea as Finch, and John Hurt as Adam
Sutler, the leader of the fascist government. In keeping with his view that such adapta-
tions are not representative of his original work, Moore demanded that his name be
removed from the credits. Th e fi lm was controversial from the outset. Its release was
reportedly delayed by the London bombings of July 7 and June 21, 2005, although this
was denied by the fi lmmakers, though it is clear that there was some unease about a
story that celebrated a terrorist radicalizing a young woman and justifying mass revolts
against the police and government. Th is was also at the time of ongoing protests against
the war in Iraq. However, some (including Moore) felt that the fi lm missed the point of
Moore’s politics entirely; it does, in some ways, seem to comment more on the contem-
porary Bush administration in the United States while keeping the British setting.
Selected Bibliography: Moore, Alan. V for Vendetta. New York: DC Comics, 1990.
Chris Murray
