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XIII: The Conspiracy | |
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Based on | XIII graphic novel series by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance |
Screenplay by | David Wolkove Philippe Lyon |
Directed by | Duane Clark |
Starring | Val Kilmer Stephen Dorff |
Country of origin | Canada France |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Ken Gord |
Cinematography | David Greene |
Editor | Yann Hervé |
Running time | 86 min x 2 = 172 min. |
Production companies | Prodigy Pictures Cipango Films |
Budget | $20 million[1] |
Original release | |
Release | October 6, 2008 |
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XIII: The Conspiracy is a 2008 Franco-Canadian television film in two parts, based on the eponymous graphic novel series by Belgian authors Jean Van Hamme and William Vance, about an amnesiac protagonist who seeks to discover his concealed past. The film served as a pilot for XIII: The Series, which aired on television in 2011.
The film was directed by Duane Clark, stars Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff, and was produced by Prodigy Pictures and Cipango Films. It was first broadcast in France in October 2008 by Canal+; followed by NBC in the USA in February 2009; by Nine in Australia (as The Conspiracy) in November 2009; and by Five in the United Kingdom in December 2009 (where it was shown as a single feature instead of in two parts).